2018 E. L. Scott Award Winner
Bin Yu
University of California, Berkeley
Bin Yu of the University of California, Berkeley is the recipient of the 2018 COPSS Elizabeth L. Award. The citation for Dr. Yu's plaque reads:
“For principled leadership in the international scientific community; for commitment and actions towards diversity, equity and inclusion; for consistently mentoring and encouraging women students and new researchers in statistics and data science; and for scientific contributions to statistical and machine learning methodology at the highest scholarly level."