From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
IMS Calls for Invited Session Proposals
The 2020 Virtual JSM may have just finished, but thoughts are turning to next year’s meeting.
Starting from the 2021 Joint Statistical Meetings, which will take place in Seattle from August 7–12, 2021, the IMS now requires half of our invited session allocation to …
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) sponsors and presents the COPSS Presidents’ Award annually to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. The 2020 COPSS Presidents’ Award was announced at the Virtual JSM to Rina Foygel Barber, University…
Nominations are invited for the Carver Medal, created by the IMS in honor of Harry C. Carver, for exceptional service specifically to the IMS. Nominations must be received by February 1, 2021. Please visit https://www.imstat.org/ims-awards/harry-c-carver-medal/.
A candidate for IMS Fellowship shall have demonstrated distinction in research in statistics…
The Bernoulli Society’s Newbold Prize Committee invites nominations for the fourth Ethel Newbold Prize.
The Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics is awarded every two years, next time in spring 2021. The name of the prize recognizes a historically important role of women in statistics. The prize itself…
From next year, the Annals of Probability will have two Editors, as the Annals of Statistics has had for some years. The next AOP Co-Editors (2021–23) will be Alice Guionnet and Christophe Garban.…