From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
The IMS often hears from members who wish to donate their back issues of print journals and we are seeking to find “good homes” for these beloved journals. It is an opportunity to save our landfills and help those who may not be able to purchase back issues at cost.…
The Annals of Applied Statistics is planning a special section in 2009 with papers on the modeling of network data. Applications can be in any area of science including social networks, the study of the Internet and various forms of electronic communications, protein-protein interactions and other biological network phenomena. The…
Oded Schramm, 46, died tragically on September 1, 2008. Schramm is best known for SLE, the “stochastic Loewner evolution”, also called the “Schramm-Loewner evolution”. His joint work with Greg Lawler and Wendelin Werner revolutionized a field of probability theory and physics. Schramm received numerous awards, including Erdos Prize in Mathematics…
The Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, has named Heping Zhang¸ Ph.D., Professor at Yale University, School of Medicine as the 2008 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecturer. Professor Zhang will present a lecture on September 4, 2008, at the Harvard School of Public Health. The title of his lecture…
The C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize was established to honor and recognize outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the field of statistics. The Rao Prize is awarded by the…