Editor Anirban DasGupta writes:
Well done to Promit Ghosal (pictured below), at Columbia University, who sent a careful answer to this problem.
Promit Ghosal
The problem asked was the following. Take an integrable function $f$ on the unit interval, and for $x$ in the interval $[j/2^n, (j+1)/2^n)$, define $f_n(x)$ to…
The World Congress in Probability and Statistics, which was hosted by the Fields Institute, Toronto, took place from July 11–15, 2016. There were over 350 participants. Program highlights included the IMS Wald Lectures (Sara van de Geer), Rietz Lecture (Bin Yu), Schramm Lecture (Ofer Zeitouni) and five IMS Medallion Lectures…
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IMS Special Lectures in 2017
The IMS sponsors several series of Special Invited Lectures, which are given by distinguished scientists at regular IMS meetings. The IMS Committee on Special Lectures chooses the recipients. Special Lectures are distinct from ordinary invited papers, which are chosen by the Program Committees for each…
The COPSS Awards are multi-society awards and as such, are presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings each year. In 2017, four awards will be presented: the Fisher Award and Lectureship, the Presidents’ Award, the F. N. David Award, and the Snedecor Award.
The nomination deadline for the 2017 Fisher Award…