IMS awards
Each year, the IMS selects speakers across a range of subject areas to deliver our named and medallion lectures at IMS-sponsored or co-sponsored meetings. In 2026, these will be at:
SPA 2026 (Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications), June 15–19, 2026, in Ithaca, USA: Schramm lecture (Roland …
We are pleased to announce the following four IMS members have been selected to receive the 2026 IMS Lawrence D. Brown PhD Student Award:
Jin-Hong Du, Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science & Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong; Yu Gui, Department of…
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics recognizes and celebrates excellence in our members at all stages of their careers. Here, we outline the IMS awards that are available for nominations. (On the next page are three awards that are open for applications.)
We encourage you to consider diversity and breadth*…
Armeen Taeb (New Researchers Group [NRG] president), Panpan Zhang, Jinyuan Liu, and Eardi Lila (NRG treasurer) were the organizers of the recent IMS New Researchers Conference in Nashville, which took place immediately before the Joint Statistical Meetings. They report:
The 25th IMS Meeting of New Researchers in Statistics and…
There are several IMS Named and Medallion Lectures. The lectures that are currently available for nomination are: the 2027 & 2028 Wald Memorial Awards & Lectures; the 2027 IMS Grace Wahba Award & Lecture; the 2027 Le Cam Award and Lecture; and the eight 2028 Medallion Awards & Lectures. For…