Robert J. Beaver OSCAR Awards
OSCAR is an acronym for Outstanding Statistical Consulting Award and Recognition. Deserving students win OSCARs based on both technical excellence in their consulting activities and also the artistic style in the way they communicate their work. Additional attributes considered in the evaluation process include the consultant's focus on their client's problem, the consultant's dedication to delivering timely results, and the consultant's enthusiasm and energy for challenging themselves to learn and apply statistical modeling methods they may not already know.
OSCARs are presented annually by the Department of Statistics. All UCR students, both undergraduate and graduate, are eligible to receive an OSCAR based on their statistical consulting activities. Students can participate in statistical consulting activities in a number of ways, including employment at the UCR Statistical Consulting Collaboratory, enrollment in the graduate level Statistical Consulting Course (STAT 293), or participation in special consulting projects throughout the academic year.
The number of OSCAR awards will vary from year to year, and students are eligible to win multiple times. The award consists of a detailed citation of all the attributes that make the student deserving, and an accompanying cash prize.
OSCAR Winners
2020-2021: Joowon Lee, Jiamei Zhang, and Noe Vidales
2019-2020: Lin Cong, and Rebecca Kurtz-Garcia
2018-2019: Suyeon Kang, and Bradley Lubich
2017-2018: Sean McClanahan, Lauren Cappiello, and Ruihan Lu
2016-2017: Debaleena Sain, and Samantha VanSchalkwyk
2014-2015: Tiffany Wong
2013-2014: Brandon Wales
2012-2013: Patrick Zongpeng Zheng, and Chen Lin
2011-2012: Diana Bahn
2010-2011: Joyce Yingzhou Fu, and Anne Hansen
2009-2010: Judy Xiang Li, Elijah DePalma, and Li Guo
2008-2009: Judy Xiang Li
2007-2008: Hua Yu, Analisa Vega, and Veronica Montes de Oca
2006-2007: Carlos Rendon, and Qi Zhang
2005-2006: Hongjie Deng
2004-2005: Arunava Chakravartty, and Scott Lesch
2003-2004: Junmei Liu, Payal Shah, and Yangyang