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Marcelo Bourguignon Pereira (A personal reflection and timeline of engagement with the ISI)

Olivia van Dijck-Timbol
Olivia van Dijck-Timbol • 23 June 2025
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By: Marcelo Bourguignon Pereira
(A personal reflection and timeline of engagement with the ISI, showcasing how ISI has supported young statisticians over the years.)

 

On June 24th, the International Statistical Institute will celebrate its 140th anniversary, and it is impossible to talk about my academic/professional history without mentioning the ISI.

Through the ISI awards, I had the opportunity to participate in the ISI World Statistics Congresses of 2017 (Morocco-Marrakech), 2019 (Malaysia-Kuala Lumpur), 2021 (online due to the pandemic) and 2023 (Canada-Ottawa). The ISI World Statistics Congress is the largest statistics event in the world and, for me, the best.

I had the honor of seeing Professor Sir David Cox receive the first International Prize in Statistics. This award is considered the Nobel Prize of Statistics. Then I had the honor of seeing Professors Bradley Efron, Nan Laird and C.R. Rao received their awards. Not only that, but I also received an award at the same event as them. During all these years with ISI, I had the opportunity to win 4 awards for young statisticians, in addition to being selected as an Elected member.

I am very grateful to ISI for the opportunities, learnings and experiences, and I hope to always be part of ISI. Long live ISI.

Below is a summary of my long relationship with ISI.

2017 - ISI Jan Tinbergen Awards (First Prize)
2019 - World Bank Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building
2020 - Boy propagating from ISIWSC21 (see image below :))
2021 - Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute
2022 - ISI-IBS Young Ambassador Awards
2023 - IBS-ISI Young Ambassador Awards
2024 - Young Statisticians Committee
2025 - Scientific Committee of the ISIWSC25 (unique in Latin America)
2026 - ISI Magazine Editorial Board

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