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COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship

October 31, 2023

The COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship (formerly known as R. A. Fisher Award and Lectureship) is a very high recognition of achievement and scholarship in statistical science that recognizes the highly significant impact of statistical methods on scientific investigations. The award was funded in 1963 by the North American Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) "to honor both the contributions of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and the work of a present–day statistician for their advancement of statistical theory and applications."[1] The COPSS Starting in 1964, the Distinguished Lecture is given at the Joint Statistical Meetings in North America and is subsequently published in a statistics journal. The lecturer receives a plaque and a cash award of US$2,000.[2] It is given every year if a nominee considered eligible and worthy is found, which one was in all but five years up to 1984, and in all years since. In June 2020, the name of the award was changed to its current name after discussions concerning Fisher's controversial views on race and eugenics.[3][4]

Past recipients of the award edit

Renaming of the lectureship edit

On June 4, 2020, following national movements to fight systemic racism and police brutality in response to the murder of George Floyd, one of the Lectureship award committee members, Daniela Witten (UW), started a discussion on renaming the Fisher Lectureship on Twitter as R.A. Fisher was a eugenicist.[3] A petition to "Rename The Fisher Lecture After David Blackwell" was initiated by Miles Ott (Smith) on Change.org. The COPSS leadership responded by soliciting input via an online form on the official website.

Harry Crane (Rutgers), Joseph Guinness (Cornell) and Ryan Martin (NCSU) posted a comment arguing against the renaming on June 13, 2020.[4] They argued that the lectureship was established to honor Fisher's scientific achievement, not the scientist. They proposed to amend the description of the lectureship instead of renaming it.

On June 15 the Executive Director of ASA, Ron Wasserstein, notified its members that the leadership has recommended changing the lectureship name to COPSS. The process that led to the decision was unclear. Ron commented on Twitter, "There is no principle of greater value than the principle of strengthening the statistical community by moving forward to form a more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive society".

On June 23, the name R.A. Fisher Award and Lectureship was officially retired and the announced recipient of the award for 2020, Kathryn Roeder, was to receive the award under the new name.[5][6] The chair of COPSS, Bhramar Mukherjee, also made the announcement on Twitter. In their statement, the COPSS mentioned that they retired the previous name of the award "to advance a more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive statistical community."[6]

Other lecture series named after R. A. Fisher edit

Two other series of lectures are also named after R. A. Fisher:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship". Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  2. ^ "COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship". Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Witten, Daniela (2020-06-04). "Thread by @daniela_witten". compiled by Thread Reader. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  4. ^ a b Crane, Harry; Guinness, Joseph; Martin, Ryan. "Comment on the Proposal to Rename the R.A. Fisher Lecture". Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  5. ^ ASA. . Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  6. ^ a b . 2020-06-23. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2020-07-01.

External links edit

  • Official website

October 31, 2023
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The COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship formerly known as R A Fisher Award and Lectureship is a very high recognition of achievement and scholarship in statistical science that recognizes the highly significant impact of statistical methods on scientific investigations The award was funded in 1963 by the North American Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies COPSS to honor both the contributions of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and the work of a present day statistician for their advancement of statistical theory and applications 1 The COPSS Starting in 1964 the Distinguished Lecture is given at the Joint Statistical Meetings in North America and is subsequently published in a statistics journal The lecturer receives a plaque and a cash award of US 2 000 2 It is given every year if a nominee considered eligible and worthy is found which one was in all but five years up to 1984 and in all years since In June 2020 the name of the award was changed to its current name after discussions concerning Fisher s controversial views on race and eugenics 3 4 Contents 1 Past recipients of the award 2 Renaming of the lectureship 3 Other lecture series named after R A Fisher 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPast recipients of the award edit1964 Maurice Bartlett 1965 Oscar Kempthorne 1967 John Tukey 1968 Leo Goodman 1970 Leonard Savage 1971 Cuthbert Daniel 1972 William G Cochran 1973 Jerome Cornfield 1974 George E P Box 1975 Herman Chernoff 1976 George Alfred Barnard 1977 R C Bose 1978 William Kruskal 1979 C R Rao 1982 F J Anscombe 1983 I R Savage 1985 Theodore W Anderson 1986 David H Blackwell 1987 Frederick Mosteller 1988 Erich Leo Lehmann 1989 David R Cox 1990 Donald A S Fraser 1991 David Brillinger 1992 Paul Meier 1993 Herbert Robbins 1994 Elizabeth A Thompson 1995 Norman Breslow 1996 Bradley Efron 1997 Colin Mallows 1998 Arthur P Dempster 1999 Jack Kalbfleisch 2000 Ingram Olkin 2001 James O Berger 2002 Raymond Carroll 2003 Adrian F M Smith 2004 Donald Rubin 2005 R Dennis Cook 2006 Terence Speed 2007 Marvin Zelen 2008 Ross L Prentice 2009 Noel Cressie 2010 Bruce G Lindsay 2011 C F Jeff Wu 2012 Roderick Little 2013 Peter J Bickel 2014 Grace Wahba 2015 Stephen Fienberg 2016 Alice S Whittemore 2017 Robert E Kass 2018 Susan Murphy 2019 Paul R Rosenbaum 2020 Kathryn Roeder 2021 Wing Hung Wong 2022 Nancy Reid 2023 Bin YuRenaming of the lectureship editOn June 4 2020 following national movements to fight systemic racism and police brutality in response to the murder of George Floyd one of the Lectureship award committee members Daniela Witten UW started a discussion on renaming the Fisher Lectureship on Twitter as R A Fisher was a eugenicist 3 A petition to Rename The Fisher Lecture After David Blackwell was initiated by Miles Ott Smith on Change org The COPSS leadership responded by soliciting input via an online form on the official website Harry Crane Rutgers Joseph Guinness Cornell and Ryan Martin NCSU posted a comment arguing against the renaming on June 13 2020 4 They argued that the lectureship was established to honor Fisher s scientific achievement not the scientist They proposed to amend the description of the lectureship instead of renaming it On June 15 the Executive Director of ASA Ron Wasserstein notified its members that the leadership has recommended changing the lectureship name to COPSS The process that led to the decision was unclear Ron commented on Twitter There is no principle of greater value than the principle of strengthening the statistical community by moving forward to form a more just equitable diverse and inclusive society On June 23 the name R A Fisher Award and Lectureship was officially retired and the announced recipient of the award for 2020 Kathryn Roeder was to receive the award under the new name 5 6 The chair of COPSS Bhramar Mukherjee also made the announcement on Twitter In their statement the COPSS mentioned that they retired the previous name of the award to advance a more just equitable diverse and inclusive statistical community 6 Other lecture series named after R A Fisher editTwo other series of lectures are also named after R A Fisher The Fisher Memorial Lecture on an application of mathematics to biology usually given in the UK first given in 1964 The Sir Ronald Fisher Lecture on genetics evolutionary biology or statistics given at the University of Adelaide Australia first given in 1990See also editCOPSS Presidents Award International Prize in Statistics Guy Medals List of mathematics awardsReferences edit COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Retrieved 2020 07 01 COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship Retrieved October 14 2023 a b Witten Daniela 2020 06 04 Thread by daniela witten compiled by Thread Reader Retrieved 2020 07 01 a b Crane Harry Guinness Joseph Martin Ryan Comment on the Proposal to Rename the R A Fisher Lecture Retrieved 2020 06 15 ASA R A Fisher Award and Lectureship Archived from the original on 2018 08 15 Retrieved 2020 06 23 a b COPSS Statement on Fisher Lectureship and Award 2020 06 23 Archived from the original on 2019 09 30 Retrieved 2020 07 01 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship amp oldid 1180167935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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