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Service Awards

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The ISI Service Awards are presented to members who have made outstanding contributions to the ISI and the international statistical community. They are selected every two years by the ISI Executive Committee and are recognised at the Awards Ceremony during the World Statistical Congress, and receive a certificate.

Past ISI Service Awards Recipients (2015 – 2023)

ISI Service Awards – 2023 Recipients

Elena Zarova

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Elena Zarova


For her leadership as Chair of the ISI Central Eurasia Outreach Committee from 2013 – 2022

Mark Podolskij

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Mark Podolski


For his outstanding and dedicated leadership and service as Scientific Programme Committee Chair for the 2023 ISI World Statistics Congress

Reija Helenius

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Reija-Helenius


For her leadership as Director of ISI/IASE's International Statistical Literacy Project.

A. John Bailer

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John-Bailer


For his invaluable efforts in organising the Virtual World Statistics Congress 2021.

Cathy Chen

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Cathy Chen


For serving as Chair of the ISI East Asian Outreach Committee from 2016 - 2021.

ISI Service Awards – 2021 Recipients

Nalini Ravishanker

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Nalini-Ravishanker


For outstanding and dedicated leadership and service as SPC Chair for the Virtual ISI World Statistics Congress 2021.

Ananda Sen

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Ananda Sen


For serving as Editor-in-Chief of ISI’s flagship journal International Statistical Review. 

Michael Steiner

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Michael-Steiner


For serving as Committee on Agricultural Statistics Chair.

Peter Guttorp

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Peter Guttorp


For his invaluable efforts in organising the Public Voice Initiative.

Megan Higgs

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Megan-Higgs


For her Editorial Leadership for the Statisticians React to the News blog.

ISI Service Awards – 2019 Recipients

Yves-Laurent Grize

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Yves-Laurent Grize


For outstanding and dedicated leadership and service as SPC Chair for the ISI World Statistics Congress 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Ray Chambers

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 Ray Chambers


For serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of ISI’s flagship journal International Statistical Review from April 2015 – August 2018.

Marc Genton

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Marc Genton


For serving as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Stat from January 2015 - December 2017.

Pedro Silva

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Pedro Silva


For his invaluable efforts in organising the ISI World Statistics Congress 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.

ISI Service Awards – 2017 Recipients

Fabrizio Ruggeri

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Fabrizio-Ruggeri


For outstanding and dedicated leadership and service as SPC Chair for 61st WSC Marrakech, Morocco 2017.

Belkacem Abdous

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Belkacem-Abdous


For outstanding and dedicated leadership and service as LPC Chair for 61st WSC Marrakech, Morocco 2017.

Hasnae Fdhil

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Hasnae-Fdhil


For outstanding and dedicated service to 61st WSC Marrakech, Morocco 2017.

Irena Krizman

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Irena Krizman


For outstanding and dedicated leadership and service to ISI and the international statistical community in Statistical Capacity Building developments and innovations.

ISI Service Awards – 2015 Recipients 

Frank Samaniego

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Frank Samaniego


For serving as Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee at the 60th World Statistics Congress. 

Nancy Garcia

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Nancy-Garcia


For serving as Chair of the Local Programme Committee for the 60th ISI WSC.

Marc Hallin

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Marc-Hallin


For his role as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Statistical Review. 

Nicholas Fisher

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Nicholas Fisher


For his role as the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Stat.

Toh Hock Chai

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Toh Hock Chai


For ISI’s regional initiatives in South East Asia and for the inaugural ISI Regional Statistics Conference in 2014.

Shyamala Nagaraj

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Shyamala Nagaraj


For ISI’s regional initiatives in South East Asia and for the inaugural ISI Regional Statistics Conference in 2014.