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July 18, 2022
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is bestowing its prestigious distinction of Fellow, in 2022, on 48 members for their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistical science.
Among the 2022 ASA Fellows are the following 16 IMS members: Genevera I. Allen, Rice University; Kun Chen,…
IMS Fellow Emery Brown—Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and computational neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT professor of health sciences and technology, investigator with The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, and Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts…
First Rousseeuw Prize awarded to Causal Inference researchers James Robins and his collaborators
The King Baudouin Foundation has chosen the recipients of the 2022 biennial Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics. This new scientific prize of 1 million dollars was created by Peter Rousseeuw, professor of statistics at KU Leuven, Belgium. The…
Honorary Doctorate awarded to Grace Wahba by The Ohio State University
Grace Wahba, Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by The Ohio State University at its Spring Commencement on May 8. The degree recognizes the monumental contributions she has…
Victor Panaretos, President-Elect of the Bernoulli Society, announced the creation of a new named lecture in honor of Sir David Cox in the May 2022 Bernoulli News:
David Cox had a profound influence on our discipline and its applications. Not only through his contributions that will leave a lasting impact,…