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CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics

 

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) solicit nominations for the CRM-SSC Prize, which is awarded in recognition of a statistical scientist’s professional accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after earning a doctorate.

CRM-SSC Prize Committee
Nominations


This award recognizes a statistical scientist's excellence and accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after earning his/her doctorate (or equivalent degree). The award, which includes a $ 3,000 cash prize sponsored by the CRM, is bestowed upon a Canadian citizen or permanent resident whose work was carried out primarily in Canada.

To be eligible for a prize awarded in year N, a candidate must have received his/her Ph.D. (or equivalent degree) in year N - 15 or subsequently. The committee may exceptionally consider candidates who have received their degree prior but very near to year N - 15, if it can be demonstrated that special circumstances, such as parental leaves or other leaves of absence from work, delayed professional achievements. Current membership in the Statistical Society of Canada is not a prerequisite.

As an award for research excellence, letters of nomination should clearly highlight the nominee’s role in publications. Further, in requesting exceptions to the eligibility criterion, any leaves should, as per the award guidelines, be documented in the nominating letter, with the impact (delay) on professional achievements clearly explained.

Nominations should be addressed to the Director of the Centre de recherches mathématiques, and sent via e-mail to nomination@crm.umontreal.ca by February 1 of the calendar year in which the award is to be made. The nomination should be accompanied by at least three and no more than four letters of support, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, and a suggested citation to accompany the award. The award is normally presented at the Annual Meeting of the SSC. The awardee is expected to give a presentation about his/her research work at the SSC meeting and at the Centre de recherches mathématiques. As nomination files are not carried over from one year to the next, nominations must be renewed each year.

The SSC values and encourages Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in all of its nominations and awards. Please see the SSC guidelines on implicit bias (pdf). 

 

Derek Bingham, CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics 2013

Derek Bingham
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
Derek Bingham

Derek Bingham was born in 1968 in Pointe Claire, Quebec.  He lived in the Montreal region (from Beloeil to Dollard) while growing up, with a brief one-year stay in Hawaii.  His academic trajectory includes a DEC at Champlain College in 1988 and a BSc in Applied Mathematics at Concordia University in 1991.  After several co-op jobs that were entirely statistical in nature, he decided to pursue a MSc in Statistics at Carleton University where he received the Senate Medal in 1994 for his thesis work.

Matías Salibián-Barrera, CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics 2015

Matías Salibián-Barrera
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
Matías Salibián-Barrera

The CRM-SSC Prize in statistics is awarded annually by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC). It is awarded in recognition of a statistical scientist's professional accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after having received a doctorate. This year's winner is Matías Salibián-Barrera of the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Johanna Nešlehová, CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics 2019

Johanna Nešlehová
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
Johanna Nešlehová

The CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics is awarded annually by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) in recognition of outstanding research carried out primarily in Canada by a statistician during the first fifteen years after completing a PhD. The 2019 recipient of this prize is professor Johanna Nešlehová of McGill University.
 

David Haziza, Prix CRM-SSC en statistique 2018

David Haziza
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
David Haziza

 

The recipient of the CRM-SSC prize in Statistics is professor David Haziza of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Université de Montréal. This award recognizes a Canadian or permanent resident of Canada for outstanding research in the Statistical Sciences accomplished during the first fifteen years after earning a doctorate.
 

Lei Sun, Prix CRM-SSC en statistique 2017

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CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
Lei Sun

The CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics is awarded annually by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC). It is awarded in recognition of a statistical scientist’s professional accomplishments in research during the first fifteen years after having received a doctorate.

This year’s winner is Lei Sun of the University of Toronto.

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