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AWARDS AND HONOURS

STAFF AND STUDENT RECOGNITION: PRIZES, AWARDS AND OTHER PRESTIGE MEASURES

Throughout 2021, Centre researchers and students were recognised for their outstanding excellence in research, outreach and scientific contributions. A total of 26 prizes (including two from ACEMS), awards and other prestige measures, were awarded to 28 ACEMS members, exceeding ACEMS' 2021 target of 10.

  • George Athanasopoulos and Rob Hyndman received the Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the Monash Business School.
  • George Athanasopoulos and Rob Hyndman received the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (Technological) from Monash University.
  • Adrian Barnett was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
  • Joshua Bon was awarded the Director’s Excellence Award by the QUT Centre for Data Science.
  • Alex Browning shared in the TM Cherry Prize for best student presentation at the 2021 ANZIAM Conference.
  • Fan Cheng and Sayani Gupta were awarded the Monash-ACEMS Business Analytics Prize.
  • Susanna Cramb received the Top Scoring Abstract Award from the World Congress of Epidemiology.
  • Jan de Gier was awarded a Research Professorship by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
  • Aurore Delaigle was elected as an Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
  • Christopher Drovandi was awarded the 2021 Moran Medal for his work and research in statistics and data science by the Australian Academy of Science.
  • Clara Grazian was awarded the SSA Fellowship Funding Award by the Statistical Society of Australia.
  • Rob Hyndman was awarded the Pitman Medal by the Statistical Society of Australia.
  • Rob Hyndman was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
  • Rob Hyndman was recognised as a Distinguished Researcher in the field of forecasting by the International Institute of Forecasters.
  • Rob Hyndman received the Outstanding M Paper Award from the International Journal of Forecasting.
  • Aline Kunnel was named by Awards Australia a “7News South Australian Young Achiever STEM Award” semi-finalist.
  • Tim Macuga received the QUT Faculty of Science Outstanding Service Award.
  • Lewis Mitchell received the JH Michell Medal which is awarded to an outstanding new researcher by the Australian Mathematical Society.
  • Louise Ryan was awarded the 2021 Moyal Medal by Macquarie University.
  • Kate Smith-Miles was made a Melbourne Laureate Professor by The University of Melbourne.
  • Tobin South was awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to head to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to begin his PhD.
  • Emi Tanaka was awarded the Distinguished Presenter's Award by the Statistical Society of Australia.
  • Ian Turner was recognised as a highly cited researcher for 2021 by Clarivate - Web of Science.
  • David Warne was awarded the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award by QUT.
  • Zongzheng (Eric) Zhou was awarded the Postdoctoral Award for Mathematics at Monash University.

In recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to the Centre, Kerrie Mengersen, Emily Duane, Tim Macuga, Tim Garoni, Minh Nguyen and Rosanna Verde received the ACEMS Outstanding Service Award at the 2021 ACEMS Annual Main Retreat held in November.

Louise Ryan was awarded the Moyal Medal by Professor Magnus Nyden (left) and Professor Samuel Muller (right). Magnus is the Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Samuel is Head of Department, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Picture courtesy: Macquarie University Department of Mathematics and Statistics

ACEMS PhD Candidate Aline Kunnel was named by Awards Australia a “7News South Australian Young Achiever STEM Award” semi-finalist.

At the 2021 ACEMS Main Retreat, Director Peter Taylor presented Outstanding Service Awards to six ACEMS members to acknowledge their exceptional service to the Centre, and for consistently demonstrating leadership above and beyond their official role.
(L-R): Rosanna Verde (Outreach Business Officer), Emily Duane (Chief Operating Officer), Peter Taylor (ACEMS Director), Tim Garoni (Deputy Director for Outreach and Monash Node Leader), and Minh Nguyen (Centre Finance Manager)

The Fulbright Program awarded ACEMS Masters student Tobin South a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to head to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to begin his PhD.

Two of the top awards at the ANZIAM 2021 Conference went to ACEMS members. ANZIAM awarded Associate Professor Lewis (left) the JH Michell Medal, given to an outstanding new researcher. Alex Browning (right) shared in the TM Cherry Prize for best student presentation.

ACEMS Chief Investigator Rob Hyndman received significant recognition during 2021, including from the Statistical Society of Australia, the Australian Academy of Science, the International Institute of Forecasters, and the International Journal of Forecasting.

The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium elected ACEMS Chief Investigator Aurore Delaigle as an Associate Member.

Tim Macuga received the QUT Faculty of Science Outstanding Service Award.