Peking University, Aug. 28, 2012: Recently, PKU alumnus Samuel S. Kou (Kou Xingchang), a professor at Harvard University, won COPSS (Committee of Presidents of statistical societies) 2012 Presidents’ Award.
Kou got the award for his groundbreaking contribution to stochastic modeling and statistical inference in single molecule biophysics, pioneering the equi-energy sampler, fundamental contributions to Bayesian, empirical Bayes and nonparametric methods and outstanding service to the statistical profession and contribution to statistical education.
Kou was admitted to Peking University in 1993 and started pursuing his Ph.D. at Stanford University since 1997. In 2001, he took a faculty position at Harvard University and was promoted to a full professor in 2008.
COPSS sponsors and presents the Presidents’ Award to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the profession of statistics. The Presidents’ Award, established in 1976, is jointly sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the Biometric Society ENAR, the Biometric Society WNAR, and the Statistics Society of Canada operating through COPSS. The award consists of a suitable certificate and cash award in the sum of $1000 and is given during the joint meetings of the sponsoring societies. The first award was made in 1979, and is awarded yearly. The recipient of the Presidents’ Award shall be a member of at least one of the participating societies. The candidate may be chosen for a single contribution of extraordinary merit, or an outstanding aggregate of contributions, to the profession of statistics. The President’s Award is granted to an individual who has not yet reached his or her 41st birthday during the calendar year of the award.
Related Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COPSS_Presidents%27_Award
http://nisla05.niss.org/copss/2012%20Award%20Winners.pdf
http://www.amstat.org/committees/commdetails.cfm?txtComm=OCOPSS/PRESDNTS
Written by: Zhang Jiang
Source: PKU News (Chinese)
