Title
2021 International Statistical Institute Mahalanobis Award: A Tribute to Heleno Bolfarine
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ruggeri F.
Bolfarine H.
Arellano-Valle R.B.
Lachos Davila V.H.
de Castro M.
Universidade de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
International Statistical Institute
Abstract
The Government of India sponsors the Mahalanobis International Award, which, managed by the International Statistical Institute, is presented every other year at the International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress. The Mahalanobis Award recognises an individual for lifetime achievements in statistics in a developing country or region. This article celebrates the 2021 winner, Prof. Heleno Bolfarine, who, unfortunately, passed away a few days before the award ceremony.
Start page
435
End page
446
Volume
89
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Estadísticas, Probabilidad
Matemáticas aplicadas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115609704
Source
International Statistical Review
ISSN of the container
03067734
Sponsor(s)
The Mahalanobis International Award is sponsored by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of the Government of India. The award recognises an individual for lifetime achievements in statistics in a developing country or region. It is expected that the award will have the potential to attract, inspire and motivate statisticians across the developing world to increase the quantity and improve the quality of their contributions to the cause of promotion and development of statistics and its applications. The award is presented biennially during the International Statistical Institute (ISI) World Statistics Congress (WSC). This article is a tribute to the 2021 recipient, Prof. Heleno Bolfarine (University of São Paulo, Brazil), who, unfortunately, passed away a few days before the award ceremony.
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