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Prize: Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling

Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling 2024 Tilmann Gneiting

The Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling is awarded to Tilmann Gneiting for seminal work in environmental and stochastic modeling, with applications to computational weather forecasting, and for research in probability theory and mathematical statistics.

Prize announcement as seen in the news release.

Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling 2021 Michael I. Jordan

The Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling is awarded to Michael I. Jordan for foundational contributions to machine learning (ML), especially unsupervised learning, probabilistic computation, and core theory for balancing statistical fidelity with computation.

Prize announcement as seen in the news release.

Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling 2018 Judea Pearl

First award: to Judea Pearl, for the invention of a model-based approach to probabilistic and causal reasoning, for the discovery of innovative tools for inferring these models from observations, and for the development of novel computational methods for the practical applications of these models.

Prize announcement as seen in Notices of the AMS and in the news release.