through June 30, 2011. The designation is
NISS Board of Trustees Named for
based on outstanding scholarship and
research accomplishments.
Mathew earned his PhD in statistics
2008–2009 Fiscal Year
from the Indian Statistical Institute in 1983
and joined UMBC in the fall of 1985. His
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announced its board of trust-
research interests include inference in univar-
ees members for the fiscal 2008–2009 year. The board approved the new members
iate and multivariate linear models, univari-
unanimously. Members of the board serve three-year terms.
ate and multivariate calibration, tolerance
intervals, bioequivalence testing, and sta-
Joining the NISS Board of Trustees are the following:
tistical methodology for industrial hygiene.
Mary Ellen Bock, Purdue University
On each topic, he has produced a significant
Keith Soper, Merck body of high-quality research. In particular,
Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
his work on the development of statistical
methodology for industrial hygiene applica-
Michael Kosorok, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
tions has been continuously funded since
James Rosenberger, Pennsylvania State University
2000 by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention through a National Institutes
The new executive committee includes the following:
of Health grant. Jointly with A. I. Khuri
James Landwehr, Avaya Laboratories (chair)
and B. K. Sinha, Mathew is the coauthor
Jessica M. Utts, University of California Davis (vice chair) of Statistical Tests for Mixed Linear Models,
Mary Ellen Bock, Purdue University
published by Wiley in 1998. A second book
(joint with K. Krishnamoorthy), Statistical
Keith Soper, Merck
Tolerance Regions: Theory, Applications, and
Linda J. Young, University of Florida
Computation, is under way.
Leland Wilkinson, Systat
Mathew is a Fellow of the American
John Rolph, University of Southern California
Statistical Association and Institute of
Mathematical Statistics.
Landwehr and Utts replace Vijay Nair and Leland Wilkinson, who served as
chair and vice chair of the board, respectively, from 2004–2008.
“We expect to grow as an organization this year. With the new addition to our
Juan C. Meza
facility under way, new staff members, and more programs, we expect that NISS
The National Blackwell-Tapia Committee
will be more well known than it has been in the past,” remarked Alan Karr, direc-
is pleased to announce that the 2008
tor of NISS. “Our board of trustees will do an excellent job helping us to move
Blackwell-Tapia Prize will be awarded
into these new directions,”
to Juan C. Meza, department head and
NISS expects to have the 11,782-square-foot addition to its building completed
senior scientist for the High Performance
in October. For more information about NISS, visit
www.niss.org.
Computing Research Department at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
This prize is awarded every second year in
Ik-Whan G. Kwon
industry as a leader who encouraged minority
honor of the legacy of David H. Blackwell
students to study mathematics and science.
Ik-Whan G. Kwon, professor and direc-
and Richard A. Tapia, two distinguished
For more information about the fac-
tor of the Consortium for Supply Chain
mathematical scientists who have been inspi-
ulty fellowship, visit
www.boeing.com/
Management Studies for the John
rations to more than a generation of African-
educationrelations/facultyfellowship.
Cook School of Business at Saint Louis
American, Latino, and Native-American stu-
University has been selected to participate
dents and professionals in the mathematical
in the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship
Thomas Mathew
sciences. It recognizes a mathematical scien-
Program for 2008.
tist who has contributed and continues to
The program selects faculty members
Thomas Mathew, contribute significantly to research in his or
at the associate professor level or above to
professor in the her field of expertise and who has served as
shadow Boeing engineers, technologists, and
Department of a role model for mathematical scientists and
professionals at various locations. While the
Mathematics and students from under-represented minority
professors share their expertise with the aero-
Statistics at the groups or contributed in other significant
space industry, they get to observe and sug-
University of ways to addressing the problem of the under-
gest how Boeing can make improvements.
Maryland Baltimore representation of minorities in mathematics.
Established in 1995, the program is
County (UMBC) Meza has a distinguished record as a
named in honor of the late A. D. “Bert”
Mathew has been desig-
mathematical scientist. He is the accom-
Welliver, Boeing corporate senior vice presi-
nated Presidential plished head of a large department doing cut-
dent of engineering and technology. Welliver
Research Professor at UMBC dur- ting-edge explorations in the computational
was recognized throughout the aerospace
ing the three-year term of July 1, 2007, sciences, computational mathematics, and
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