Congratulations to Daniela Witten, Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics, and Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair of Mathematical Statistics for being selected to receive the American Statistical Association’s 2021 Leo Breiman Junior Award. The Breiman Award recognizes Witten’s outstanding contributions to statistical learning, computational statistics, and their practical applications.

"It's an honor to receive this award. I feel so lucky to be able to work on fun and important problems alongside my talented colleagues -- both faculty and students -- at UW Statistics and Biostatistics."

To read more about Professor Witten's achievement, click here.