Award Winners
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- Founder Recognition Award
- Honorary Members
- SSC Gold Medalists
- Distinguished Service Award
- Pierre-Robillard Award
- CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
- The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award
- Lise Manchester Award
- SSC Impact Award
- About the winners: 2007, 2008
- Call for nominations
Founder Recognition Award
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Urs Richard MAAG (born in 1938) Arakaparampil Mathai MATHAI (born in 1935) John Ross RUTHERFORD (born in 1935) Donald George WATTS (born in 1933) |
Honorary Members
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | George P. H. STYAN (born in 1937) Isobel LOUTIT (born in 1909) |
| 2008 | Ivan P. FELLEGI (born in 1935) |
| 2007 | Agnes M. HERZBERG (born in 1938) |
| 2006 | Ian B. MacNEILL (born in 1931) Muni SRIVASTAVA (born in 1936) |
| 2005 | Abul Khair Mohammed Ehsanes SALEH (born in 1932) James Victor ZIDEK (born in 1939) |
| 2004 | Donald Andrew DAWSON (born in 1937) Jonnagadda NaliniKanth RAO (born in 1937) |
| 2003 | Marc MOORE (born in 1942) |
| 2002 | Miklós CSÖRGÖ (born in 1932) Carl-Erik SÄRNDAL (born in 1937) |
| 2001 | Vidyadhar Prabhakar GODAMBE (born in 1926) Vanamamalai SESHADRI (born in 1928) |
| 2000 | Radu THEODORESCU (born in 1933) |
| 1997 | Donald George WATTS (born in 1933) |
| 1995 | David Arthur SPROTT (born in 1930) Michael Arthur STEPHENS (born in 1927) |
| 1994 | Norm SHKLOV (born in 1918) |
| 1993 | Amode Ranjan SEN (1917-1999) |
| 1991 | Donald Alexander Stuart FRASER (born in 1925) |
| 1988 | Martin Bradbury WILK (born in 1922) |
| 1986 | Stanley NASH (1915-2001) Jacques ST-PIERRE (born in 1920) |
| 1985 | Vinayak Mahadeo JOSHI (1914-1996) |
| 1984 | Simon Abraham GOLDBERG (1914-1985) |
| 1981 | Cyril Harold GOULDEN (1897-1981) John William HOPKINS (1908- 1989) Nathan KEYFITZ (born in 1913) |
| 1980 | Charles S. CARTER (born in 1907) Daniel Bertrand DELURY (1907- 1993) George Lewis EDGETT (1900-1986) Ernest Sydney KEEPING (1895-1984) Herbert MARSHALL (1888-1977) |
SSC Gold Medalists
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Nancy REID |
| 2008 | Luc DEVROYE |
| 2007 | Don L. McLEISH |
| 2006 | Christopher A. FIELD |
| 2005 | David F. ANDREWS |
| 2004 | Keith J. WORSLEY |
| 2003 | Mary E. THOMPSON |
| 2002 | Muni SRIVASTAVA |
| 2000 | James V. ZIDEK |
| 1999 | Jerald F. LAWLESS |
| 1998 | James O. RAMSAY |
| 1997 | Ivan P. FELLEGI |
| 1996 | Miklós CSÖRGÖ |
| 1995 | Irwin GUTTMAN |
| 1994 | John D. KALBFLEISCH |
| 1993 | Jonnagadda N. K. RAO |
| 1992 | David R. BRILLINGER |
| 1991 | Donald A. DAWSON |
| 1990 | Constance VAN EEDEN |
| 1989 | Michael A. STEPHENS |
| 1988 | David A. SPROTT |
| 1987 | Vidyadhar P. GODAMBE |
| 1986 | Charles W. DUNNETT |
| 1985 | Donald A. S. FRASER |
Distinguished Service Award
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Christian LÉGER |
| 2007 | Brajendra SUTRADHAR |
| 2006 | Kenneth McRAE |
| 2005 | Duncan J. MURDOCH |
| 2004 | Christopher A. FIELD |
| 2003 | David R. BELLHOUSE |
| 2002 | Richard LOCKHART |
| 2001 | Judy-Anne W. CHAPMAN |
| 1999 | Agnes M. HERZBERG |
| 1997 | Christian GENEST |
| 1994 | Marc MOORE |
| 1993 | Charles A. PATRICK |
| 1991 | David F. BRAY |
| 1990 | R. James TOMKINS |
| 1989 | Peter D. M. MACDONALD |
| 1988 | George P. H. STYAN |
| 1985 | Maurice BRISEBOIS |
Pierre-Robillard Award
Pierre-Robillard Award Committee
University and thesis supervisor in brackets.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Baojiang CHEN (University of Waterloo: Richard Cook, Grace Yi) Statistical Methods for Multi-State Analysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Data |
| 2007 | Juli ATHERTON (McGill University: David B. Wolfson, Alain C. Vandal) Bayesian optimal design for changepoint problems Jingjing WU (University of Alberta: Rohana J. Karunamuni) Minimum Hellinger Distance estimation in semiparametric models |
| 2006 | Mylène BÉDARD (University of Toronto: Jeffrey Rosenthal) On the robustness of optimal scaling for random walk Metropolis algorithms |
| 2005 | Jean-François QUESSY (Université Laval: Christian Genest, Bruno Rémillard) Méthodologie et application des copules : tests d'adéquation, tests d'indépendance, et bornes pour la valeur-à-risque |
| 2004 | Zeny Zhe-Qing FENG (University of Waterloo: Jiahua Chen, Mary Thompson) Statistical methods in affected-sib-pairs analysis |
| 2003 | Rachel MacKAY-ALTMAN (University of British Columbia: John Petkau) Hidden Markov models: multiple processes and model selection |
| 2002 | Grace CHIU (Simon Fraser University: Richard Lockhart, Richard Routledge) Bent-cable regression for assessing abruptness of change |
| 2001 | Jonathan TAYLOR (McGill University: Keith Worsley, Robert Alder) Euler characteristics for Gaussian fields on manifolds |
| 2000 | Timothy RAMSAY (Queen's University: Lorne L. Campbell, P. James McLellan) A bivariate finite element smoothing spline applied to image registration |
| 1999 | Yong YOU (Carleton University: J.N.K. Rao) Hierarchical Bayes and related methods for model-based small area estimation |
| 1998 | Masoud ASGHARIAN (McGill University: David Wolfson) Modeling covariance in changepoint problems |
| 1997 | Edmund Tze-Man NG (University of Waterloo: Richard J. Cook) Statistical inference for heterogeneous event history data |
| 1996 | Edward SUSKO (University of Waterloo: John D. Kalbfleisch, Jiahua Chen) Nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation of mixture models |
| 1995 | Xiaoqiong (Joan) HU (University of Waterloo: Jerald F. Lawless) Estimation from truncated data with supplementary information, with application to field reliability |
| 1994 | Hugh CHIPMAN (University of Waterloo: C.F. Jeff Wu, Michael S. Hamada) Bayesian regression methods for ordered categorical data Feifang HU (University of British Columbia: James V. Zidek) Relevance weighted smoothing and a new bootstrap method |
| 1993 | Hao YU (Carleton University: Miklós Csörgö ) Weak convergence for empirical and quantile processes of associated sequences with applications to reliability and economics |
| 1992 | Jing QIN (University of Waterloo: Jerald F. Lawless) Empirical likelihood and semi-parametric models |
| 1991 | Yanhong WU (University of Toronto: M.S. Srivastava) Some contributions to on-line quality control |
| 1990 | Sylvain ARCHAMBAULT (École Polytechnique: Marc Moore) Tests basés sur des opérateurs morphologiques pour l'ajustement d'images Suet Mui TANG (University of Western Ontario: Ian B. MacNeill) Change detection for autocorrelated time series |
| 1989 | Brian LEROUX (University of British Columbia: Martin L. Puterman) Maximum likelihood estimation for mixture distributions and hidden Markov models |
| 1988 | Vera R. HUSE-EASTWOOD (Carleton University: Miklós Csörgö) On some nonparametric methods for changepoint problems Larry A. WASSERMAN (University of Toronto: David F. Andrews, Michael J. Evans, Robert J. Tibshirani) Some applications of belief functions to statistical inference |
| 1987 | Andrew J. COLDMAN (University of British Columbia: A. John Petkau) The development of resistance to anticancer agents Bruno RÉMILLARD (Carleton University: Donald A. Dawson) Large deviations and laws of the iterated logarithm for multidimensional diffusion processes with random coefficients |
| 1986 | Maureen TINGLEY (Dalhousie University: Christopher A. Field) Robust confidence intervals |
| 1985 | Roman VIVEROS-AGUILERA (University of Waterloo: David A. Sprott) Estimation in small samples |
| 1984 | William H. ROSS (Queen's University: Donald G. Watts) Measuring influence in non-linear regression |
| 1983 | Thomas J. DICICCIO (University of Waterloo: Mary E. Thompson) Higher order comparisons of asymptotic methods for conditional and unconditional estimation Christian GENEST (The University of British Columbia: James V. Zidek) Towards a consensus of opinion |
| 1982 | Antoni BASINSKI (University of Toronto: Philip McDunnough) Some topics in inference for stochastic processes Anthony F. DESMOND (University of Waterloo: Mary E. Thompson) Local maxima of stationary stochastic processes and stochastic modelling of fatigue |
| Student Paper Competition prior to 1982 | |
| 1980 | Serge TARDIF (Université de Montréal: Constance van Eeden) "On the asymptotic distribution of a class of aligned rank order test statistics in randomized block designs", CJS/RCS vol. 8, 1980, pp 7-25. |
| 1979 | E. Richard SHILLINGTON (University of Waterloo: John D. Kalbfleisch, Jerald F. Lawless) "Testing lack of fit in regression without replication", CJS/RCS vol. 7, 1979, pp 137-146. |
| 1978 | T. SRIVENKATARAMANA (University of Windsor: Derrick S. Tracy; paper communicated by: Norm Shklov) "Change of origin and scale in ratio and difference methods of estimation in sampling", CJS/RCS vol. 6, 1978, pp 79-86. |
CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics
The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM)
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Hugh A. CHIPMAN |
| 2008 | Paul GUSTAFSON |
| 2007 | Richard COOK |
| 2006 | Jeffrey ROSENTHAL |
| 2005 | Jiahua CHEN |
| 2004 | Randy SITTER |
| 2003 | Charmaine DEAN |
| 2002 | Larry WASSERMAN |
| 2001 | Colleen D. CUTLER |
| 2000 | Robert TIBSHIRANI |
| 1999 | Christian GENEST |
The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award
The Canadian Journal of Statistics Award Committee
| Year | Paper |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Qing Pan and Doug Schaubel, "Proportional hazards models based on biased samples and estimated selection probabilities", CJS/RCS vol. 36, 2008, pp 111-127. |
| 2007 | Hwashin Hyun SHIN, Glen TAKAHARA and Duncan J. MURDOCH, "Optimal designs for calibration of orientations", CJS/RCS vol. 35, 2007, pp 365-380. |
| 2006 | Angelo CANTY, Anthony DAVISON, David HINKLEY & Valérie VENTURA, "Bootstrap diagnostics and remedies", CJS/RCS vol. 34, 2006, pp 5-27. |
| 2005 | Jennifer ASIMIT & W. John BRAUN, "Third order point process intensity estimation for reaction time experiment", CJS/RCS vol. 33, 2005, pp 243-257. |
| 2004 | Naomi S. ALTMAN & Julio C. VILLARREAL, "Self-modelling regression for longitudinal data with time-invariant covariates", CJS/RCS vol. 32, 2004, pp 251-268. |
| 2003 | Belkacem ABDOUS, Kilani GHOUDI & Bruno RÉMILLARD, "Nonparametric weighted symmetry tests", CJS/RCS vol. 31, 2003, pp 357-381. |
| 2002 | Don L. McLEISH, "Highs and lows: some properties of the extremes of a diffusion and applications in finance", CJS/RCS vol. 30, 2002, pp 243-267. |
| 2001 | Edward SUSKO, Michael J. BRONSKILL, Simon J. GRAHAM & Robert J. TIBSHIRANI, "Estimation of relaxation time distributions in magnetic resonance imaging", CJS/RCS vol. 29, 2001, pp 379-394. |
| 2000 | Nancy E. HECKMAN & James O. RAMSAY, "Penalized regression with model-based penalties", CJS/RCS vol. 28, 2000, pp 241-258. |
| 1999 | Edmund T.M. NG & Richard J. COOK, "Robust inference for bivariate point processes", CJS/RCS vol. 27, 1999, pp 509-524. |
| 1998 | Jerald F. LAWLESS & Min ZHAN, "Analysis of interval-grouped recurrent-event data using piecewise constant rate functions", CJS/RCS vol. 26, 1998, pp 549-565. |
| 1997 | Nancy E. HECKMAN & John RICE, "Line transects of two-dimensional random fields: Estimation and design", CJS/RCS vol. 25, 1997, pp 481-501. |
| 1996 | Mikelis BICKIS, Susanna BLEUER & Daniel KREWSKI, "On the estimation of the proportion of positives in a sequence of screening experiments", CJS/RCS vol. 24, 1996, pp 1-15. |
| 1995 | Michael LEBLANC & John CROWLEY, "Covariate effects in the proportional hazards model", CJS/RCS vol. 23, 1995, pp 109-129. |
| 1994 | Harry JOE, "Multivariate extreme value distributions", CJS/RCS vol. 22, 1994, pp 47-64. |
| 1993 | Jane F. GENTLEMAN & G. A. WHITMORE, "Estimation of the mutagenic potency of environmental chemicals using short-term bioassay", CJS/RCS vol. 21, 1993, pp 422-428. |
| 1992 | Ming-Gao GU, "On the Edgeworth expansion and bootstrap approximation for the Cox regression model under random censorship", CJS/RCS vol. 20, 1992, pp 399-414. |
| 1991 | Lise MANCHESTER, "A technique for comparing graphical methods", CJS/RCS vol. 19, 1991, pp 1-22. |
| 1990 | Douglas P. WIENS, "Minimax-variance L- and R-estimators of location", CJS/RCS vol. 18, 1990, pp 47-57. |
Lise Manchester Award
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Stephen FIENBERG |
SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work
SSC Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work Subcommittee (of the Awards Committee)
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Rick ROUTLEDGE |
| 2008 | Stephen D. WALTER |
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