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David Cox Research Prize

The Research Prize is awarded annually to a fellow of the Society near the beginning of their research career for an outstanding published contribution to statistical theory or application. The winner is awarded £2,000 by the Society.

In 2021 it was announced that the Prize would be renamed after the former RSS President, Professor Sir David Cox.
 

 

Kartik Waghmare 2025 recipient: Kartik Waghmare
Kartik has made ground-breaking contributions to statistical theory, especially on the completion of positive definite kernel functions and the formulation of graphical models for Gaussian processes.
 

Daniel García Rasines
22024 recipient: Daniel García Rasines
Daniel has pioneered work on selective inference. In particular, he created a novel proposal for information splitting that has had significant impacts on the study of post-selection inference.

 

 

The David Cox Research Prize is awarded annually and will next be awarded in 2026.