From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
The USA’s National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries this year, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Among them was IMS Fellow Donald Geman, who is Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Johns…
If housing reservations are any indication, the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle (August 8–13, 2015) may be the biggest JSM yet. All the reserved rooms sold out within 24 hours! More have been added, but if you haven’t booked your accommodation yet, don’t delay: www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2015/housing.cfm…
We learned just before we went to print with the June/July issue that Bruce Lindsay, 68, passed away May 5 in State College, PA. An obituary was printed in The Dalles Chronicle. Bruce was holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Statistics at Penn State; he contributed important innovations in…
Among the new Fellows of the American Mathematical Society are five IMS members: Maury Bramson, Paul Dupuis, James Fill, Donald Fraser and Jonathan Mattingly.
Professor of Probability in the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Oxford, Alison Etheridge, has been elected one of the 47 new Fellows and 10 new Foreign Members of the Royal Society.
According to the Royal Society’s website, “Alison Etheridge has made significant contributions in the…