The R. A. Fisher Lectureship is a very high recognition of achievement and scholarship in statistical science, and recognizes the highly significant impact of statistical methods on scientific investigations. The R. A. Fisher 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$1000. The award was established in 1963 by the North American Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) in recognition of the British statistician Ronald Aylmer Fisher. It is given every year if an eligible and worthy nominee is found (which one was in all but 5 years up to 2008).
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R. A. Fisher Lecturers
- 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 (statistician)
- 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 Berger (statistician)
- 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
Other lecture series named after R. A. Fisher
Two 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 1990
See also
References
- "Operating Procedures for the Fisher Lecture Selection Committee". Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. http://www.niss.org/copss/OperatingProceduresFisher.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- Altman, Douglas G. (2005). "Fisher Lectures". Encyclopedia of Biostatistics. Wiley Interscience. doi:.
- "Fisher Lecture — Past Award Recipients". Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. http://www.niss.org/copss/PastAwardsFisher.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- Senn, Stephen (2007-12-13). "Fisher Memorial Committee". http://www.senns.demon.co.uk/FisherWeb.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
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