IMS awards
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…
Our collection of IMS lectures on YouTube is growing. You can watch at https://www.youtube.com/@InstMathStat/videos.
These ones are uploaded already, with more to be added:
Alicia Carriquiry, IMS Medallion Lecture: “Statistics and Its Application in Forensic Science and the Criminal Justice System”
Jing Lei, IMS Medallion Lecture: “Winners with…