Frank Wilcoxon Prize

The Frank Wilcoxon Prize is awarded annually by the American Society for Quality and the American Statistical Association, for the best practical application paper in their joint journal Technometrics in the past year ^[1] . The first prize was established in 1969 ^[2] and continued every year thereafter ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} .

The prize is named after Frank Wilcoxon, commemorating his achievements in statistics. It is presented at the Fall Technical conference organized jointly by the American Society for Quality and the American Statistical Association, together with the Jack Youden prize which was also established in 1969 ^{[7] [8]} . The Frank Wilcoxon Prize consists of a certificate and a cash honorarium of US$1000 (as of 2022).

The criteria for selecting the winning paper are ^{[9] [10] [11]}

1. Value of application to practical problems
2. Organization and clarity of presentation
3. Documented examples (attaching higher merit to actual data rather than constructed examples)
4. Originality of material

Past recipients

Past recipients of the Frank Wilcoxon Prize are tabulated below ^[12] .

Year	Recipient (University)	Paper
2021	Jakob Raymaekers (Maastricht University) Peter Rousseeuw (KU Leuven)	Fast Robust Correlation for High-Dimensional Data
2020	Tony Pourmohamad (Genentech) Herbert K.H. Lee (UCSC)	The Statistical Filter Approach to Constrained Optimization
2019	Wujun Si (Wichita State University) Qingyn Yan (Wayne State University) Xin Wu (Wayne State University)	Material Degradation Modeling and Failure Prediction Using Microstructure Images
2018	Joseph Guinness (Cornell University)	Permutation and Grouping Methods for Sharpening Gaussian Process Approximation
2017	Matthew T. Pratola Ofir Harari Derek Bingham Gwenn E. Flowers	Design and Analysis of Experiments on Nonconvex Regions
2016	Stefano Castruccio Marc G. Genton	Compressing an Ensemble With Statistical Models: An Algorithm for Global 3D Spatio-Temporal Temperature
2015	Yili Hong Yuanyuan Duan William Q. Meeker Deborah L. Stanley Xiaohong Gu	Statistical Methods for Degradation Data with Dynamic Covariates Information and an Application to Outdoor Weathering Data
2014	Hai Nguyen Noel Cressie Matthias Katzfuss Amy J. Braverman	Spatio-Temporal Data Fusion for Very Large Remote Sensing Datasets
2013	Matthew T. Pratola Stephan R. Sain Derek Bingham Michael Wiltberger E. Joshua Rigler	Fast Sequential Computer Model Calibration of Large Nonstationary Spatial-Temporal Processes
2012	Amy J. Braverman Eric J. Fetzer Brian H. Kahn Evan M. Manning Robert B. Oliphant Joao P. Teixeira	Massive Dataset Analysis for NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
2011	Chae Young Lim Sarat C. Dass	Assessing Fingerprint Individuality Using EPIC: A Case Study in the Analysis of Spatially Dependent Marked Processes
2010	Richard A. Becker Chris Volinsky Allan R. Wilks	Fraud Detection in Telecommunications: A Historical Perspective and a Look Forward.
2009	Max D. Morris Brad Dilts Stuart J. Birrell Philip M. Nixon	Composite Response Surface Designs for Factors With Jointly Symmetric Effects
2008	Xuemei Shan Daniel W. Apley	Blind Identification of Manufacturing Variation Patterns by Combining Source Separation Criteria
2007	Todd Graves Michael Hamada Jane Booker Michele Decroix Kathy Chilcoat Clint Bowyer	Estimating a Proportion Using Stratified Data From Both Convenience and Random Samples
2006	Dale N. Anderson David C. Stromswold Sharon C. Wunschel Anthony J. Peurrung Randy R. Hansen	Detection and Location of Gamma-Ray Sources With a Modulating Coded Mask
2005	German Molina M. J. Bayarri James O. Berger	Statistical Inverse Analysis for a Network Microsimulator
2004	Stefan H. Steiner R. Jock MacKay	Scale Counting
2003	Daniel R. Jeske Ashwin Sampath	Estimation of Clock Offset Using Bootstrap Bias-Correction Techniques
2002	Steven Golowich James Landwehr Scott Vander Wiel	Interplay Between Physics and Statistics for Modeling Optical Fiber Bandwidth
2001	Scott D. Grimshaw Bruce J. Collings Wayne A. Larsen Carolyn R. Hurt	Eliciting Factor Importance in a Designed Experiment
2000	Chuanhai Liu Don X. Sun	Analysis of Interval-Censored Data From Fractionated Experiments Using Covariance Adjustment
1999	Francis G. Pascual William Q. Meeker	Estimating Fatigue Curves With the Random Fatigue-Limit Model
1998	Siddhartha R. Dala Colin L. Mallows	Factor-Covering Designs for Testing Software;
	X. Joan Hu Jerald F. Lawless Kazuyuki Suzuki	Nonparametric Estimation of a Lifetime Distribution When Censoring Times Are Missing
1997	Søren Bisgaard David M. Steinberg	The Design and Analysis of 2k−p Prototype Experiments;
	Peter S. Wludyka Peter R. Nelson	An Analysis-of-Means-Type Test for Variances From Normal Populations
1996	Harry F. Martz Paul H. Kvam Lee R. Abramson	Empirical Bayes Estimation of the Reliability of Nuclear-Power-Plant Emergency Diesel Generators
1995	William Q. Meeker Michael J. LaValle	An Accelerated Life Test Based on Reliability Kinetics
1994	Karen Kafadar	An Application of Nonlinear Regression in Research and Development: A Case Study From the Electronics Industry
1993	Richard F. Gunst Nelson A. Kelly	Captive-Air Irradiation Experiments on Ozone Formation in Southern California
1992	Sybil L. Crawford Morris H. DeGroot Joseph B. Kadane Mitchell J. Small	Modeling Lake-Chemistry Distributions: Approximate Bayesian Methods for Estimating a Finite-Mixture Model
1991	Christopher Morrell Richard A. Johnson	Random Truncation and Neutrinos
1990	M. Hamada C. F. Jeff Wu	A Critical Look at Accumulation Analysis and Related Methods
1989	Richard D. De Veaux Michael J. Steele	ACE Guided-Transformation Method for Estimation of the Coefficient of Soil-Water Diffusivity
1988	G. J. Hahn T. E. Raghunathan	Combining Information From Various Sources: A Prediction Problem and Other Industrial Applications
1987	William Q. Meeker, Jr.	Limited Failure Population Life Tests: Application in Integrated Circuit Reliability
1986	Vijayan N. Nair	Testing in Industrial Experiments With Ordered Categorical Data
1985	Raymond J. Carroll David Ruppert	Transformations in Regression: A Robust Analysis
1984	J. Brian Gray Robert F. Ling	K-Clustering as a Detection Tool for Influential Subsets in Regression
1983	R. Dennis Cook P. C. Wang	Transformations and Influential Cases in Regression
1982	R. L. Berger	Multiparameter Hypothesis Testing and Acceptance Sampling
1981	Russell V. Length	On Finding the Source of a Signal
	Ronald D. Snee	Developing Blending Models for Gasoline and Other Mixtures
1980	Thomas J. Lorenzen	Determining Statistical Characteristics of a Vehicle Emissions Audit Procedure
1979	Josef Schmee Gerald J. Hahn	A Simple Method for Regression Analysis With Censored Data
1978	Cuthbert Daniel	Patterns in Residuals in the Two-Way Layout
1977	Brian L. Joiner	Evaluation of Cryogenic FlowMeters: An Example in Non-Standard Experimental Design and Analysis
1976	Brian L. Joiner Cathy Campbell	Designing Experiments When Run Order Is Important
	William S. Cleveland Roberta Guarino	Some Robust Statistical Procedures and Their Application to Air Pollution Data
1975	William S. Cleveland Beat Kleiner	A Graphical Technique for Enhancing Scatter Plots With Moving Statistics
	Ronald D. Snee	Experimental Designs for Quadratic Models in Constrained Mixture Spaces
1974	A. E. Beaton John W. Tukey	The Fitting of Power Series, Meaning Polynomials, Illustrated on Band Spectroscopic Data
	P. I. Feder	Graphical Techniques in Statistical Data Analysis—Tools for Extracting Information From Data
	E. A. Sylvestre W. H. Lawton M. S. Maggio	Curve Resolution Using a Postulated Chemical Reaction
1973	George E. P. Box William H. Hunter John F. MacGregor J. Erjavac	Some Problems Associated With the Analysis of Response Curve Data
1972	G. L. Tietjen R. H. Moore	An Extension of Some Grubbs-Type Statistics for the Detection of Several Outliers
	Wayne Nelson	Theory and Applications of Hazard Plotting for Censored Failure Data
	R. D. Snee	On the Analysis of Response Curve Data
1971	J. Mandel	A New Analysis of Variance Model for Non-Additive Data
	W. H. Lawton E. A. Sylvestre	Self Modeling Curve Regression
1970	C. H. Goldsmith D. W. Gaylor	Three Stage Nested Designs for Estimating Variance Components
	L. R. LaMotte R. R. Hocking	Computational Efficiency in the Selection of Regression Variables
1969	Frank E. Grubbs	Procedures for Detecting Outlying Observations in Samples
	W. L. Nicholson K. R. Merckx	Unfolding Particle Size Distribution

See also

• Lists of science and technology awards

References

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