West Medal awarded by the Royal Statistical Society to Danny Pfefferman

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) writes:

 

“The West Medal is awarded to Danny Pfeffermann. Danny has had a long career in social statistics, with particular methodological interests in time series, multilevel modelling, survey non-response and small area estimation. He has for many years held down multiple roles, has been President of the Israeli Statistical Society and is currently the National Statistician in Israel, Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Professor of Social Statistics at Southampton, while continuing a role with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the US. He continues to use his expertise to train the next generation of official statisticians, as well as pursuing his research interests which also inform his work directing a national statistical office.” 

See also https://www.statslife.org.uk/news/3204-rss-announces-honours-for-2017

 

Please join me in congratulating Danny for this outstanding achievement.

Dankmar Boehning, Director of S3RI