From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
Australian Statistical Conference in Conjunction with the IMS Annual Meeting
July 7–10, 2014
Sydney, Australia
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The early bird registration deadline is February 28. If you are an IMS member you receive a discount on registration rates.
On behalf of the Statistical Society of…
We are pleased to announce the IMS Child Care Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to encourage and support the participation at IMS Annual Meetings of IMS members having child care responsibilities.
The IMS will reimburse members 80% of the costs of privately arranged child care* at the IMS…
Each year, the statistical profession recognizes outstanding members at the Joint Statistical Meetings in an awards ceremony organized by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS). Nominations are an important part of the process, and everyone can contribute—from the newly minted PhD graduate to the pharmaceutical statistician to the…
Dimitris Politis writes:
Why is that in adult life three years pass in an eye-blink while in high school they seem an eternity? Do we perceive time on a logarithmic scale as in the Weber–Fechner law of perception of sensations? Or is it that we pack our days so full…