Shortlist 2010 Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award

• Daniel Aloise, "Exact Algorithms for Minimum Sum-of-Squares Clustering", University of Montreal, June 2009.

• Clintin P. Davis-Stober, "Luce's Challenge: Quantitative Models and Statistical Methodology", University of Illionois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.

• Petri Kontkanen , "Computationally Efficient Methods for MDL-Optimal Density Estimation and Data Clustering", University of Helsinki, Finland, November 2009.

• T. Siva Tian, "Dimensionality Reduction for Classification with High-Dimensional Data", University of Southern California, August 2009.

• Joost van Rosmalen, "Segmentation and Dimension Reduction: Exploratory and Model-Based Approaches", Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, April 2009.

Winner 2010 Classification Society Distinguished Dissertation Award

• Congratulations to the Winner: Daniel Aloise

• Honorable mention: Petri Kontkanen

• All dissertations were of excellent quality. Congratulations to all listed above.