2023

Ryan Tibshirani of the University of California, Berkeley is the recipient of the 2023 COPSS Presidents’ Award. The citation for Dr. Tibshirani's plaque reads: 

“For deep contributions to theoretical statistics including nonparametric estimation, high dimensional inference, spline theory and distribution-free inference; For the development of new methodology including trend filtering and post-selection inference; For contributions at the interface of statistics and optimization; and for the development of methods for epidemic tracking and forecasting and co-leading the Delphi Research Group during the COVID pandemic.”