Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Charmaine
Dean,
Vice-President,
Research
and
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Statistics
and
Actuarial
Science,
University
of
Waterloo,
has
been
named
Fellow
of
the
Institute
of
Mathematical
Statistics
(IMS).
Dr.
Dean
received
the
award
for
her
scientifically
important
contributions
to
the
analysis
of
count
data,
disease
mapping,
spatio-temporal
data
and
more;
for
her
outstanding
leadership
to
the
statistical
profession,
her
record
of
mentorship
and
for
her
enormous
work
in
keeping
statistics
visible
at
the
center
of
science.
Each Fellow nominee is assessed by a committee of their peers for the award. In 2020, after reviewing 73 nominations, 35 were selected for Fellowship. Created in 1935, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics is a member organization that fosters the development and dissemination of the theory and applications of statistics and probability. The IMS has 3,500 active members throughout the world. Approximately 12% of the current IMS membership has earned the status of fellowship.
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