The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) is pleased to announce that Xuming He is the 2022 IMS Carver Medal recipient. Dr. He is the H.C. Carver Collegiate Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan. The presentation of the medal will take place at the IMS Annual Meeting in 2023, at JSM Toronto.

Dr. He was selected for the Carver Medal, an award for service to the IMS, for “his decades-long contributions to the IMS in multiple capacities, including Editor of the IMS Bulletin, IMS Council member, Committee Chairs, and conference program co-chairs; and for his strong and conscientious leadership in a wide range of other professional services.”

The Carver Medal was created by the IMS in 2002 in honor of Harry C. Carver, Founding Editor of the Annals of Mathematical Statistics and one of the founders of the IMS. The medal is for exceptional service specifically to the IMS and is open to any member of the IMS who has not previously been elected President.