Wald Lectures preview: Susan Murphy
Susan Murphy is the H.E. Robbins Distinguished University Professor of Statistics & Professor of Psychiatry and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. Her research focuses on improving [ More.. ]
Read More...Donald Geman elected to NAS
The USA’s National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries this year, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. [ More.. ]
Read More...Bruce Lindsay: 1947–2015
We learned just before we went to print with the June/July issue that Bruce Lindsay, 68, passed away May 5 in State College, PA. An obituary was printed in The [ More.. ]
Read More...Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Among the new Fellows of the American Mathematical Society are five IMS members: Maury Bramson, Paul Dupuis, James Fill, Donald Fraser and Jonathan Mattingly.
Read More...Alison Etheridge elected Fellow of the UK Royal Society
Professor of Probability in the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Oxford, Alison Etheridge, has been elected one of the 47 new Fellows and 10 new Foreign [ More.. ]
Read More...Patrick Kelly selected to receive 2015 Carver Medal
IMS Council has approved the nomination of Senior Production Editor Patrick Kelly for the 2015 Carver Medal, as recommended by the Committee to Select the Carver Award. Patrick receives the [ More.. ]
Read More...Emery Brown filmed at National Academy of Sciences meeting
During the 152nd annual meeting of the US National Academy of Sciences, several events and sessions were recorded and are now available to watch online. One of the filmed “research [ More.. ]
Read More...IMS Travel Awards announced
Meet the 13 people selected to receive this year’s IMS Travel Awards. The IMS Travel Awards provide funding for travel to present a paper or a poster at an IMS [ More.. ]
Read More...Han Liu receives 2015 Tweedie Award
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Han Liu as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Han received his PhD in 2010 from Carnegie Mellon University, and [ More.. ]
Read More...Members News: March 2015
Featuring news about Emery Brown, Richard Samworth, David Spiegelhalter
Read More...Peter Bickel honored by ETH
Peter Bickel received a Doctor honoris causa from ETH Zurich on November 22, 2014. The translation (from German) of the laudatio reads “…for fundamental contributions in semiparametric, robust and high-dimensional [ More.. ]
Read More...RIP: Steven F Arnold, Eugene Dynkin, Moshe Shaked, Henry Teicher and Marvin Zelen
We are saddened to bring news that five of our community have passed away recently. We do not yet have full details, but obituaries will appear for these colleagues in [ More.. ]
Read More...Members News: December 2014
Featuring news about Trevor Hastie, David Anderson, Kathryn Chaloner; Raymond J. Carroll, Frank E. Harrell Jr., Arnab Maity, Christopher S. McMahan, Sastry G. Pantula, Madan L. Puri, and Joshua M. Tebbs
Read More...IMS Members receive ASA awards
Sastry Pantula receives ASA Founders’ Award The American Statistical Association (ASA) presented Sastry G. Pantula, Oregon State University, with its prestigious Founders Award, along with James Cochran and Christine Franklin, [ More.. ]
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