Ulf Grenander Prize Selection Committee

General Description

  • Committee is standing
  • Number of members is three
  • Term is three years
  • Members are appointed by the President

The Grenander Prize, established in 2017 in honor of Ulf Grenander (1923-2016), recognizes exceptional theoretical and applied contributions in stochastic theory and modeling. It is awarded for seminal work, theoretical or applied, in the areas of probabilistic modeling, statistical inference, or related computational algorithms, especially for the analysis of complex or high-dimensional systems.

The prize is awarded every three years.

Principal Activities

The committee recommends a winner and communicates this recommendation to the Secretary for approval by the Executive Committee of the Council. The committee recommendation should include a written citation for the nominee.

Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(as adopted by the April 2019 Council)

The American Mathematical Society is committed to promoting and facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the mathematical sciences. For its own long-term prosperity as well as that of the public at large, our discipline must connect with and appropriately incorporate all sectors of society. We reaffirm the pledge in the AMS Mission Statement to "advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals," and urge all members to conduct their professional activities with this goal in mind.

Miscellaneous Information

The business of this committee can be done by email or videoconference.

Note to the Chair

For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner.

Authorization

  • January 03, 2017 Council Minutes, Item 6.5: Council created the committee and approved its charge
  • 24 April 2021 Council, Item 6.8: Added the Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • 02 January 2024 Council, Item 2.3: Removed prize amount.

Past Members

A list of current and past members is available here:
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/grenander-past.html

Past Winners

http://www.ams.org/grenander-winners

AMS Prize Webpage

http://www.ams.org/grenander-prize