Distinguished professor Noel Cressie at the University of Wollongong has been awarded the 2026 Jerome Sacks Award. The Sacks award recognizes sustained, high-quality, cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences.
Awards
Nominations Sought for 2028 Waksberg Award
The journal “Survey Methodology” established an annual invited paper series in honor of the late Joseph Waksberg to recognize his outstanding contributions to survey statistics and methodology. Each year, a prominent survey statistician is chosen to write a paper that reviews the development and current state of an important topic in survey statistics and methodology.
Call for Nominations: C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize
Members of the Rao Prize Committee are accepting nominations for the C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize for Outstanding Research in Statistics. Submissions are due January 15, 2027.
Nominations Open for International Prize in Statistics
Nominations for the 2027 International Prize in Statistics, honoring major, high-impact achievements in the field, are open through October 1.
How I Built a Portuguese-Language Analytics Community Online
Fernanda Araujo Maciel shares how her YouTube channel, podcast, and social media grew into a thriving Portuguese-language statistics community and urges fellow ASA members to help close the global gap in accessible statistical education.
David Swanson Receives Sheps Award for Demographic Methods
David Swanson, professor emeritus at UC Riverside, has received the award for his influential contributions to demographic methodology, including the cohort change ratio method.
Ofer Zeitouni Awarded 2026 Paul Lévy Prize in Probability Theory
Ofer Zeitouni was awarded the prize for his work on large deviations theory, random matrices, and related fields.
Sally Morton Named Among Top 10 Women Leaders in Education
Sally Morton, ASA Founder and Fellow, was recognized for her career spanning statistics, research leadership, and national policy.
Emmanuel Candès, Camillo De Lellis Awarded Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
The 2026 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences has been awarded to both Emmanuel Candès and Camillo De Lellis for their breakthrough contributions in mathematics. The award annually honors outstanding achievements in astronomy, computer science, life science and medicine, and mathematical sciences.
Greg Ridgeway Earns ‘JASA’ Reproducibility Award
Greg Ridgeway, Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Criminology and professor of statistics and data science at the University of Pennsylvania, was recently awarded the Journal of the American Statistical Association’s 2026 reproducibility award. Read this short interview to learn more about him and his work.