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The complete list of newly
elected members is available
at www8.nationalacademies.
org/onpinews/newsitem.
aspx?RecordID=04282009.
Gunning Robbins Jianqiang Feng Xia Wang Zou
Wang
Robert F. Engle
Robert F. Engle, the win-
ner of the 2003 Nobel Prize
NISS Fellows
part of a multi-institution the University of Maryland,
in Economics, was awarded
research project led by NISS Gilbert Strang of MIT,
The National Institute of
the Hofstra University
on biosurveillance. He will Hans G. Kaper of Argonne
Statistical Sciences (NISS),
Presidential Medal on May 6,
help address fundamental National Lab (retired),
a research institute created
2009, in the Leo A. Guthart
issues of statistical theory and Tasso J. Kaper of Boston
by the national statistical
Cultural Center Theater,
methodology and then help University, Rene A. Carmona
sciences community, has
Joan and Donald E. Axinn
solve implementation issues of Princeton, Alexandre J.
appointed six new postdoc-
Library, South Campus.
of algorithms and computa- Chorin of the University
toral fellows. The fellows will
The Hofstra University
tional efficiency. The goal of of California at Berkeley,
participate in several new
Presidential Medal is one of
this project is to enable rapid David Leigh Donoho of
research programs at NISS.
the most prestigious awards
detection of disease spread by Stanford, Avner Friedman of
Patricia Gunning (PhD
given by the university to dis-
monitoring readily available The Ohio State University,
in statistics from Dublin
tinguished persons in recog-
information. The princi- Michael J. Todd of Cornell,
City University), Michael
nition of outstanding career
pal product of the research Srinivasa R. S. Varadhan of
Robbins (PhD in mathemat-
achievement, scholarly excel-
is a clear statement of the New York University, Grace
ical sciences from Clemson
lence, professional leadership,
probability that a particular Wahba of the University of
University), and Jianqiang
noteworthy public service,
disease is present some- Wisconsin-Madison, Michael
Wang (PhD in statistics from
or humanitarian endeavor.
where in the United States S. Waterman of University
Iowa State University) will
Engle, the Michael
or a particular city, together of Southern California,
work on a research program
Armellino Professor of
with the associated level of and Philippe Tondeur of
at NISS for the National
Finance at New York
uncertainty. According to the University of Illinois at
Agricultural Statistical Service
University Stern School of
Alan Karr, director of NISS Urbana-Champaign. The
(NASS). They will be in
Business, was awarded the
and leader of this project, complete list of newly elected
residence two consecutive
2003 Sveriges Riksbank Prize
“The emerging swine flu members is at http://fellows.
summers in Research Triangle
in Economic Sciences in
pandemic illustrates perfectly
siam.org/index.php?sort=last.
Park, North Carolina, and
Memory of Alfred Nobel for
the need for this research.”
spend the academic years at
his work in methods of ana-
NASS in Washington, DC.
NAS Members lyzing economic time series
Xiangdong Feng (PhD
SIAM Fellows with time-varying volatility
Five ASA members were
in statistics from the
(ARCH), an honor he shared
Sixteen ASA members among the 72 elected as
University of Illinois at
with Clive W. J. Granger of
were among the 183 indi- members of the National
Urbana-Champaign) and
the University of California
viduals named as Society Academy of Sciences on
Xia Wang (PhD in statis-
at San Diego. Engle’s
for Industrial and Applied April 28, 2009. The new
tics from the University
research has introduced
Mathematics (SIAM) Fellows NAS members were elected
of Connecticut) will join
some of the most influential
for their key contributions in recognition of their dis-
the Clinical Proteomic
concepts in modern econo-
to applied mathematics tinguished and continuing
Technology Assessment for
metrics, including GARCH
and computational science. achievements in original
Cancer (CPTAC), a program
models, cointegration, weak
The ASA members named research. ASA members
funded by the National
exogeneity, band spectrum
SIAM Fellows are Douglas include Charles F. Manski
Cancer Institute. NISS is
regression, common features,
N. Arnold of the University of Northeastern University,
providing statistical expertise
autoregressive conditional
of Minnesota, H. Thomas Adrian Raftery of the
and guidance on this project
duration (ACD), and, most
Banks of North Carolina University of Washington,
and, over the next two and
recently, the CAViaR model.
State University, Peter J. Gilbert Strang of the
a half years, will develop
Before joining NYU in
Bickel of the University Massachusetts Institute
specific statistical methodol-
2000, Engle was the chancel-
of California at Berkeley, of Technology, Wing
ogy for proteomics research.
lor’s associate professor of eco-
Murray Rosenblatt of the H. Wong of Stanford
Jian Zou (PhD in statis-
nomics at the University of
University of California at University, and Yu Xie of
tics from the University of
California at San Diego and
san Diego, G. W. Stewart of the University of Michigan.
Connecticut) will become
associate professor of
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