From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
Marc Hallin is Emeritus Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, where he obtained his PhD in Mathematics and has been teaching Statistics and Mathematical Statistics at the Departments of Mathematics and Economics for more than thirty years. He also held invited positions in Lille 1, Paris 6, the Université…
IMS Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award
This new IMS award will be given annually to three women data scientists who are within 10 years of completing their PhD (or similar degree) during the year of the award. The award, consisting of a plaque, a…
Layla Parast writes:
A few years ago, my dad had a heart attack. (He continues to claim it was just a “discomfort.”) When he was in the emergency room, his doctor told him he needed heart surgery right away. My dad had never had a major surgery and had no…
Takis Konstantopoulos, University of Liverpool, is joined by George Kesidis, Pennsylvania State University, for the first column in a series on the impact of AI on academia. They write:
In a previous Takis Tackles article ([4] in the December 2021 issue) one of us [TK] claimed…
Xiao-Li Meng writes:
Here is a moral test (especially for statisticians). Which of the following acronyms baffles you the most: ANOVA, ADSN, ASC, ANU, ABS, or AITA?
Regardless of your answer (or questioning—a moral test??), the eight A’s in the above acronyms will forever remind me of my recent eight-day…