From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
The United States National Academy of Sciences announced on April 29, 2014, the election of 84 new members, and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
[Left-right: Bin Yu, Emery Brown, Emmanuel Candès]
Among those elected is IMS…
IMS Council has approved the nomination of Edward Waymire for the 2014 Carver Medal as recommended by the Committee to Select the Carver Award. The citation will read: “To Ed Waymire, for manifold contributions to the IMS in many capacities and in particular for exceptional service to the Annals of…
Featuring news about: Geoffrey Grimmett, Martin Hairer, H. Vincent Poor; Montserrat Fuentes
Program update now available
The organizers of the IMS Annual Meeting and Australian Statistical Conference have released an updated copy of the program. You can view the detailed program here. Please note that some speaker sessions are still pending confirmation and the program is still subject to change.
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Contributing Editor Vlada Limic continues with a theme she introduced in the March 2014 Bulletin issue:
In my first column I announced my intention to disclose my frustration with a common scientific meeting type called the workshop. My fifteen-plus years of post-graduate research activity should provide me with enough experience…
