Al-Kindi Student Awards OverviewThe annual Al-Kindi Student Awards (sponsored by the CEMSE division) celebrate the talent and achievements of the Statistics Program's students. The awards are presented in recognition of the academic accomplishments (Al-Kindi Statistics Top Quals Student Award) and research impact (Al-Kindi Statistics Research Student Award) of our leading students in the fields of Statistics.The awards are named after Al-Kindi (801-873 CE), a prominent figure in the House of Wisdom, whose book entitled "Manuscript on Deciphering Cryptographic Messages" is believed to be the earliest writing on Statistics. In his book, Al-Kindi gave a detailed description of how to decipher encrypted messages using Statistics and frequency analysis. This text arguably gave rise to the birth of both Statistics and cryptanalysis. 2024:Al-Kindi Statistics Top Quals Student Award:TBAAl-Kindi Statistics Research Student Award:TBATBATBA 2023:Al-Kindi Statistics Top Quals Student Award:Zuzheng WangAl-Kindi Statistics Research Student Award:Esmail Abdul FattahSagnik MondalPaolo Victor Redondo 2022:Al-Kindi Statistics Top Quals Student Award:Djidenou (Hans) MontchoAl-Kindi Statistics Research Student Award:Rafael Medeiros CabralZhuo QuZhongwei Zhang 2021:Al-Kindi Statistics Top Quals Student Award:Xiran ZhangAl-Kindi Statistics Research Student Award:Samuel HorvathGhulam QadirMary Lai O. Salvana 2020:Al-Kindi Statistics Top Quals Student Award:Ghulam QadirAl-Kindi Statistics Research Student Award:Gaurav AgarwalJian CaoWanfang Chen
