UW professor Jerry Li wins 2026 Gödel Prize for solving robust statistics problem
lazowska · x · 2026-08-06
Jerry Li, professor at the Allen School at UW, has been awarded the 2026 Gödel Prize for his groundbreaking work in robust statistics. His 2019 paper resolved a long-standing computational intractability issue, founding the subfield of algorithmic robust statistics.
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