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IMS member and Fellow Kanti Mardia has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). A senior research professor at the University of Leeds, UK, Mardia is a distinguished Indian statistician who is known for his pioneering work on multivariate analysis, directional data, and statistical measures…
In October, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) council elected nearly 505 members as fellows, and a virtual induction ceremony took place on February 13. Election as a fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society…
Citation: For fundamental contributions to information theory, statistical and machine learning methodology; interdisciplinary research in fields such as genomics, neuroscience, remote sensing and document summarization; and for outstanding dedication to professional service, leadership, and mentoring of students and young scholars.
Haiyan Huang, Kathryn Roeder, and Jianwen Cai write:
The Committee…
Citation: For foundational, creative, and original contributions to mathematical statistics; for methodological developments in empirical processes and machine learning; for advancement of precision health; and for mentoring of students, postdocs, and junior faculty.
Sebastien Haneuse and Eric Laber write:
Michael Kosorok is the consummate biostatistics methodologist. His work is creative,…
Citation: For outstanding leadership and service in the biostatistics and statistics community, for her leadership in statistical education, and for her achievements in biostatistical research, particularly in the field of aging research and frailty.
Brian Caffo, Ingo Ruczinski and Catherine Crespi write:
For the past 15 years Karen Bandeen-Roche has…