Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics explained

The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics awards innovations in statistical research with impact on society. This biennial prize is awarded in even years, and consists of a medal, a certificate, and a monetary reward of US$1,000,000, similar to the Nobel Prize in other disciplines.^[1] The home institution of the Prize is the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) in Belgium, which appoints the international jury and carries out the selection procedure. The award money comes from the Rousseeuw Foundation created by the statistician Peter Rousseeuw.

The first Rousseeuw Prize was awarded on October 12, 2022, at KU Leuven, presented by His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium.^{[2] [3]} The awarded topic was Causal Inference with application in Medicine and Public Health, with laureates James Robins, Andrea Rotnitzky, Thomas Richardson, Miguel Hernán and Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Laureates

Year	Laureate	Institution	Country	Awarded innovation
2022	James Robins[9]	Harvard School of Public Health	United States	"for their pioneering work on Causal Inference with applications in Medicine and Public Health."
	Andrea Rotnitzky[10]	Torcuato di Tella University	Argentina
	Thomas Richardson[11]	University of Washington	United States
	Miguel Hernán	Harvard School of Public Health	United States
	Eric Tchetgen[12]	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania	United States
2024	Ruth Heller	Tel Aviv University	Israel	"for the pioneering work on the False Discovery Rate (FDR)"[13]
	Yoav Benjamini		Israel
	Daniel Yekutieli		Israel

Nominations for the prize are submitted to its website together with letters of recommendation. The organizers of the prize and its ceremony are Mia Hubert and Stefan Van Aelst.

See also

• International Prize in Statistics
• COPSS Presidents' Award
• COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship

External links

• The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, official site
• The King Baudouin Foundation, official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rousseeuw Prize (about). February 9, 2023.
2. Web site: King Philippe presents Prize of 1 million dollars at KU Leuven (extract from television news, in Dutch) . November 3, 2022.
3. Web site: The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics (from the website of the Royal Palace, in Dutch and French) . November 3, 2022.
4. Web site: Statistics gets $1 million award (Science News). November 2, 2022.
5. Web site: First Rousseeuw Prize Awarded for Work on Causal Inference (AMSTAT News). August 2022 . November 2, 2022.
6. Web site: First Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics awarded for pioneering research on causal inference. November 2, 2022.
7. Web site: Rousseeuw Prize winners announced (in Institute of Mathematical Statistics Bulletin) . November 3, 2022.
8. Web site: Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics (from RTBF, the French-language public Belgian Radio) . November 3, 2022.
9. Web site: Biostats Faculty Receive Prestigious Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics . January 13, 2023.
10. Web site: Andrea Rotnitzky, ganadora del Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics . January 13, 2023.
11. Web site: Richardson is co-recipient of the 2022 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics . January 13, 2023.
12. Web site: Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen Awards . January 13, 2023.
13. Web site: The Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics . 2024-08-01 . www.rousseeuwprize.org.