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| IMS Handbook |
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| Committees |
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Terms of IMS Committees |
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An annual cycle for a committee runs from one business meeting to the following business meeting. With the exception of the Committee on Nominations, a committee term is three years. |
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Committee for the Carver Medal |
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The Harry C. Carver Medal created by the IMS in honor of H. C. Carver, Founding Editor of the Annals of Mathematical Statistics and one of the founders of the IMS. The medal is for exceptional service specifically to the IMS and is open to any member of the IMS who has not previously been elected President. Not more than one award shall be made each year. The nominating committee consists of three former Presidents of the IMS. |
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Committee on Electronic Issues |
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The Electronic Issues Committee is responsible for looking into issues surrounding electronic publishing and electronic issues pertaining to the IMS Business Office. This committee should have 6 members, 3-year appointments, with 2 members rotating out every year. |
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Committee on Fellows |
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Article IV, Section 2 of the Bylaws provides that "Each President
shall appoint at least three Fellows annually to serve three-year
terms on the Committee on Fellows. The President shall designate one
of those members whose term is next to expire as chair." At the
August 2006 meeting, the IMS Council recommended that each President
appoint four committee members annually, thereby creating a committee
of 12.
Article IV, Section 1 provides that "The Council may by majority vote
elect to Fellowship any Member nominated by the Committee on Fellows.
Such nomination shall be on the basis of the Nominee's contributions
to the development and dissemination of the theory and application of
statistics and probability.'' Only members of IMS are eligible to be
Fellows of IMS.
The current policy and procedure of the Committee on Fellows was
established by Council in 1997, 2005 and 2006. While the Council did
not recommend a quota for fellowship, it was felt in 2006 that with a
membership of 4400, a running average of between 10 and 25 new fellows
elected each year was appropriate. In 2005, the Council agreed to
prohibit nominations by members of the Committee. The committee should
look for those that should have been considered for Fellows and
encouraging people to nominate them. |
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Qualifications for Fellowship |
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The candidate shall have evidenced continuing activity in research in
mathematical statistics by publication of independent work of merit.
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The first qualification may be partly or wholly waived in the case of
(a) a candidate of well-established leadership, whose contributions
to the field of statistics or probability other than original research
shall be judged of equal value; or (b) a candidate of well-established
leadership in the application of statistics or probability, whose work
has contributed greatly to the utility of and application of these
areas.
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Prospective fellows should have been members on December 1 of the
year preceding the one in which they are to be considered for
Fellowship by the committee. Candidates should also have shown a
commitment to the IMS by having been members of the society for at
least two years. |
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A call for nominations and a nomination form is published in the IMS
Bulletin, and on the IMS web page. Members nominating a person for
Fellow transmit completed nomination form that includes a list of not
more than five publications, other reasons for nominating the person,
and a brief citation. Supplementary material including a curriculum
vitae, supporting letters, and any other relevant material should
accompany the nomination. The nomination package is sent to the IMS
Business Office, as per the instructions in the IMS Bulletin by the
deadline of January 31. The Business Office distributes the
nominations to all members of the Committee on Fellows.
Each nominee should be assigned for review to two committee members
who do not have a direct personal or professional relationship with
the nominee. These committee members are responsible for evaluating
the professional standing of the nominee, the service of the nominee
to the profession, and the service of the nominee to the IMS. The
members should base their evaluations on the nomination materials and
other publicly available information. The members will report to the
full committee that the nominee is "Highly Qualified," "Qualified," or
"Not Qualified" to be a Fellow and will be prepared to defend this
evaluation.
Allowing time for follow-up discussion, the Committee will then vote
on the ratings of "Highly Qualified," "Qualified," or "Not Qualified"
for each nominee. Nominees receiving a plurality of Not Qualified
votes will be dropped from further consideration.
The chair of the Committee will propose a list of nominees for final
action by the full committee, taking into account the Committee
ratings, a running average of 10-25 new fellows each year, and the
balance of the list by various factors. The Committee may amend the
proposed list by adding, deleting, or replacing names on the list
before final action on the recommendations to the Council.
The Chair of the Committee on Fellows arranges for discussion and
voting. The committee shall not consider whether giving a fellowship
to a nominee will impact a hiring, tenure, or promotion case. It shall
not be held against a nominee that his/her main work is outside
statistics, so long as his/her contribution to statistics satisfies
the Qualifications for Fellowship in the IMS handbook.
The Committee will finalize the citations for each elected Fellow and
prepare the final list of Fellows with citations for the IMS Council.
The Chair of the Committee reports this final list to the President
on or before April 15 to allow sufficient time for Council approval
and invitations to be sent to newly elected Fellows well in advance of
the Annual Meeting.
The new Fellows are announced at the Presidential Invited Address at
the Annual Meeting. The President writes to all the nominators well
before the Annual Meeting thanking them for their efforts and
informing them of the results.
There are no formal voting schemes that the Committee on Fellows must
follow in deciding which nominations should be forwarded to the
President. It is up to the Chair of the Committee to advise the
Committee of the voting scheme and other relevant issues, to encourage
discussion of the issues and the nominations, and to prepare the final
list of successful nominations. Any relevant information on procedures
available from Council discussion or previous Committee on Fellows
discussions shall be forwarded to the Chair of the Committee on
Fellows by the President. |
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Committee on Finance |
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The Committee shall consist of the Past President, serving as
chair, the Treasurer, and three members of the elected Council, one
from each class. Additional members from outside the Council may be
appointed to provide needed expertise. The Committee will be
responsible for monitoring the implementation of the investment policy
adopted by the Council, monitoring financial procedures, recommending
any needed changes in the policy and procedures and in the form of
financial reports, and receiving and reviewing audit reports and
communicating the results to the Executive Committee and Council.
In August,2006, the IMS Council approved the following Investment Policy:
- The IMS is committed to a policy of low-cost long-term indexed
investing with minimal intervention.
- IMS investment funds (that is, the funds other than the operating
funds or the operating reserve) should be invested as follows:
- 60% in domestic and international equities
- 40% in fixed-income instruments.
- The equity investment should be placed in low-cost index funds
- 45% of the equity pool should be invested in an index fund with the
SP500 index as the benchmark.
- 40% of the equity pool should be invested in an index fund with the
Russell 2000 or Wilshire 4500 index as the benchmark.
- 15% of the equity pool should be invested in an index fund with the
MSCI-EAFE index as the benchmark.
- The equity investment should be placed in low-cost index funds
- The fixed income investments should also be invested in low-cost index funds.
- Of the fixed income investment pool, 50% should be invested in a
low-cost index fund with the benchmark of the Lehman Brothers 5-10
Year Government/Credit Index.
- Of the fixed income investment pool, 50% should be invested in a
low-cost index fund with the benchmark of the Lehman Brothers 1-5 Year
Government/Credit Index.
- The distribution of funds should be reviewed annually and should be
rebalanced if the actual allocations differ from the targets given
here by more than 5%.
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Committee on Memorials |
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The Memorials Committee sees that proper steps are taken to memorialize distinguished Statisticians and Probabilists who have died. The committee must choose whom to honor and how. The committee, in conjunction with the appropriate Editor or Program Chair, selects appropriate authors of memorial articles or organizers of memorial sessions and is responsible for recommending to the Council that an issue of a journal be dedicated to an individual deemed particularly deserving.
Dedication of Individual Articles in IMS Journals:
Dedication (memorial or non-memorial) of a regular refereed research article that has been accepted for publication can be approved by that journals editor. The editor must inform the Committee on Memorials of the dedication. Unless the committee objects the dedication remains. Inaction by the committee will not lead to delay of publication. The committee has the right to stop the dedication if it finds it to be inappropriate. |
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Committee on New Researchers |
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The New Researchers Committee's responsibility is to assist the
IMS in understanding and meeting the needs of new researchers. The
Committee will be in charge of organizing and running the New
Researchers Conference, under the supervision of the IMS Program
Secretary. This meeting of new researchers provides a unique
opportunity for junior researchers to exchange ideas and initiate
contacts amongst themselves as well as provide them an opportunity to
interact with the invited senior participants. The New Researchers'
Committee is responsible for obtaining funding for this conference from
federal agencies, inviting senior researchers, journal editors, and
grant program officers for presentations to conference attendees,
advertising the conference through professional bulletins and
statistical journals, selecting conference attendees from the submitted
applications, creating and hosting the conference website, and arranging
the conference center, schedule and accommodation for new researchers
and invited speakers at the time of the conference. Apart from
organizing this conference, the Committee may act as a forum for
bringing concerns and issues relating to New Researchers to the IMS
leadership for discussion. The Committee is also in charge of updating
and maintaining the IMS New Researchers' Guide, a document published by
the IMS and available on the IMS website. The members of the Committee
will serve for three years. One of those members shall be designated as
chair by the IMS President, in consultation with the New Researchers
Committee and IMS Program Secretary. If needed, a Local Arrangements
Chair for the New Researchers Conference will also be selected by the
same process. |
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Committee on Nominations |
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By-Laws, Article III, Section 1.1 state that
The President, in consultation with the President-Elect and the Past President, shall appoint a Nominating Committee and shall announce their names at the Annual Meeting when he or she retires as President. This Committee shall submit to the Members, through the Executive Secretary, at least four months before the next succeeding Business Meeting, at least one nomination for President-Elect, and a slate containing at least twice as many names as the number of anticipated vacancies on the Council. |
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Committee on Publications |
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The Publications Committee is responsible for determining general policy for all publications of the Institute. The Editors of the official journals are ex-officio members. |
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Committee to Select Administrative Officers |
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The Committee to Select Administrative Officers submits nominations for Executive Secretary, Treasurer, Program Secretary, and Managing Editors when vacancies occur. |
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Committee to Select Editors |
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The Committee to Select Editors submits nominations for Editor of each publication as vacancies occur. The President is charged with appointing two additional ad hoc members to the Committee for each selection decision that must be made. |
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Committee on Special Lectures |
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The Committee on Special Lectures arranges for papers of unusual interest to be given at regular meetings by distinguished scientists. It also selects the Wald Lecturer and, in alternating years, the Neyman, Rietz and LeCam Lecturers. The names of the selected lecturers are usually announced at the IMS Annual Meeting at least one year in advance.
The Annals and Statistical Science Editors are ex-officio members of the Committee on Special Lectures, since special papers are usually published in one of these journals. The Program Secretary and Associate Program Secretary for Probability serve as ex-officio members of the Committee on Special Lectures. The ex-officio members are voting members of the committee. |
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Medallion Lectures |
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Each year, the committee invites eight individuals to deliver Medallion Lectures. No one who has given a Medallion Lecture (or a Special Invited Paper) is eligible to be chosen as a Medallion Lecturer, although they may be chosen as a Named Lecturer.
Medallion Lectures are distinct from Invited Papers, which are chosen
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the various Program Committees for specific meetings. Each Medallion
Lecturer will receive a Medallion in a brief ceremony preceding the
lecture.
The IMS Program Secretary will provide the chair of the Committee on Special Lectures with a list of sessions available for medallion lectures during the time frame for which the Medallion Lectures are being selected. The list will consist of specific IMS sponsored and co-sponsored meetings and the number of potential Medallion sessions available at those meetings.
The Committee on Special Lectures will assign each Medallion nominee
and
alternate to a specific meeting that is appropriate to his/her research
area. The assignment should be consistent with the availability of Medallion sessions.
The Chair of the Committee will submit the final slate of Medallion
lectures and alternates to the Council for approval. Following approval by Council, individual Medallion nominees will be contacted by a member of the Executive Committee.
The Committee on Special Lectures include in its selections of
Medallion Lecturers at least two people in probability; at least two
people in statistics and additionally at least one person in
interdisciplinary. If this requirement conflicts with the available
Medallion Sessions, the composition of the Medallion slate will be set
by the Chair of the Committee and the Program Secretary.
Because more statisticians than probabilists are usually on the
committee
and each group tends to vote for people with whom they are familiar,
probabilists maybe less likely to be chosen. To overcome this problem,
some committee chairs have devised voting schemes in which the number
of
Medallion Lectures in probability is fixed in advance, and then
separate
votes are taken in probability and statistics.
The chair of the Special Lectures Committee should be provided with a
list of the past Medallion Lecturers (or SIPs). |
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Named Lectures |
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All named lectures are selected by the Committee on Special Lectures and are given at the Annual meeting. Details for each lecture follow.
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The Wald Memorial Lectures
The Wald Memorial Lectures honors Professor Abraham Wald. The Wald
Lecturer gives two, three or four one hour talks on one subject. This
gives sufficient time to develop material in some detail and make it
accessible to nonspecialists. The Wald Lecturer need not be an IMS
member.
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The Rietz Lectures
The Rietz Lectures are named after the first President of the
Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Professor Henry L. Rietz. The
Lectures are intended to be of broad interest and are given every third
year alternating with the Neyman and LeCam Lectures. The Rietz Lectures
serve to clarify the relationship of statistical methodology and
analysis
to other fields. In the past, a special committee was appointed to
select
a Rietz Lecturer.
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The Neyman Lectures
The Neyman Lecture is to be given every third year, alternating
with
the Rietz and LeCam Lectures. The Neyman Lecture ordinarily will
emphasize the interactions between statistical theory and scientific
research.
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The LeCam Lectures
The LeCam Lecture is to be given every third year, alternating with
the Rietz and Neyman Lectures. The lecturer should be an individual
whose
contributions have been or promise to be fundamental to the development
of mathematical statistics or probability. An endowment was set up by
friends of LeCam to cover the cost of travel and a plaque for the
lecturer.
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Process for approval and contact of Medallion and Named Lecturers:
The Council must first approve the list of Medallion and Named
Lectures.
Once approved, the President or Program Secretary will contact each
lecturer congratulating them and confirming their ability to
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Committee on Travel Awards |
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The Committee on Travel Awards selects recipients of the Tweedie New Researcher Award and the Laha Travel Grants. The Committee will comprise three members, a statistician, a probabilist and someone in between or a biostatistician or another statistician. The three members will have rolling terms, each for three years. Initially, one of them will for one year (expiring in August 2006), one for two years (expiring in August 2007) and the third for three years (expiring in August 2008).
Tweedie New Researcher Award
The "Tweedie New Researcher Award" is funded by donations from Richard
Tweedie's friends and family. This award provides funds for travel to
present the "Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture" at the IMS New
Researchers Conference.
Nomination procedures are here.
Laha Travel Awards
With funds from a generous bequest by the late Professor Radha Govind Laha, IMS has established the Laha Awards to provide funds for travel to present a paper at the IMS Annual Meeting. First priority is given to students, second priority to New Researchers within 2 years of Ph.D. degree at the date of the meeting. Applicants must be members of IMS, though joining at the time of application is allowed. 10-15 awards are provided annually. Application forms are due on February 1. |
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Committee on Strategic Planning |
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Primary responsibilities
- Monitor the state of the IMS, periodically reporting to the
Executive Committee and Council on such matters as
a) The range and quality of scientific programs
b) The size and demography of the membership
c) The availability of needed resources
- Evaluate specific IMS policies and programs either at the request
of the Executive Committee
or on its own initiative.
- Develop specific proposals for new programs and policies and the
revision or elimination of
existing programs and policies regarding
a) Publication of journals and monographs and other modes of
scientific communication
b) Organization, sponsorship, and cosponsorship of scientific meetings
c) Membership
d) Resource development
Committee structure
The Committee shall consist of eight members:
Two members appointed each year for a three-year term with the possibility of reappointment
for a second three-year term, the President-elect, and the Chair of the Publications Committee,
ex-officio with vote.
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