From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
The week of SPA is especially busy in Boulder, and we stronglyrecommend reserving rooms as early as possible. Rooms are alreadybeing held under “SPA2013” at a number of hotels, details can be foundat the conference website: math.colorado.edu/spa2013/
…
Nominations are sought for the 2012 National Institute of Statistical Sciences’ (NISS) Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research. The prize recognizes SUSTAINED, HIGH-QUALITY cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences. The prize of $1,000 will be presented at the NISS/SAMSI JSM Reception on July 29, 2012, in San Diego. Further…
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Humphreys Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Women in Mathematics recognizes mathematics teachers (female or male) who have encouraged female undergraduate students to pursue mathematical careers and/or the study of mathematics at the graduate level. It will be presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings…
Each year IMS holds elections so that its members can choose the next President-Elect of the Institute and people to represent them on IMS Council. The candidate for President-Elect is Bin Yu, who is Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Statistics and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,…
The April/May 2012 Bulletin is now online. Contents include:
• IMS Elections• IMS Tweedie Award: Huixia Wang• Members’ News: Ming Yuan, Allan Sly, Sebastien Roch, CR Rao• Author Identity and Open Bibliography• Obituary: Franklin Graybill• Statistical Issues in Assessing Hospital Performance• Anirban’s Angle: Learning from a Student• Parzen Prize• Recent…