From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
In 2015 Paul Shaman wrote about the history of IMS Fellows, and included an extensive list of their other achievements.
A few years have passed, so we now present an update to that list:
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Ragnar A. Frisch
1969
Kenneth J. Arrow
1972
Tjalling C.…
We are delighted to announce the 2019 election results and introduce the newly elected members of IMS Council. The next President-Elect is Regina Liu, and the five new members of Council are: Edwin Perkins, Gesine Reinert, Christian Robert, Qi-Man Shao and Alastair Young. All of them will serve a three-year…
The American Philosophical Society has announced its newest class of members, among whom is David L. Donoho, Professor of Statistics and Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.
David Donoho has made fundamental contributions to theoretical and computational statistics, as well as…
Each year the IMS selects special named and medallion lectures. In 2020, there will be the Wald and Blackwell lectures, and eight medallion lectures, as well as two joint IMS/BS lectures, the Doob and Schramm lectures.
At next year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (August 1–6, 2020, in Philadelphia, PA) there will…
This year’s speaker at the 25th Pfizer Distinguished Statistician Series will be Professor Arthur P. Dempster from Harvard University. The colloquium will take place on October 23, 2019, in Storrs, CT. The interview will be conducted by Nan Laird (Harvard University), Ruobin Gong (Rutgers University), and Peng Ding (University of…