The August issue of the IMS Bulletin is now available. Check out the articles at http://bulletin.imstat.org, or download the whole issue as a PDF: http://www.imstat.org/wp-content/uploads/bulletin/Bulletin47_5.pdf. Contents include:
• 2018 election results
• Australian Academy of Science recognizes Noel Cressie, Kerrie Mengersen and Ruth Williams
• Emmanuel Candès 2017 Macarthur Fellow
• Bernoulli Society New Researcher Awards
• IMS adopts Fairness and Diversity guidelines
• Global Survey examines gender gap
• Raising Funds for an IMS Peter Hall Early Career Award
• Donors to IMS Funds
• XL-Files: “BFF and BGF for IMS”
• Obituaries: P.K. Bhattacharya, George Cave
• Recent papers: Bayesian Analysis, Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics
• Student Puzzle Corner #21 (and solution to #20)
If you have news or an idea for an article, do get in touch: bulletin@imstat.org.