Awarded by the Department of Statistical Science, the BEST Award promotes and recognizes student research in Bayesian statistics and decision analysis. The BEST Award reflects the role and impact of Bayesian methodology and its applications, and the importance of active research experiences at all levels of student engagement in Statistical Science at Duke. Each year, the Department of Statistical Science makes BEST Awards to undergraduate, MS, and Ph.D. students, each with a monetary prize. We are delighted to recognize the research achievements of our 2022 BEST Awardees, below. More information is available on the BEST Award web pages.
Ph.D. Research |
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Winner: Alessandro Zito based on the research developed and presented in his work on Bayesian Modelling of Sequential Discoveries |
Master's Research |
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Winner: Chengxin Yang based on the research developed and presented in his MSS thesis entitled A Differentially Private Bayesian Approach to Replication Analysis |
Undergraduate Research |
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Winner #1: Shirley Mathur based on the research developed and presented in her Undergraduate Honors thesis entitled Synthetic Data Generation for Complex Surveys |
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Winner #2: Abbey List based on the research developed and presented in her Undergraduate Honors thesis entitled Employing Neural Language Models and A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Classification and Engagement Analysis of Misinformation on Social Media |
Statistical Science