Francisco Aranda-Ordaz Prize

FRANCISCO ARANDA-ORDAZ PRIZE

The LARC-SLAPEM organizes, every two/three years, a prize to honor the memory of Francisco Aranda-Ordaz, a distinguished young Mexican statistician who died tragically in 1991. Sponsored by the Bernoulli Society, the Francisco Aranda-Ordaz Award is bestowed on one thesis in Probability and one thesis in Statistics completed by students at a Latin American institution, or in a joint program with a Latin American institution (note the changes in the application conditions compared to previous editions of the award). The winners are invited to present their works at the CLAPEM meeting.

Dissertations defended during the period of March 2023 to September 2025 are eligible for consideration in this edition of the Award.

A complete submission consists of:

• The complete dissertation, submitted in electronic form. 

• The official university final exam form, signed by the student's doctoral committee or by other university officials, as appropriate. 

• A letter from the thesis advisor stating that he/she agrees to submit the dissertation for consideration of the award committee.

The official languages of the Award are Spanish, Portuguese, English and French. The Committee will consider other languages as an exception.

Nominations should be sent in electronic form to premio.aranda.ordaz@gmail.com. Deadline for submission of nominations is October 31, 2025. No exceptions will be made.

The Award Committee for 2023-2025 is coordinated by Santiago Saglietti (chair). The Committee will notify the award winners by December 31, 2025. Awardees will be invited to attend the XVII CLAPEM to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 2-6, 2026, to present their work in a Special Invited Session.