The first result, known as the Cramer-Rao lower bound, provides a means for knowing when a method for estimating a quantity is as good as any method can be, the announcement notes. In announcing the award on April 1, the International Prize in Statistics noted that Rao’s “work more than 75 years ago continues to exert a profound influence on science.” It added: “In his remarkable 1945 paper published in the Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society, Calyampudi Radhakrishna (C.R.) Rao demonstrated three fundamental results that paved the way for the modern field of statistics and provided statistical tools heavily used in science today.” Numerous celebrations took place across the globe.
On the occasion of Rao’s 100th birthday in 2020, the journal Proceedings – Mathematical Sciences, produced by the Indian Academy of Sciences, published an article titled “CR Rao: A living legend.” It was part of an entire special issue devoted to Rao to mark his milestone birthday. All of us at UB are delighted to see him receive this richly deserved recognition for contributions that have indelibly impacted statistical science over more than seven decades,” Tripathi adds.
“He is a towering figure among statisticians, so it is only fitting that his genius be recognized with the most prestigious honor one can receive in the field. Tripathi, who himself holds two master’s degrees in the discipline. Rao’s pioneering scholarship has transformed not only the theory and methods of statistics but has wide-ranging practical applications in areas ranging from risk analysis and weather prediction to medical diagnosis and genetics,” says President Satish K. And recently, Rao added to his long list of awards by being named the recipient of the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, considered the Nobel Prize for the field.ĭubbed “a living legend” of statistics, Rao brought nine decades worth of knowledge to UB in 2010, when he was named a research professor in the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions. Rao is a rock star, considered the G.O.A.T. He won’t quite fill an arena, but in the field of statistics, C.R. Tom Brady is considered the “greatest of all time” in the National Football League.
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