IMS awards
Peter Hall (1951–2016) played a significant role throughout his professional career in mentoring young colleagues at work and through professional society activities. With funds donated by his friends and family, the IMS created the Peter Gavin Hall Early Career Prize. Its purpose is to recognize early-career research accomplishments and research…

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You can see some photos from this year’s IMS annual meeting, at JSM in Denver, in the September 2019 issue. Download the PDF here.

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It’s time to think about nominating your outstanding colleagues and collaborators for these IMS awards: Hall and Tweedie awards (see separate posts), Carver Medal and IMS Fellowship. Nominations are invited for the Carver Medal, created by the IMS in honor of Harry C. Carver, for exceptional service specifically to…

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The IMS funds travel awards for early-career researchers, and some of this year’s recipients have written about their experiences. Read about the Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award and IMS New Researcher Travel Award at https://www.imstat.org/ims-awards/. Ting Ye, University of Wisconsin–Madison, attended ENAR 2019 using a Hannan Travel Award. Ting…

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In 2015 Paul Shaman wrote about the history of IMS Fellows, and included an extensive list of their other achievements. A few years have passed, so we now present an update to that list: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Ragnar A. Frisch 1969 Kenneth J. Arrow 1972 Tjalling C.…

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