Stanford University congratulates Su Weijie. [Photo/Stanford University]

Su Weijie, a Ningbo-born scholar and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has won the 2026 COPSS Presidents' Award, one of the highest honors for young statisticians worldwide.

The award, presented annually to one outstanding young statistician, recognizes Su's pioneering contributions at the intersection of statistics and machine learning. His achievement has drawn widespread attention from the global statistics and AI communities.

Su's success has also brought pride to his hometown. Stanford University, where he earned his PhD in 2016, and the Wharton School have both published messages congratulating him. Stanford described the award as a major achievement and an important milestone in his academic career.

Su's research has produced fundamental advances in statistics and machine learning, with practical implications for artificial intelligence and data science. According to New Scientist, his work could significantly improve the accuracy of the 2020 United States Census data by reducing injected noise by 15 percent to 24 percent.

Notably, Su was a classmate of Fields Medalists Wang Hong and Deng Yu at Peking University. His achievement is being celebrated as an inspiring example of how strong mathematical foundations can drive breakthroughs in AI and beyond.