From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
Willem Rutger van Zwet, emeritus professor at the Mathematical Institute Leiden, passed away in the morning of July 2, 2020 at the age of 86 years.
Willem (“Bill”) van Zwet was born in 1934 in Leiden, and attended the gymnasium (high school with classics) in The Hague. During his subsequent…
Donald P. Gaver, Jr., was born on February 16, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He spent his childhood in St. Paul with his family including his sister Nancy. He attended the St. Paul Academy where he excelled in science and mathematics. He was encouraged to apply to MIT and was…
Along with Yves Meyer, Ingrid Daubechies and Terence Tao, Emmanuel Candès was selected to receive the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.
Read more about the Laureates and their work: https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2020-yves-meyer-ingrid-daubechies-terence-tao-and-emmanuel-candes.html?texto=trayectoria&especifica=0…
This year’s recipient of the Gold Medal of the Statistical Society of Canada is Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia (UBC). The SSC’s prestigious award is bestowed upon a person who has made outstanding contributions to statistics or probability, either to mathematical developments or in applied work. It is intended…
Joseph A. (Yossi) Yahav, Vigevani Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Agricultural Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, died in Jerusalem on August 6, 2016, at the age of 81. In addition to his highly original research contributions, Yossi was one of the founders of modern statistics in Israel.
He…