The Southern Regional Council on Statistics held its 60th annual Summer Research Conference June 9–11 on Jekyll Island, Georgia. The long-running event continues to promote the improvement of postsecondary education in statistical science and support the development of high-quality statistics instruction in elementary and high schools.
Michael Kosorok
Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Honors Top Statisticians
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies honored four statisticians at the 2023 Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto, Canada, on August 9. These awards are jointly sponsored by the COPSS founding partner members: American Statistical Association; Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Eastern and Western regions of the International Biometric Society; and Statistical Society of Canada.
Michael Kosorok Receives George W. Snedecor Award
COPSS recognized Kosorok’s foundational, creative, and original contributions to mathematical statistics; methodological developments in empirical processes and machine learning; advancement of precision health; and mentoring.
Noether Award Winners
The Noether awards were established to recognize distinguished researchers and teachers and to support the field for nonparametric statistics.