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The University of Tampere (in Tampere, Finland) hosted two conferences in statistics (and related matrix theory) in 1987 and 1990. The videos of these conferences have now been published on the University’s YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqhVpoDMmrLlere4lqqEp26_MdboWUGv-
These videos were originally recorded on VHS tapes which were “found” two years ago during…
Robert Adler writes in the first of a new series of columns:
To pure mathematicians, a topos is a type of category that behaves like the category of sheaves on a topological space. (I’ll bet that this definition didn’t help many IMS members very much. It certainly doesn’t ‘do it’…
During the 17th edition of the Brazilian School of Probability (EBP), the organizers announced their wish to have a special volume of the Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics related to this meeting. They are now making an official announcement and call for papers.
A few words about the volume…
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. This year’s meeting is in conjunction with the Australian Statistical Conference in Sydney, July 7–10.
The IMS will reimburse members 80% of the…