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Sallie Ann Keller Receives the 2010 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research

By nunnelly, Aug 11, 2010

James Landwehr, chair of the Board of Trustees of  the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), announces that Dr. Sallie Ann Keller has received the 2010 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. Katherine Ensor, chair of the Department of Statistics at Rice University, accepted the award on Keller's behalf at the NISS reception at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 2.

2010 NISS Distinguished Service Award Presented to Bock, Wilkinson and Thomas

By nunnelly, Aug 11, 2010

James Landwehr, chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announces that Mary Ellen Bock, Lee Wilkinson and James Thomas are the recipients of this year's NISS Distinguished Service Awards. The awards were presented by Alan Karr, director of NISS, at the NISS/SAMSI reception held on August 2 at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research

Created on Aug 10, 2010

The NISS Board of Trustees established the Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research in 2000 to honor Sacks' service as the founding director of NISS. The annual prize of $1,000, presented at the NISS JSM Reception, recognizes sustained, high-quality cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences.

NISS Distinguished Service Award

Created on Aug 10, 2010

The NISS Distinguished Service Awards were established by the Board of Trustees in 2005 to recognize individuals who have given extraordinary service that significantly advances NISS and its mission. Each year, one or more recipients are chosen by a committee composed of the Vice-Chair of the Board, the chair of the Awards Committee of the Board and the Director. Each receives a memento and has his or her name added to a plaque in the NISS building.

Solomon and Williams win ASA Founders Award

By nunnelly, Aug 9, 2010

The American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation's preeminent professional statistical society, has named the winners of its prestigious 2010 Founders Award, given to ASA members who have rendered distinguished service to the association.Winners were presented the award at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 3.

Dan Solomon and George Williams, both whom serve on the NISS Board of Trustees, received the Founders Award this year.