Professor Richard Samworth, Director of the Statistical Laboratory in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious COPSS Presidents' Award for fundamental contributions to statistical theory and practice, and services to the statistical profession.
The COPSS Presidents' Award is given annually by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. It is considered one of the highest awards in the international statistics community.
Professor Samworth's citation reads:
“For fundamental contributions to nonparametric inference under shape constraints, nonparametric classification, high-dimensional variable selection and change point estimation; for many substantial contributions to the profession including editorial service, extensive service to statistical societies; and for the training and mentoring of junior researchers.”
In addition to the 2018 COPSS Presidents’ Award, Professor Samworth received the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Research Prize (2008), RSS Guy Medal in Bronze (2012), Philip Leverhulme Prize (2014), and Adams Prize (2017). He became an IMS Fellow in 2014, an ASA Fellow in 2015, and gave an IMS Medallion lecture at the IMS Annual Meeting in Vilnius in 2018.
The awarded is sponsored by the five statistical societies:
- The American Statistical Association (ASA)
- The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
- The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
- The Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society (ENAR)
- The Western North American Region of the International Biometric Society (WNAR)