From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
In Anirban DasGupta’s latest puzzle, we’re looking at a delicate and fascinating phenomenon pervasive in mathematics and probability: phase transition. A system’s evolution is being driven or influenced by some underlying force or parameter, and when that parameter just crosses a suitable critical boundary or threshold, the system undergoes a…
Congratulations to the two student members who sent correct answers to this puzzle: Yudong Chen (University of Cambridge, UK) and Zhen Huang (Columbia University, USA). Here’s Anirban DasGupta’s solution:
Using the notation of the problem, the recorded values $Y_1, Y_2, \cdots $ are iid with
$E(Y_i) = \sum_{i =…
Award announced at the Stochastic Processes and their Applications meeting (see the report here)
The 2019 Line and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability is awarded to Allan Sly of Princeton University. The prize, which carries a monetary award of $30,000, will be presented at a ceremony at…
The IMS funds travel awards for early-career researchers, and some of this year’s recipients have written about their experiences. Read about the Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award and IMS New Researcher Travel Award at https://www.imstat.org/ims-awards/.
Ting Ye, University of Wisconsin–Madison, attended ENAR 2019 using a Hannan Travel Award. Ting…
The Carver Medal Committee of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Jean Opsomer to receive the 2019 Harry C. Carver Medal. The award is made in recognition of his outstanding contributions to IMS, especially through his steady service and guidance as two-term Treasurer of the IMS that put IMS…