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IMS Special Lectures in 2017
The IMS sponsors several series of Special Invited Lectures, which are given by distinguished scientists at regular IMS meetings. The IMS Committee on Special Lectures chooses the recipients. Special Lectures are distinct from ordinary invited papers, which are chosen by the Program Committees for each…
Congratulations to the 16 new IMS Fellows elected this year! They will be presented at the IMS Presidential Address and Awards session at the World Congress, on Monday, July 11 at 6:30pm.
Marek Biskup, for excellent research in the interface of probability theory and statistical physics.
Emery Neal Brown, for…
Registration is now open for the 9th World Congress in Probability and Statistics, to be hosted by the Fields Institute in Toronto, from July 11–15, 2016. IMS members benefit from reduced registration rates, and if you register before the early-bird deadline, June 1, you’ll save $100. We recommend that you…
Krzysztof (Chris) Burdzy, Professor of Mathematics and Adjunct Professor of Statistics at the University of Washington, USA, has been named the 2016 IMS Carver Medalist. Chris receives the award for leadership in the development and curation of electronic publications for the IMS probability community, especially for co-founding the Electronic Journal …
The IMS Committee on Special Lectures is accepting nominations for IMS Named and Medallion Lectures. The following lectures are available for nomination in 2016.
• 2018 Wald Lecturer
• 2018 Neyman Lecturer
• 2018 Rietz Lecturer
• 2019 Medallion Lecturers
The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2016. To nominate…