This year’s prize honored Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller of Tel Aviv University for their pioneering work on the false discovery rate—a concept that has transformed how scientists handle multiple hypothesis testing.
Rousseeuw Prize
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Call for Nominations: Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
The $1 million prize recognizes an outstanding contribution or tool that has had significant impact and found wide application in statistical practice with relevance to society.
First Rousseeuw Prize Awarded for Work on Causal Inference
The King Baudouin Foundation has awarded the prize, worth $1 million, to James Robins, Miguel Hernán, Thomas Richardson, Andrea Rotnitzky, and Eric Tchetgen for their pioneering work on causal inference with applications in medicine and public health.