From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) has teamed up with the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) and several institutes in India (CMI, IISc,ISI, IMSC) to form the Virtual Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (VI-MSS). The Virtual Institute will sponsor joint workshops, research visitors…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor
My name is Czesław Stępniak. I have been a member of the IMS for over 20 years. I have written more than 50 articles to 31 mathematics and statistics journals. I would like to share some of my experience in the use Elsevier’s leading…
Rajshahi University Statistics Department held its Golden Jubilee Celebrations on December 23–24, 2011, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the department. The Statistics Department at Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, was founded by the late Professor Khondkar Manwar Hossain in 1961. It was through his dedicated efforts that the…
The 11th biennial Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-11) has elected Professor Ali S. Hadi of The American University of Cairo (AUC), Egypt as the new President of the Islamic Counties Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS). He became the President-elect in December 2009. He takes over the role of…
March 1, 2012 is the deadline for requests for NIMBioS support for Working Groups, Investigative Workshops, Postdoctoral Fellows, Sabbaticals, and Short-term Visitors for activities beginning summer/fall 2012. All areas of research at the interface of biology and mathematics will be considered, but we are especially interested in activities expanding beyond…