IISA Announces Young Researcher Award Winners

At its recent International Conference on Statistics, Science, and Society in Chennai, India, the International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) announced the winners of its young researcher awards for 2012–2013.

The Theory and Methods Award went to Sourav Chatterjee, associate professor of mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University.

The Applications Award went to Sudipto Banerjee, professor of biostatistics in the school of public health at the University of Minnesota.

These awards are co-sponsored by IISA and Elsevier.