Awards

Many of the awards and honors received by Statistics Department faculty and students are represented here.

The Gold Medal is awarded by the Statistical Society of Canada to a person who has made outstanding contributions to statistics or probability, either to mathematical developments or in applied work, is a current leader in their field and has…

Recognizing numerous outstanding contributions to his field with impacts ranging from econometrics to climate science, the LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year Award has been presented to Professor Romano by Out to Innovate. The breadth and importance of…

The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) retired the R. A. Fisher Award and Lectureship in 2020 and created in its place the COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship. Joining a group that already includes our own…

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of their prestigious Sloan Fellowships for the new year and Tengyu has been selected for this very special recognition. Sloan Fellows are early-career scholars who represent the most…

The 2020 Infosys Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to Sourav for his ground-breaking work in probability and statistical physics. After impressing the jury with the range of his work across probability, statistics, and mathematical physics,…