Prof Mohammed Arashi, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Statistics, was recently awarded the Behboodian Award for statisticians younger than 40, who have published outstanding papers. This award is made biannually by the Iranian Statistical Society (ISS).

Prof Arashi is from the School of Mathematical Sciences at the Shahrood University of Technology, Iran. The award will be bestowed on him during the 13th Iranian Statistics Conference on 23 August this year. He was selected as the winner for his effective role in the development and progress of Statistics and publishing high quality papers. Prof Arashi also won this coveted award in 2012.

The Iranian Statistical Society, Inc (ISS) was founded in 1991 with the objective to further the study, application and good practice of statistical theory and methods in all branches of learning and enterprise. Today, the ISS serves 1 500 members in Iran and overseas, including all academic members of Iranian Universities and research centres in the field of Statistics.