From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
The IMS NRC 2023 will be held at the University of Toronto from August 2–5, 2023, in its usual spot right before JSM. The organizers have several panels planned, from publishing to funding, mentoring, promotion, and so on. We seek to provide participants with a broad array of topics covering…
ACM/IMS Journal of Data Science (JDS) is a joint journal of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IMS, publishing high-impact research from all areas of data science, across foundations, applications and systems. The scope of the journal is multi-disciplinary and broad, spanning statistics, machine learning, computer systems, and…
Student Puzzle Editor Anirban DasGupta poses another two problems, and says, “For the first time in our problem corner, we will consider a problem that is hard to solve analytically, and we will ask you to write an algorithm to solve the problem as accurately as you can by simulation. …
The International Biometric Society (IBS) has elevated IMS Fellow Lynne Billard to Honorary Life Membership status. A past IBS President, Lynne Billard was honored for her work in fostering connections between the IBS Regions and the parent organization, her efforts to promote the advancement of women and other professionals from…
Professor Dipak Dey from University of Connecticut has been selected to receive the International Indian Statistical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes distinguished members of the association who represent “models of excellence” to IISA members. Specifically, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to the theory, methods and application of statistics…