The prestigious West Medal has been awarded by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) to Danny Pfefferman.
Danny is Professor of Social Statistics at the University and is also a member of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute.
The West Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to the development or communication of official statistics.
In their commendation, the RSS highlighted Danny’s long career in social statistics, with particular methodological interests in time series, multilevel modelling, survey non-response and small area estimation.
Danny was previously the President of the Israeli Statistical Society and is currently a Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He also maintains a role within the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the USA.
To read the full list of 2017 award winners, please click here.
