Background and Association with Cambridge University Press

The International Astrostatistics Association is an authorized astrostatistics group originally formed by Cambridge University Press author, Joseph Hilbe (Arizona State University) in 2008, under the scope of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). Astrostatistics became an ISI standing committee in December 2009, and three weeks later, the ISI Astrostatistics Network, which would allow any number of members to join, was initiated. In 2012, the Network voted to become an independent global scientific association for Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics called the International Astrostatistics Association (IAA). In the same year, Cambridge University Press author, Eric Feigelson, along with Hilbe, founded the Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics Portal (ASAIP) at Penn State University. The IAA office is located at Brera Observatory in Milan, Italy, under the direction of Stefano Andreon, IAA membership chair. Its website is: http://iaa.mi.oa-brera.inaf.it/IAA/home.html

Within three years, the IAA has grown to more than 550 members from 56 nations. Cambridge University Press is a proud sponsor of the first-ever IAA Awards, a program which recognizes the achievements and contributions of scholars and researchers to Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics. Each year, Cambridge University Press will host the names of the IAA Awards winners on this website. Please scroll below to see this year’s winners.

Winners of the 2016 IAA Awards

Outstanding Contributions to Astrostatistics

G. Jogesh Babu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Eric D. Feigelson, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Joseph M. Hilbe, Arizona State University, USA

Fionn Murtagh, University of Derby, UK

IAA Elected Fellows

Stefano Andreon, INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory, Italy

G. Jogesh Babu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Asis K. Chattopadhyay, University of Calcutta, India

Kirk D. Borne, Booz Allen Hamilton Strategic Innovation Group, USA

Eric D. Feigelson, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Alan J. Heavens, Imperial College, UK

Joseph M. Hilbe, Arizona State University, USA

Ajit K. Kembhavi, Inter University Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, India

Jean-Luc Starck, CEA Saclay, France

Roberto Trotta, Imperial College, UK

David A. van Dyk, Imperial College, UK

Yanxia Zhang, National Astronomical Observatory, China