Awards

Profs. Cornejo, Prates, Dey & Rue have won best paper by International Association for Statistical Computing – Latin American Regional Section (IASC-LARS)

Best Paper Winners 2021: Title: ‘Fast Bayesian inference for block-NNGP for large data’. First Author: Zaida Jesús Quiroz Cornejo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú Co-Author: Marcos O. Prates, Department of Statistics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Co-Author: Dipak K. Dey, Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut Co-Author: Havard Rue, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and […]

Prof. Nalini Ravishanker has been presented a service award by the International Statistical Institute (ISI)

The ISI Service Awards are presented to members who have made outstanding contributions to the ISI and the international statistical community. Nalini Ravishanker for outstanding and dedicated leadership and service as SPC Chair for the Virtual ISI World Statistics Congress 2021. Congratulations!

PhD student Yiming Zhang received 1st place award (Spiegelman Award) of the 2021 TSIG Student Paper Competition.

Yiming Zhang has won the 1st place award (Spiegelman Award) of the 2021 Transportation Statistics Interest Group (TSIG) of the ASA Student Paper Competition. His paper is entitled “Bayesian Criterion-based Assessments of Recurrent Event Models with Applications to Commercial Truck Driver Behavior Studies” co-authored with Feng Guo and Ming-Hui Chen. Congratulations Yiming!

PhD student Elizabeth Gibbs has been named a James A. Hickman Scholar by The Society of Actuaries for 2021-2022 academic year.

PhD student Elizabeth Gibbs has been named a James A. Hickman Scholar by The Society of Actuaries for 2021-2022 academic year. The Society of Actuaries Names 2021—2022 James C. Hickman Scholars Schaumburg, IL (May 14) – The Society of Actuaries (SOA) announced four new SOA James C. Hickman Scholars. Each recipient will receive a $20,000 […]

– Prof. Dipak Dey is the winner of the 2021 Faculty Mentoring of Faculty Award.

Prof. Dipak Dey is the winner of the 2021 Faculty Mentoring of Faculty Award. The Faculty Mentoring Awards will recognize faculty who demonstrate exemplary support, encouragement, and the creation of opportunities to enrich the learning and professional development of others. Awards will be given in three categories each year: mentoring of faculty, mentoring of graduate […]