Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics
| The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics | |
|---|---|
 King Philippe handing out the first Rousseeuw Prize | |
| Awarded for | innovations in statistical research with impact on statistical practice and society |
| Country | Belgium |
| Presented by |
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| Reward(s) | A medal, a certificate, and a monetary award of US$1,000,000 |
| First awarded | 2022 |
| Website | rousseeuwprize |
The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics awards innovations in statistical research with impact on society. This biennial prize is awarded in even years, and consists of a medal, a certificate, and a monetary reward of US$1,000,000, similar to the Nobel Prize in other disciplines.[1] The home institution of the Prize is the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) in Belgium, which appoints the international jury and carries out the selection procedure. The award money comes from the Rousseeuw Foundation created by the statistician Peter Rousseeuw.
The first Rousseeuw Prize was awarded on October 12, 2022, at KU Leuven, presented by His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium.[2][3] The awarded topic was Causal Inference with application in Medicine and Public Health, with laureates James Robins, Andrea Rotnitzky, Thomas Richardson, Miguel Hernán and Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen.[4][5][6][7][8]
Laureates
[edit]| Year | Laureate | Institution | Country | Awarded innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | James Robins[9] | Harvard School of Public Health | United States | "for their pioneering work on Causal Inference with applications in Medicine and Public Health."[5] |
| Andrea Rotnitzky[10] | Torcuato di Tella University | Argentina | ||
| Thomas Richardson[11] | University of Washington | United States | ||
| Miguel Hernán[9] | Harvard School of Public Health | United States | ||
| Eric Tchetgen[12] | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | United States | ||
| 2024 | Ruth Heller | Tel Aviv University | Israel | "for the pioneering work on the False Discovery Rate (FDR)"[13] |
| Yoav Benjamini | Israel | |||
| Daniel Yekutieli | Israel |
Nominations for the prize are submitted to its website[1] together with letters of recommendation. The organizers of the prize and its ceremony are Mia Hubert and Stefan Van Aelst.
See also
[edit]- International Prize in Statistics
- COPSS Presidents' Award
- COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rousseeuw Prize (about)". Retrieved February 9, 2023.
- ^ "King Philippe presents Prize of 1 million dollars at KU Leuven (extract from television news, in Dutch)". Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics (from the website of the Royal Palace, in Dutch and French)". Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Statistics gets $1 million award (Science News)". Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "First Rousseeuw Prize Awarded for Work on Causal Inference (AMSTAT News)". August 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "First Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics awarded for pioneering research on causal inference". Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "Rousseeuw Prize winners announced (in Institute of Mathematical Statistics Bulletin)". Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics (from RTBF, the French-language public Belgian Radio)". Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ a b "Biostats Faculty Receive Prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics". Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ "Andrea Rotnitzky, ganadora del Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics". Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ "Richardson is co-recipient of the 2022 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics". Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ "Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen Awards". Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ "The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics". www.rousseeuwprize.org. Retrieved August 1, 2024.