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<b>2013 Honorary Membership</b><br>
(Le français suit l'anglais)<br>
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<![endif]--><b>Professor Bovas Abraham</b>, Professor at University of
Waterloo, Waterloo has been awarded Honorary Membership in the
Statistical Society of Canada. Professor Abraham received his award
at University of Alberta, Edmonton, where more than 500
statisticians are gathered for the Society’s 41’st Annual Meeting.
This award is intended to honour an individual who has made
exceptional contributions to the development of the statistical
sciences in Canada and whose work has had a major impact in this
country.<br>
<br>
Bovas Abraham is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics
and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. He was born in
June 1942 in Kerala, South India, where he attended school in the
village of Kariamplave, Ranni, where his parents still reside. He
attended the University of Kerala when this state installed the
world’s first elected communist government. He has two brothers and
a sister, and two wonderful daughters, Linzy and Linn and boasts
that his wife, Annamma, is an exquisite cook and a creative quilter.<br>
<br>
After graduation, he taught in a college in Kerala and refined his
teaching skills in Cape Coast, Ghana, preparing students for the
A-Level examinations of the University of London. By coincidence,
while he was in Ghana, a coup overthrowing the government of Nkrumah
occurred. Bovas continues to deny any involvement. A happier coup
occurred in the same period when he married Annamma in 1967 while on
vacation in Kerala.<br>
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Bovas obtained his MSc from the University of Guelph in 1971 and his
PhD in 1975 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, under the
supervision of George Box. After spending two years at Dalhousie
University he moved to Waterloo. He has been a faculty member at the
University of Waterloo in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Science since 1977.<br>
<br>
Professor Abraham has devoted his considerable talent and energy to
the statistical sciences in many different capacities. He is a
former President of the SSC and the founding president of the
Business and Industrial Statistics Section of the SSC as well as the
founding president of the International Society for Business and
Industrial Statistics. He was the Director of the Institute for
Improvement in Quality and Productivity at the University of
Waterloo for nearly ten years. He has been involved in graduate
training, teaching courses and supervising Masters and PhD students
since 1977. He has published extensively in time series analysis,
quality improvement, and the management and implementation of
statistical procedures such as designed experiments, SPC and is
co-author of the popular books, Statistical Methods for Forecasting,
and Introduction to Regression Modeling. He has also acted as an
educator and consultant in a wide range of statistical applications
in industry in Canada, Latin America, India, and the United States.
<br>
<br>
Bovas is also a recipient of many other awards. He is a Fellow of
the American Society for Quality, a Fellow of the American
Statistical Association, a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society,
an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. In
addition, he holds the Service Award from the International
Statistical Institute (2007) and the William G. Hunter award from
the Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality (2006).<br>
<br>
The citation for the award reads:<br>
“To Bovas Abraham, for his fundamental contributions to the
statistical sciences, advances in time series analysis, statistical
methods for quality improvement, and industrial statistics, for
dissemination of statistical methodology through authorship of
textbooks, and for his service as founding president of the Business
and Industrial Statistics Section and President of the Statistical
Society of Canada.”<br>
<br>
For more information, please visit <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2013">http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2013</a><br>
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<hr size="2" width="100%"><b>Membre honoraire 2013</b><br>
<br>
<b>Bovas Abraham</b>, professeur à la University of Waterloo,
Waterloo s’est vu décerner le titre de membre honoraire de la
Société statistique du Canada. Le professeur Field a reçu son prix à
l’Université Alberta (Edmonton, AB), où plus de 500 statisticiens
participent au 41e congrès annuel de la Société. Ce titre vise à
honorer un individu qui a contribué de manière exceptionnelle au
développement des sciences statistiques au Canada et dont les
travaux ont eu un impact majeur au pays.<br>
<br>
Bovas Abraham est professeur émérite au Département de statistique
et d’actuariat de la University of Waterloo. Il est né en juin 1942
dans le Kerala, dans la partie sud de l’Inde ; il a entamé ses
études dans le village de Kariamplave, Ranni, où vivent encore ses
parents. Il a fréquenté la University of Kerala à l’époque où cet
État a installé le premier gouvernement communiste élu au monde. Il
a deux frères et une soeur, deux merveilleuses filles, Linzy et
Linn, et il vante les talents créatifs de cuisinière et de
courtepointe de son épouse Annamma.<br>
<br>
Après avoir obtenu un premier diplôme, il a enseigné dans un collège
au Kerala et perfectionné ses qualités d’enseignant à Cape Coast, au
Ghana, dans un établissement de préparation aux examens d’entrée de
la University of London. Le hasard a voulu qu’il se trouve au Ghana
lors du coup d’État qui a renversé le gouvernement de Nkrumah. Bovas
continue de nier toute implication personnelle. Un plus joli coup
s’est produit à cette même époque lorsqu’il a épousé Annamma, en
1967, lors de vacances au Kerala.<br>
<br>
Bovas a obtenu sa maîtrise de la University of Guelph (en 1971) et
son doctorat (en 1975) de la University of Wisconsin à Madison sous
la direction de George Box. Après avoir enseigné deux ans à
Dalhousie, il a déménagé à Waterloo. Il y est professeur depuis
1977.<br>
<br>
Le professeur Abraham a consacré son énorme talent et ses énergies
aux sciences statistiques de multiples façons. Il a été président de
la SSC et le président fondateur du Groupe de statistique
industrielle et de gestion de la SSC, ainsi que de la Société
internationale de statistique industrielle et de gestion. Il a
dirigé l’Institut d’amélioration de la qualité et de la productivité
de la University of Waterloo pendant près de dix ans. Il participe à
la formation d’étudiants de cycle supérieur, à l’enseignement et à
l’encadrement d’étudiants à la maîtrise et au doctorat depuis 1977.
Il a publié de nombreux articles en analyse de séries
chronologiques, en amélioration de la qualité et en gestion, ainsi
que sur la mise en oeuvre de procédures statistiques telles la
conception d’expériences et le contrôle statistique des procédés ;
il est le coauteur des ouvrages populaires Statistical Methods for
Forecasting et Introduction to Regression Modeling. Il a également
oeuvré en tant qu’éducateur et consultant dans le cadre de diverses
applications industrielles de la statistique au Canada, en Amérique
latine, en Inde et aux États-Unis.<br>
<br>
Bovas est le récipiendaire de nombreuses autres distinctions. Il est
notamment compagnon de la Société américaine pour la qualité,
compagnon de l’Association des statisticiens américains, fellow de
la Royal Statistical Society, et membre élu de l’Institut
international de statistique. Il s’est également vu décerner le Prix
pour services de l’Institut international de statistique (2007) et
le Prix William G. Hunter de la Division de statistique de la
Société américaine pour la qualité (2006).<br>
<br>
La citation du titre de membre honoraire se lit comme suit :<br>
« À Bovas Abraham, en reconnaissance de ses contributions
fondamentales en statistique qui ont permis des avancées dans le
domaine des séries chronologiques, des méthodes statistiques
d’amélioration de la qualité et de la statistique industrielle, de
la diffusion de méthodologie statistique en tant qu’auteur de livres
et de ses mandats à titre de Président fondateur du Groupe de
statistique industrielle et de gestion et de Président de la Société
statistique du Canada. »<br>
<br>
Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter :<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ssc.ca/fr/lauréats-des-prix/lauréats-des-prix-en-2013">http://www.ssc.ca/fr/lauréats-des-prix/lauréats-des-prix-en-2013</a><br>
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