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Marshall Prize

This cash prize with accompanying certificate honours Professor Albert Marshall for his seminal work in the theory of statistical reliability and for his contributions to the development of statistics at UBC. The prize is awarded to an outstanding M.Sc. or Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics who has demonstrated excellence in the discipline of statistics  as demonstrated by strength in the development and application of statistical methodology. The award is usually given in the first quarter of the year.

Professor Marshall came to UBC in 1975 to become a Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics. By then he had already completed much of the work in reliability for which he is internationally known. A lot of that work was done while he was employed by Boeing along with a group of other distinguished statistical scientists researching reliability.

He has and continues to publish extensively, and he invented, with Professor Ingram Olkin, the well-known Marshall–Olkin exponential distribution. Among other things, their fruitful collaboration yielded a text on majorization called "Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and Its Applications," which has become a much-cited classic.

He has been widely recognized outside of UBC for his scholarly achievements. At UBC, Professor Marshall was instrumental in establishing the Department more than a decade ago and served as its Acting Head in the first year of its existence. His active research career continues, and he is now a Professor Emeritus in the Department.

The award, established in 1994, is supported by the Statistics Fund for Excellence.

This award is usually announced in March or April Year+1.

Recipients

Recipient's Name Year Recipient's Category Program News Item
Daniel Daly-Grafstein 2023 Graduate PhD Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Marshall Prize co-winners, David Xu and Daniel Daly-Grafstein!
Zuheng (David) Xu 2023 Graduate PhD Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Marshall Prize co-winners, David Xu and Daniel Daly-Grafstein!
Evan Sidrow 2022 Graduate PhD Marshall Prize 2022-2023 winner Evan Sidrow
Xin Ding 2021 Graduate PhD Xin Ding receives the 2021 Marshall Prize
Anthony Christidis 2020 Graduate PhD Announcing the 2020 Marshall Prize co-winners
Saifuddin Syed 2020 Graduate PhD Announcing the 2020 Marshall Prize co-winners
Joe Watson 2019 Graduate Joe Watson receives the 2019 Marshall Prize
Harlan Campbell 2018 Graduate Congratulations to the 2018 Marshall Prize co-winners, Harlan Campbell and Eric Fu!
Eric Fu 2018 Graduate Congratulations to the 2018 Marshall Prize co-winners, Harlan Campbell and Eric Fu!
Tanja Högg 2017 Graduate Marshall Prize: Congratulations, Tanja Högg!
Yang (Seagle) Liu 2016 Graduate Yang (Seagle) Liu Receives Marshall Prize
Andy Leung 2015 Graduate
Vivian Meng 2014 Graduate
Camila de Souza 2013 Graduate
Ardavan Saeedi 2012 Graduate
Liangliang Wang 2012 Graduate
Luke Bornn 2011 Graduate
Corinne Riddell 2011 Graduate
Eric (Shing) Fu 2010 Graduate
Kenneth (Chi Ho) Lo 2009 Graduate

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