We regret to report that Charles Stein passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 24, aged 96. He was a professor of statistics at Stanford University. He is widely known for shrinkage estimators, Stein’s lemma, adaptive estimation, and Stein’s method. Among many honors, he was a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and an IMS Fellow. A full obituary will follow.
- About
- News
- Membership
- Publications
- IMS Journals and Publications
- IMS Co-Sponsored Journals and Publications
- IMS Supported Journals
- IMS Affiliated Journals
- Electronic Access
- Journal Alerts
- Subscriptions and Orders
- Back Issues
- Article Reprints
- Acceptance of Papers
- Awards
- IMS Awards
- Harry C. Carver Medal
- IMS Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award
- IMS Lawrence D. Brown Ph.D. Student Award
- IMS New Researcher Travel Award
- IMS Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award
- IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award
- Peter Gavin Hall IMS Early Career Prize
- IMS Awards Recipients
- IMS Fellows
- IMS Special Awards & Lectures
- IMS/BS Special Lectures
- International Prize in Statistics
- COPSS Awards
- Scientific Legacy Database
- IMS Awards
- Memorials
- Meetings
- Resources
- Leadership
- Contacts
Cart
Comments on “Charles M. Stein, 1920–2016”