Affiliate News of Note! ASA and IMS Announce Fellows

The ASA recently announced their list of Fellows who will be recognized for their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistical science at an awards ceremony Tuesday, July 30, 2019, during the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2019) in Denver.

NISS would like to acknowledge those individuals from NISS Affiliates who have been recognized with this prestigious honor.  They include:

• Hua-Hua Chang, Professor, Purdue University 
• Jinbo Chen, Professor, University of Pennsylvania 
• Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Professor, Medical University of South Carolina 
• Alexandra L. Hanlon, Practice Professor of Biostatistics, Virginia Tech 
• Craig A. Hill, Senior Vice President, Survey, Computing, and Statistical Sciences, RTI International 
• Rebecca A. Hubbard, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania 
• Bo Li, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
• Jia Li, Professor, Penn State University​
• Yehua Li, Professor, University of California at Riverside
• Nandita Mitra, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Judea Pearl, Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles
• Cynthia Rudin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
• Joseph L. Schafer, Mathematical Statistician, US Census Bureau 
• Alexander Tsodikov, Professor, University of Michigan
• Xiangrong Yin, Professor, University of Kentucky
• Hui Zou, Professor, University of Minnesota

The IMS also announced its list of Fellows who will also be recognized for recieving this honor for their outstanding work in the field of mathematical statistics.  Those inductees from NISS Affiliate institutions include:

• Cynthia Rudin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Duke University
• Xiaofeng Shao, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
• Christopher K. Wikle​, Curators Distinguished Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Hongquan Xu, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles
• Xiangrong Yin, Professor, University of Kentucky​

Congratulations to all of these NISS members for earning this prestigious acknowledgement!