From the Desk Of: Tati Howell
IMS 2022 Annual Meeting organizers Qiwei Yao and Thomas Mikosch were delighted to welcome more than 520 participants—including over 100 students—to the IMS Annual Meeting in London at the end of June (https://www.imsannualmeeting-london2022.com). For many attendees it was their first in-person conference in three years, and there was a lively…
The Chernoff Excellence in Statistics Award from the New England Statistical Society has been presented to Nitis Mukhopadhyay, “who, in the tradition of Herman Chernoff’s work, has made exceptional contributions to the theory, methodology, and novel applications of statistics and data science.”
The award was presented at the 35th…
Among the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ 260 newly elected members, selected to recognize their accomplishments and leadership in academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research, is Alice Guionnet, who is made an International Honorary Member. See https://www.amacad.org/news/2022-member-announcement…
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is bestowing its prestigious distinction of Fellow, in 2022, on 48 members for their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistical science.
Among the 2022 ASA Fellows are the following 16 IMS members: Genevera I. Allen, Rice University; Kun Chen,…
IMS Fellow Emery Brown—Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and computational neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT professor of health sciences and technology, investigator with The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, and Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts…