From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
Darryl D. Holm is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London. He writes this YoungStatS contribution, giving an overview of how transport noise is used in modeling fluid dynamics: In this contribution, I will give an overview of some old and new approaches related to the use of…

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The Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University invites nominations for the Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation. To promote the dissemination of statistical innovation, the Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation is awarded in even-numbered years to a North American statistician whose outstanding research

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Anirban DasGupta shares his memories of Shanti Gupta, a “quiet scholar, architect, and shepherd”: Shanti Gupta devoted 40 years of his life to the foundation and nurturing of the statistics department at Purdue University, USA. He was a selfless soldier of the profession, an effective and yet gentle fighter. He…

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Deadline: March 15, 2024. 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 issue. The Puzzle Editor is Anirban DasGupta. His decision is final. Anirban DasGupta says,

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R.V. Ramamoorthi passed away on November 22, 2023, at the relatively young age of 73. Known as RVR to many, he was on the faculty at Michigan State University for 37 years. He retired voluntarily in 2019 and moved with his wife Deepa (whom he married in 1985) to Bengaluru,…

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