2012 COPSS Awards (and 2013 Nominations)
Bhramar Mukherjee, COPSS Treasurer/Secretary, reports on the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) annual awards, presented at JSM. The call for nominations for next year’s awards is below. We’ll [ More.. ]
Read More...How to give a 25-minute talk (Second Edition)
Giving a talk is a key skill. Hone it, and you will earn thanks from Rick Durrett, and all your future audiences.
Read More...NSF Graduate Research Fellowship: apply now
Many students getting ready to graduate with their baccalaureate degrees contemplate graduate studies or plan to continue their education. One of the major obstacles can be funding: students who have [ More.. ]
Read More...Report: New Statistical Methods for Next Generation Sequencing Data
Dan Nettleton, Laurence H. Baker Endowed Chair in Biological Statistics and Professor in the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University, co-organized this conference in May that was co-sponsored by [ More.. ]
Read More...Award nominations
Nominations are open for the L. Adrienne Cupples Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service in Biostatistics; Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize for Excellence in Math by an Undergraduate Woman; and the Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science.
Read More...IMS-China Election Results
The newly-elected committee of IMS-China has 16 members (two members tied in number of votes). The Chair-elect of the IMS-China Committee is Shuyuan He. The Program Secretary is Zenghu Li [ More.. ]
Read More...IMS Monographs 2: Nonparametric Inference on Manifolds
IMS has published a second IMS Monographs volume, Nonparametric Inference on Manifolds, with Applications to Shape Spaces, by Abhishek Bhattacharya, ISI Kolkata, and Rabi Bhattacharya, University of Arizona. IMS members [ More.. ]
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Multiple Linear Regression, part 2
With this column, Terry Speed continues his exploration of multiple linear regression, looking at “why,” “how” and idol management.
Read More...IMS Elections: results announced
The IMS election results are in. The new President-Elect is Bin Yu. Five people are elected to serve on Council for a three-year term, and one for a one-year term. [ More.. ]
Read More...Members’ News: August 2012
Featuring news items about David Spiegelhalter, Rafael Irizarry, Marc Hallin and Bruce Lindsay
Read More...Peter Jagers selected to receive 2012 IMS Carver award
IMS Fellow Peter Jagers has been chosen as this year’s Harry C. Carver Award winner. Peter is Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of [ More.. ]
Read More...Meetings and awards news, August 2012
Nominations for IMU Awards in 2014 The President of the International Mathematical Union, Ingrid Daubechies, has written to the Adhering Organizations, asking them to submit nominations for the IMU awards [ More.. ]
Read More...George Casella, 1951-2012
IMS Fellow George Casella passed away on June 17, aged 61, after a nine-year battle with multiple myeloma. George was born in Bronx, NY, where he attended the Bronx High [ More.. ]
Read More...Obituary: Kesar Singh, 1955–2012
Kesar Singh, a beloved colleague, friend, teacher and extraordinary researcher, left us forever, and far too soon, on Wednesday May 16, 2012. Kesar had had a massive heart attack the [ More.. ]
Read More...Rick’s Ramblings: The Academic Software Razzies
Each year in Los Angeles, on the night before the Oscars ceremony, the Golden Raspberry Awards—“Razzies”—are awarded to the worst of what Hollywood has to offer that year. In 2011, [ More.. ]
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