The 2013-14 BEST Award was announced during the Annual Graduation Reception of the Department of Statistical Science, Devil's Den, Duke University, on Sunday May 11th 2014.
BEST Award Winner 2013-14: Statistical Science rising second year PhD student Kenichiro McAlinn, based on his research project proposal entitled Inter-Temporal Aggregation for Online Bayesian Analysis of Dynamic Models.
BEST Award honorable mention: Conferred on Statistical Science rising senior undergraduate student Ruilin Zhong, based on her research project proposal entitled Bayesian Decision Analysis for finding the Optimal Multi-period Portfolio Weights.
Photo: Kenichiro McAlinn, 2013-14 Award winner, and Professor Li Ma, member of the BEST Award Selection Committee, making the presentation on behalf of the BEST Foundation.
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