The Student Puzzle Corner contains one or two problems in statistics or probability. Sometimes, solving the problems may require a literature search. Current student members of the IMS are invited to submit solutions electronically (to bulletin@imstat.org with subject “Student Puzzle Corner”). The deadline is March 5, 2015. The names and …
The problem, stated here, was the following:
what is an exact expression for the singularity probability $f(p)$ of a $3\times 3$ random matrix with iid Rademacher entries having the distribution $P(1) = p, P(-1) = 1-p$, to find its average over $p$, and to show that it is minimized…
The biennial 13th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-13) was held at the IPB International Convention Centre in Bogor, Indonesia during 18-21 December 2014. The conference was jointly organised by Bogor Agricultural University (BAU) and Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS). The theme of the conference was ‘Statistics…
A career in research requires, above all else, enough motivation—and a real passion for the subject—argues Terry Speed.
The 17th IMS New Researchers Conference will take place at the University of Washington, Seattle, August 6-8, 2015 (just before JSM). The purpose of the conference is to promote interaction and networking among new researchers in probability and statistics. If you received a PhD in or after 2010, or expect…