Statistical Learning and Data Science Section News for March

The Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science announces the following student award winners:

JSM 2017 Student Paper Award

• Xiwei Tang, “Individualized Multilayer Tensor Learning with an Application in Imaging Analysis”
• Yichen Zhang, “Statistical Inference for Model Parameters in Stochastic Gradient Descent”
• Jianyu Liu, “Graph-Based Sparse Linear Discriminant Analysis for High-Dimensional Classification”
• Xin Qiu, “Composite Interaction Tree for Robust Learning of Optimal Individualized Treatment Rules and Identifying Subgroups”

Leo Breiman Junior Award Winners

• Ming Yuan
• Yufeng Liu

Leo Breiman Senior Award

• Grace Wahba, for profound impacts in the area of statistical learning and data science