From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
Peter Hall (1951–2016) played a significant role throughout his professional career in mentoring young colleagues at work and through professional society activities. With funds donated by his friends and family, the IMS created the Peter Gavin Hall Early Career Prize. Its purpose is to recognize early-career research accomplishments and research…
You can see some photos from this year’s IMS annual meeting, at JSM in Denver, in the September 2019 issue. Download the PDF here.…
Hadley Wickham wins the prestigious 2019 COPSS Presidents’ Award
Hadley Wickham, Chief Scientist at RStudio, is the recipient of the 2019 COPSS Presidents’ Award. This award is presented annually to a young member of one of the participating societies of COPSS in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of…
Nominations are open for three awards, to be presented next year at JSM in Philadelphia.
Please visit https://community.amstat.org/copss/home for details of eligibility and nomination requirements for all these awards. Please send nominations, preferably by email in PDF format, to the committee chairs. The deadline for nominations for all three awards…
The 2018 Treasurer’s Report details membership and subscription data for the calendar year end 2018. The 2018 fiscal year-end audit report will be published separately in the Fall of 2019, after the auditors have completed the annual process.
In 2018, the total number of IMS members decreased, as did subscriptions…