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IMS Fellow Richard Samworth, who holds the Professorship of Statistical Science at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. His project title is “Robust statistical methodology and theory for large-scale data.” ERC Advanced Grants support excellent researchers at the career stage at…
In the last issue, we briefly announced the winners of this year’s Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) awards. Here’s some more background on them all:
Alicia Carriquiry to deliver the 2021 Florence Nightingale David Award Lecture
Nancy Gordon (Chair of the Award Committee) and Daniel Nettleton (Iowa State…
The COPSS Leadership Academy is a new initiative for emerging leaders in statistics created by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, spearheaded by Bhramar Mukherjee. This new award recognizes the increasingly important role that early-career statistical scientists are playing in shaping the future of the discipline and is designed…
The purpose of the new COPSS Leadership Academy is to recognize early-career statistical scientists who show evidence of and potential for leadership and who will help shape and strengthen the field. Members are selected based on outstanding contributions to the field of statistical science in one or more of the…
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies has announced the recipients of its awards for 2021 (apart from the winner of the Presidents’ Award, as this is announced in the COPSS session at JSM every year.)
The winner of the F.N. David Award and Lectureship is Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State…