David Donoho(1957)
MathematicsDavid Leigh Donoho is an American statistician. He is a professor of statistics at Stanford University, where he is also the Anne T. and Robert M.
United StatesStanford University
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Major Awards
317
Publications
150,842
Citations
112
h-index
235
i10-index
475.8
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Career History
Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, US
Education
Harvard University
Ph.D.
Statistics
1984
Princeton University
AB
Statistics
1978
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
RS
Robert Shiller
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
JB
Jaqueline Barton
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
MM
Mark Morris
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
WL
William Linder
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
JS
Joel Schwartz
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
TB
Trisha Brown
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
JT
Julie Taymor
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
CT
Cecil Taylor
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
EW
Eleanor Wilner
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
TB
Taylor Branch
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
SB
Sophia Bracy Harris
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
DW
David Werner
MacArthur Fellowship (1991)
Education
Harvard University(Doctor of Philosophy)
Princeton University(Bachelor of Arts)
Margaret Long Wisdom High School
Doctoral Advisors
Emmanuel CandèsJianqing FanCharles KooperbergVictoria StoddenOfer LeviMatan GavishEric D. KolaczykEry Arias-CastroJiashun JinShaobing Scott ChenKong WangNoureddine El KarouiRichard Chieng LiuBin ZhouHongye GaoPok-Yin Thomas YuJonathan B. BuckheitXiaoming HuoCarrie Elizabeth GrimesThomas Pok-Yin YuJonathan Robert KaplanMichael LustigArian MalekiEdgar DobribanApratim DeyJohn TukeyPeter J. Huber
Career Timeline
University of California, Berkeley?–present
Stanford University?–present
Stanford University1990–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Top Publications
Optimal Covariance Estimation for Condition Number Loss in the Spiked model
Econometrics and Statistics20241 citations
Data Come First: Discussion of “Co-citation and Co-authorship Networks of Statisticians”
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics20220 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)

Shing-Tung Yau
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2023)

David Kazhdan
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2020)

Andrew Wiles
Copley Medal (2017)
SK
Subhash Khot
MacArthur Fellowship (2016)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
MacArthur Fellowship (2015)
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Eric Lander
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
RC
Raj Chetty
John Bates Clark Medal (2013)

David Mumford
Japan Prize (2012)
Data Sources
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