From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
The program committee for the 2015 Western North American Region of The International Biometric Society (WNAR)/Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Annual Meeting is soliciting invited session proposals. The 2015 WNAR/IMS Annual Meeting will be held June 14-17, 2015 in Boise, Idaho. An invited session should bring together a small number…
The purpose of the IMS Child Care Initiative is to encourage and support the participation at IMS Annual Meetings of IMS members who have child care responsibilities. The next IMS Annual Meeting is at JSM in Seattle, WA, USA, August 8-13, 2015 [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2015/].
The IMS will reimburse members 80% of…
Erwin Bolthausen became IMS President in July (he is pictured below, center, with Past-President Bin Yu, left, and President-Elect Richard Davis, right). Erwin shares his thoughts on the future of the institute:
The IMS is extremely successful as a scientific society, mainly as a scientific publisher, and also with its…
Featuring news about Trevor Hastie, David Anderson, Kathryn Chaloner; Raymond J. Carroll, Frank E. Harrell Jr., Arnab Maity, Christopher S. McMahan, Sastry G. Pantula, Madan L. Puri, and Joshua M. Tebbs
Sastry Pantula receives ASA Founders’ Award
The American Statistical Association (ASA) presented Sastry G. Pantula, Oregon State University, with its prestigious Founders Award, along with James Cochran and Christine Franklin, at the JSM in Boston in August 2014. The honor, presented annually to ASA members who have rendered distinguished and…