The BEST Award for Student Research

Department of Statistical Science
Duke University

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Announced at the inaugural BEST Award reception in the von der Heyden pavilion, Duke University, on Friday 31st October 2008.

BEST Award Winner 2008: Statistical Science major Craig Reeson (Trinity 2009) in recognition of his research on Financial Time Series, Graphical Modelling & Portfolio Analysis
Honorable Mention: Statistical Science PhD student James Scott in recognition of his research on Nonparametric Bayesian Multiple Hypothesis Testing of Autoregressive Time Series


From Left to Right: Mike West (BEST Award & Selection Committee Chair), James Scott, Craig Reeson, José M Quintana (BEST Foundation Trustee & Chairman of BEST LLC) and, in the background, Al Crumbliss (Dean of Natural Sciences)	From Left to Right: James Scott (2008 Honorable Mention) and Craig Reeson (2008 Winner) - and there's Dean Crumbliss in the background again! And if you look closely, you'll also see StatSci staff Nikki and Anne taking it easy.