From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
Our contributing editor Layla Parast writes in praise of “glorious, unapologetic” email deletion:
Do you ever spend an entire morning, or even an entire day, just dealing with email? I hate that feeling. If you’ve read any of my previous columns, it may not surprise you that I’m a…
Student members of IMS are invited to submit solutions to bulletin@imstat.org (subject “Student Puzzle Corner”). If correct, we’ll publish your name (and photo, if there’s space), and the answer, in the next Bulletin issue. The Puzzle Editor is Anirban DasGupta. His decision is final.
The student puzzle in this issue …
Thomas G. Kurtz, renowned for his work on Markov processes and stochastic analysis, passed away on April 19, 2025, at the age of 83. He was born on July 14, 1941, in Kansas City, and earned a BA in mathematics from the University of Missouri in 1963 and a PhD…
Are you going to JSM? You are invited by IMS and CANSSI, the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute, to a networking lunch opportunity on the Monday of JSM. Details and a sign-up link in this downloadable flyer.…
As previously announced, Chengchun Shi of the London School of Economics and Political Science has received the 2025 Peter Gavin Hall IMS Early Career Prize. Dr. Shi receives the award “for ground-breaking contributions to the development of a wide range of statistical methods and advanced tools in reinforcement…