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American statistician and university teacher (born 1934)

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Grace Goldsmith Wahba is an American statistician and retired I. J. Schoenberg-Hilldale Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a pioneer in methods for smoothing noisy data.

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2025International Prize in Statistics
2014COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship
2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
1994Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
1980Fellow of the American Statistical Association
1974Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Grace Goldsmith Wahba is an American statistician and retired I. J. Schoenberg-Hilldale Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a pioneer in methods for smoothing noisy data. Best known for the development of generalized cross-validation and "Wahba's problem", she has developed methods with applications in demographic studies, machine learning, DNA microarrays, risk modeling, medical imaging, and climate prediction.

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Born 1934 · age 92
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