From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
Nick Fisher, University of Sydney & ValueMetrics Australia, is coordinator of IDSSP, an international cooperative venture to create a framework for teaching Data Science in high schools, and to teach their teachers how to deliver the curriculum. He explains:
What is Data Science? Twenty years ago, the term ‘Data Science’…
The problem framed this time is at least partially a classic problem in geometry. You can find a lot in the literature about where this general problem arises in numerous fields of application. Some previous exposure to spherical geometry would probably be helpful, particularly for part (e). Here is the …
The 22nd IMS New Researchers Conference will be held in Philadelphia, PA, during its usual slot right before JSM. The purpose of the conference is to promote interaction and networking among new researchers in statistics and probability and to provide them with valuable insights from leaders in the field. Hosted…
Canadian statistician Colin Ross Blyth died on August 22, 2019, at the age of 96. Born in Guelph, Ontario, on October 24, 1922, he studied at Queen’s University, Kingston (BA, 1944), the University of Toronto (MA, 1946), and the University of California at Berkeley (PhD, 1950), where he was Erich…
Professor Janos Galambos, a well respected and influential mathematician, passed away on December 19, 2019 at the age of 79. Galambos is survived by his wife, Éva Galambos.
Janos Galambos was born in Zirc, Hungary, on September 1, 1940. He entered Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest in 1958 and graduated…