2000 PARZEN PRIZE FOR STATISTICAL INNOVATION
awarded by
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
to
C. R. RAO
April 24, 2000
292 Breezeway MSC
4 pm
The 2000 EMANUEL AND CAROL PARZEN PRIZE FOR STATISTICAL INNOVATION
is awarded to C. Radhakrishna Rao (Eberly Professor of Statistics,
and Director of the Center for Multivariate Analysis, at the
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802) for
outstanding distinction and eminence in research on the theory of
statistics, in applications of statistical methods in diverse
fields, in providing international leadership for 55 years in
directing statistical research centers, in continuing impact
through his vision and effectiveness as a scholar and teacher, and
in extensive service to American and international society.
The year 2000 motivates us to plan for the future of the discipline
of statistics which emerged in the 20th century as a firmly
grounded mathematical science due to the pioneering research of
Pearson, Gossett, Fisher, Neyman, Hotelling, Wald, Cramer, and Rao.
Numerous honors and awards to Rao demonstrate the esteem in which
he is held throughout the world for his unusually distinguished and
productive life. C. R. Rao was born September 10, 1920, received
his Ph.D. from Cambridge University (England) in 1948, and has been
awarded 22 honorary doctorates. He has worked at the Indian
Statistical Institute (1944-1992), University of Pittsburgh (1979-
1988), and Pennsylvania State University (1988- ).
Professor Rao is the author (or co-author) of 14 books and over 300
publications. His pioneering contributions (in linear models,
multivariate analysis, design of experiments and combinatorics,
probability distribution characterizations, generalized inverses,
and robust inference) are taught in statistics textbooks.
Professor Rao will present a popular lecture entitled:
``STATISTICS; A TECHNOLOGY FOR THE MILLENNIUM''
Reception to follow in 205 MSC
EMANUEL AND CAROL PRIZE FOR STATISTICAL INNOVATION
To promote the dissemination of statistical achievements, the
Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation is awarded (around April of
even numbered years) to North American statisticians who have
made outstanding and influential contributions to the
development of applicable and innovative statistical methods.
The Parzen Prize is awarded by the Department of Statistics at
Texas A&M University to a nominee selected by the members of
the Parzen Prize Committee who for 2000 were: Herman Chernoff,
J. H. Matis, H. J. Newton, Grace Wahba, and Marvin Zelen.
Nominations for the year 2002 Parzen Prize should be submitted
(by October 1, 2001) to Professor J. H. Matis, Department of
Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
77843-3143. Previous Parzen Prize winners, and their Parzen
Prize lectures, are:
1994, Grace Wahba, Bascom Professor of Statistics at the
University of Wisconsin; ``Statistical Models, Reproducing
Kernels, Machine Learning, Multivariate Function Estimation,
Cross Validation and all that ...''. 1996, Donald B. Rubin,
Professor of Statistics at Harvard University; ``Merging
Statistical and Econometric Approaches to Causal Inference in
Nonrandomized Studies.'' 1998, Bradley Efron, Professor of
Statistics and Max Stein Professor of Humanities and Sciences,
Stanford University; ``Astrophysics and Biostatistics: An Odd
Couple''.
Emanuel Parzen is Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Texas
A&M University. In 1994 he was awarded the Samuel S. Wilks
Memorial Medal of the American Statistical Association ``for
outstanding research in Time Series Analysis, especially for his
innovative introduction of reproducing kernel spaces, spectral
analysis and spectrum smoothing; for pioneering contributions in
quantile and density quantile functions and estimation; for
unusually successful and influential textbooks in Probability
and Stochastic Processes; for excellent and enthusiastic
teaching and dissemination of statistical knowledge; and for a
commitment to service on Society Councils, Government Advisory
Committees, and Editorial Boards.''
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