The IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award provides funds for travel to present the Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture at the IMS New Researchers Conference. The recipient of the 2024 Tweedie New Researcher Award is Chengchun Shi.

Dr. Shi is an Associate Professor of the Department of Statistics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was selected by the IMS Committee on Travel Awards: “For ground-breaking contributions to statistical inferences in reinforcement learning and complex data, with applications to precision medicine, mobile health, ridesharing, neuroimaging, and deep brain stimulation.”