Chung Kai-lai

Chung Kai-lai
鍾開萊
Born(1917-09-19)September 19, 1917
DiedJune 2, 2009(2009-06-02) (aged 91)
NationalityRepublic of China, United States
CitizenshipRepublic of China, United States
Alma materTsinghua University
Princeton University (PhD)
Known formodern probability theory
Chung–Erdős inequality
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTsinghua University
University of Chicago
Columbia University
University of California, Berkeley
Cornell University
Syracuse University
Stanford University
National University of Singapore
Doctoral advisorHarald Cramér
John Wilder Tukey
Doctoral studentsCyrus Derman
J. Michael Steele
Ruth Jeannette Williams

Kai Lai Chung (traditional Chinese: 鍾開萊; simplified Chinese: 钟开莱; September 19, 1917 – June 2, 2009) was a Chinese-American mathematician known for his significant contributions to modern probability theory.