Workshop on Probability and Statistics in Finance
The Workshop on Probability and Statistics in Finance, sponsored by the IMS special interest group on “Finance: Probability and Statistics” (FPS) and the Statistics Department of Columbia University, took place [ More.. ]
Read More...President’s Welcome
IMS President, Ruth Williams, writes this introductory message, in which she informs readers about some of the ongoing and upcoming activities of the IMS, and encourages your participation. Our discipline [ More.. ]
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Speaking, reading, writing
Terry Speed knows the importance of good communication. He is inspired by a beautiful little book by R.D. Richardson: on Emerson, on writing
Read More...Rick’s Ramblings: Writing an NSF proposal with New Broader Impacts
Rick Durrett, Jedi Master of proposal-writing, writes some instructions for the Younglings, including the NSF’s revised broader impacts criterion.
Read More...Obituary: Patrick Billingsley, 1925–2011
Patrick Billingsley, scholar, writer, and actor, died Friday, April 22 at the age of 85. He is survived by his children Franny, Patty, Julie, Marty and Paul, and by his [ More.. ]
Read More...Obituary: Anatolii Skorokhod, 1930–2011
The world’s mathematical community lost one of its most prominent members when Professor Anatolii Vladimirovich Skorokhod died on January 3, 2011. Anatolii Skorokhod was born on September 10, 1930 in [ More.. ]
Read More...Anirban’s Angle: Berkeley & Indian Statistics
Anirban DasGupta reminisces on the fond relationships that have developed over the years between statisticians from India and UC Berkeley.
Read More...Project Euclid Receives 2011 PAM Division Award
Project Euclid—the premier platform and information community for mathematics and statistics resources from independent publishers—received the 2011 Division Award from the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Division of the Special Libraries Association. Given [ More.. ]
Read More...COPSS Awards 2011
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies announced its awards, presented at its annual ceremony at JSM in Miami Beach on August 3 by COPSS president Xihong Lin. The winner [ More.. ]
Read More...IMS Presidential Address by Peter Hall
“Ranking Our Excellence,” or “Assessing Our Quality,” or Whatever… One of the final responsibilities of each IMS President is to deliver a Presidential Address at the IMS annual meeting. [ More.. ]
Read More...IMS at JSM
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics held its 74th annual meeting at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami’s South Beach, from July 30 to August 4, 2011. The IMS highlights at [ More.. ]
Read More...Members’ News: September 2011
Featuring news items about Christian Genest, CR Rao, Joe Glaz, Xuming He, Jean-Pierre Fouque, and Craig A. Tracy
Read More...Terence’s Stuff: Gender Equity
Terry Speed believes that gender equity is not just desirable but possible and beneficial—but it is not an easy journey…
Read More...Obituary: Bernard Harris 1926–2011
Bernard Harris passed away peacefully on January 28, 2011, at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, La., following complications from heart surgery. Bernard was born on June 20, 1926, [ More.. ]
Read More...Obituary: Timothy Robertson 1937–2010
Professor Tim Robertson passed away on April 5, 2010, to the regret of his colleagues, family and friends. His former students, collaborators and colleagues who had held him in high [ More.. ]
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