From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
Piet Groeneboom has been professor of statistics at Delft University since 1988, having previously been professor of statistics at the University of Amsterdam. He earned his PhD in Mathematics in 1979 under the direction of J. Oosterhoff. He has been visiting professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, Stanford University …
Nicole Lazar is a contributing editor of the IMS Bulletin. She writes:
A February 27, 2013 posting by Alice Meadows on the website scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org bore the title Are Scholarly Societies Still Relevant to Young Researchers? Perhaps Surprisingly, Yes They Are. The article dealt with the reality that many professional…
Travel Grants for ICM 2014, Seoul, Korea, August 13–21, 2014
The American Mathematical Society has applied to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funds to permit partial travel support for US. mathematicians attending the 2014 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2014) August 13–21, 2014, in Seoul, Korea. Subject to the…
Jean D. Opsomer is JSM 2014 Program Chair. He writes:
The 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, August 2–7. As you know, this largest annual conference devoted to statistics is an event not to be missed. The theme for 2014, announced by ASA President-elect Nat Schenker,…
The IMS Committee on Fellows announces 19 new Fellows for 2013. The Fellows will be presented at JSM Montreal, in the IMS Presidential Address session on Monday, August 5, from 8:00pm in room CC-517ab. All JSM attendees are welcome at this session, and at the reception afterwards.
Graciela Boente from…