IMS awards
In 2015 these IMS lectures have been/will be given: At APS (Istanbul, July 5–8, 2015), Medallion Kavita Ramanan; At SPA 2015 (Oxford, July 13–17, 2015), Schramm lecture Michel Ledoux and two Medallion lectures Scott Sheffield and Gregory Miermont; and At JSM (Seattle, August 8–13, 2015) Wald lectures Susan Murphy, Le…

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Han Liu as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Han received his PhD in 2010 from Carnegie Mellon University, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University. The IMS Travel…

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Jon Wellner presents this year’s Le Cam Lecture, given every third year in memory of Lucien Le Cam, at JSM in Seattle. Jon A. Wellner, born in 1945 in Oregon, graduated in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Idaho in 1968, and received his PhD from the University of…

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There is still time to nominate someone for IMS Fellowship or to receive the Harry C. Carver Award, or to apply for an IMS Travel Award. IMS Fellowship: IMS Fellows have demonstrated distinction in research in statistics or probability by publication of independent work of merit (this may be waived…

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The purpose of the IMS Child Care Initiative is to encourage and support the participation at IMS Annual Meetings of IMS members who have child care responsibilities. This year’s meeting is at JSM in Seattle, WA, USA, August 8–13, 2015. The IMS will reimburse members 80% of the costs of…

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