The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) is pleased to announce Ming Yuan as the 2026 IMS Carver Medal recipient. Professor Yuan is a Professor of Statistics at Columbia University and earns the award: “for outstanding service to the IMS in multiple capacities, including serving as Co-Editor of The Annals of Statistics, IMS Program Secretary, member of numerous IMS committees, as well as for broad and sustained professional service to the statistical community.”

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