From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
Robert Adler presents the third in his series of four articles on TOPOS, Topology, Probability and Statistics:
This month, I want to direct most of my words to my fellow probabilists, and, ultimately, to issue them a challenge. Accepting the challenge will, I am certain, benefit all of the three…
Peter Bickel writes:
Of the nine National Medals of Science awarded by President Obama this year, three were in what I view, ecumenically, as the mathematical, information and data sciences. The medals are awarded to David Blackwell, posthumously, to Alexandre Chorin and to Thomas Kailath. Of these, David Blackwell’s is…
Nominations are Open for the 2015 COPSS Awards. The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) invites your nominations for next year’s awards. In 2015 the Fisher Lectureship, Presidents’ Award, F.N. David Award and Snedecor Award will be presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington. There are five…
Tilmann Gneiting’s IMS Medallion Lecture (below) and David DeMets’ plenary address (below that) will be delivered at the ENAR/IMS 2015 Spring Meeting in Miami, FL, from March 15–18, 2015.
Tilmann Gneiting is Group Leader at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and Professor of Computational Statistics at Karlsruhe Institute of …
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Blackwell Lecture Fund
The Blackwell Lecture Fund will be used to support a lecture in honor of David Blackwell. The purpose of this…