On September 10, 2024, Professor Bradley Efron from Stanford University will be delivering a talk on the topic “A diagnostic function for bootstrap confidence intervals” in honor of the late Dr. C.R. Rao’s birthday.

This online event is the first in a series organized to celebrate the birthday of the esteemed statistics legend, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 102. The event is being held by friends, collaborators, and students of Dr. Rao and will be hosted by Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, USA. It will take place from 12:00–1:00 pm PT / 3:00–4:00 pm ET. Special guests from C.R. Rao’s family include his daughter Dr. Tejaswini Rao from Buffalo, and his son Mr. Veerendra Rao from Pittsburgh. A vote of thanks will be given by Ravi Khattree from Oakland University, USA.

The Zoom link is https://bit.ly/3M97I8y (if you are reading this before September 10). Otherwise, a recording of the talk will be uploaded to the Information Geometry YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/@informationgeometry7337 (where you can also view a recording of the JSM2020 special session to celebrate C.R. Rao’s 100th birthday, with speakers Professors David Cox, Donald Rubin, and Bradley Efron, and session chair Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao).