ISBA Committees
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
The Constitution and Bylaws Committee drafts and reviews proposed Bylaws for ISBA and its Sections, or may advise on interpretation of bylaws where needed. Committee Members are appointed by the President with board approval for 5 year terms with terms running through June 30th of the given year.
| Member | Term Ends |
|---|---|
| Rosangela Loschi | 2025 |
| Antonio Lijoi | 2026 |
| Catherine Calder | 2027 |
| Carrie Mengersen | 2028 |
| Steven MacEachern | 2029 |
Finance Committee
The ISBA Finance Committee is chaired by the ISBA past-President and consists of the ISBA treasurer and five appointed members with staggered terms.
| Member | Term Ends |
|---|---|
| Aad van der Vaart (chair) | ISBA past-president |
| Yanxun Xu | ISBA treasurer |
| Cathy W.S. Chen | 2024 |
| Mark Steel | 2025 |
| Anirban Bhattacharya | 2026 |
| Jian Kang | 2027 |
| Jaeyong Lee | 2028 |
Nominating Committee
The ISBA Nominating Committee is chaired by the ISBA past-President and proposes the slate of candidates to stand for election.
| Member | Term Ends |
|---|---|
| Sudipto Banerjee (Chair) | 2023 |
| Veronica Berrocal | 2023 |
| Luis Gutierrez | 2023 |
| Ioanna Manolopoulou | 2023 |
| Bernardo Nipoti | 2023 |
| Sonia Petrone | 2023 |
| Jaon Xu | 2023 |
ISBA Fellows Committee
The ISBA Fellows Committee is composed of eight past Fellows and elects new ISBA Fellows on a bi-annual basis.
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Raquel Prado | 2021 – 2024 |
| Sylvia Richardson | 2021 – 2024 |
| Steven MacEachern | 2021 – 2024 |
| Aad van der Vaart | 2021 – 2024 |
| Maria De Iorio | 2023 – 2026 |
| Sylvia Fruhwirth-Schnatter | 2023 – 2026 |
| Michele Guindani | 2023 – 2026 |
| Antonio Lijoi | 2023 – 2026 |
Committee on Named Lectures
The Committee on Named Lectures is comprised of the members of the ISBA Program Council and the Editor in Chief of Bayesian Analysis, along with three appointees.
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Mike West | 2025-2026 |
| Sergios Agapiou | 2022-2024 |
| Sameer K. Deshpande | 2022-2024 |
| Alexandra Schmidt | 2025-2026 |
| Fernando Quintana | 2025-2026 |
| Igor Prünster | 2025-2026 |
Continuing Education Committee
The Continuing Education Committee coordinates activities designed to promote knowledge and foster skills in Bayesian analysis.
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Gregor Kastner (Chair) | 2020-2022 |
| Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel | 2021-2023 |
| Dootika Vats | 2022-2024 |
Professional Conduct Committee
The Professional Conduct Committee is responsible for updating and administering the Code of Conduct. Members of the Committee will serve overlapping five year terms beginning on January 1, with the President and Past President as ex-officio members.
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Judith Rousseau | 2020-2024 |
| Catherine Forbes | 2021-2025 |
| Bruno Sanso | 2022-2026 |
| Veera Baladandayuthapani | 2023-2027 |
| Sara Wade | 2024-2028 |
| Amy Herring, Chair | 2023-2024 |
| Aad van der Vaart | 2024-2025 |
ISBA Prize Committee
The ISBA Prize Committee coordinates awards committees for the various ISBA prizes.
| Member | Term Ends (January) |
|---|---|
| Sergios Agapiou | 2025 |
| Xiaojing Wang (co-chair) | 2025 |
| Lucia Paci | 2026 |
| Surya Tokdar (co-chair) | 2026 |
| Natalia Bochkina | 2027 |
| Botond Szabo | 2027 |
ISBA Sponsorship Committee
The ISBA Sponsorship Committee coordinates sponsorship efforts for the various ISBA initiatives.
| Member | Term Ends (August) |
|---|---|
| Antonio Canale (chair) | 2024 |
| Isadora Antoniano-Villalobos | 2024 |
| Cathy Chen | 2024 |
| Daniele Durante | 2024 |
| Bettina Grün | 2024 |
| Yulia Marchenko | 2024 |
| Yu-Chien Bo Ning | 2024 |
| Lucia Paci | 2024 |
| Tony Pourmohamad | 2024 |
| Roberto Casarin | 2024 |
| Sudipto Banerjee | 2024 |
The committees have been updated for the prize committees but members are typically not revealed here until after the selection of award winners.
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Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Kerrie Mengersen (chair, UTC+) | 2021 |
| Daniele Durante (vice-chair, UTC+) | 2021 |
| Willem van den Boom (j-ISBA liaison, UTC+) | 2021 |
| Julyan Arbel | 2021 |
| Clara Grazian | 2021 |
| Peter Green | 2021 |
| Gregor Kastner | 2021 |
| Yongdai Kim | 2021 |
| David Nott | 2021 |
| Yasuhiro Omori | 2021 |
| Lucia Paci | 2021 |
| David Rossell | 2021 |
| Stéphanie van der Pas | 2021 |
| Steve MacEachern (chair, UTC-) | 2021 |
| Lorin Crawford (vice-chair, UTC-) | 2021 |
| Akihiko Nishimura (j-ISBA liaison, UTC-) | 2021 |
| Yves Atchade | 2021 |
| Andres Christen | 2021 |
| David Dahl | 2021 |
| Ernest Fokoue | 2021 |
| Hedibert Lopes | 2021 |
| Luis Nieto-Barajas | 2021 |
| Alexandra Schmidt | 2021 |
| Surya Tokdar | 2021 |
| Sinead Williamson | 2021 |
| Yanxun Xu | 2021 |
Mitchell Prize Committee
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Howard Bondell (chair) | 2022 |
| Brian Reich | 2022 |
| Jeff Morris | 2022 |
| Gael Martin | 2022 |
| Fan Li | 2022 |
| Sara Wade | 2022 |
Savage Award Committee
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Long Nguyen (co-chair) | 2022 |
| David Rossel (co-chair) | 2022 |
| Pierpaolo De Blasi | 2022 |
| Victor Elvira | 2022 |
| Clara Grazien | 2022 |
| Athanasios Kottas | 2022 |
| Lizhen Lin | 2022 |
| Jeff Miller | 2022 |
| Yun Yang | 2022 |
| Vinayak Rao | 2022 |
| Tomasso Rigon | 2022 |
| Botond Szabo | 2022 |
| David Nott | 2022 |
| Yanxun Xu | 2022 |
| Clair Gormley | 2022 |
| Jeffrey Miller | 2022 |
| Sylvia Kaufmann | 2022 |
Zellner Medal Committee
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Christian Robert | 2021-2022 |
| Marina Vannucci | 2021-2022 |
| Alan Gelfand (chair) | 2021-2022 |
Lindley Prize Committee
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Michele Guindani (chair) | 2020 |
| Raffaele Argiento | 2020 |
| Dipankar Bandyopadhyay | 2020 |
| Maria Eugenia Castellanos | 2020 |
| Petros Dellaportas | 2020 |
| Li Ma | 2020 |
| Clara Grazian | 2020 |
| Eduardo Gutiérrez-Peña | 2020 |
| Rosangela Helena Loschi | 2020 |
| Matt Koslovsky | 2020 |
| Daniel Kowal | 2020 |
| David Rossell | 2020 |
| Mark Steel | 2020 |
DeGroot Prize Committee
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Gael Martin (chair) | 2021 |
| Michael Gutman | 2021 |
| Robert Kohn | 2021 |
| Gary Koop | 2021 |
| Anthony Lee | 2021 |