Tilmann Gneiting’s IMS Medallion Lecture (below) and David DeMets’ plenary address (below that) will be delivered at the ENAR/IMS 2015 Spring Meeting in Miami, FL, from March 15–18, 2015. Tilmann Gneiting is Group Leader at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and Professor of Computational Statistics at Karlsruhe Institute of …

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The IMS offers several opportunities for contributions to the society’s programs. Please take a moment to consider making a donation to one or more of these funds. Blackwell Lecture Fund The Blackwell Lecture Fund will be used to support a lecture in honor of David Blackwell. The purpose of this…

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In 2015 the named and medallion lectures will be given as follows: At ENAR (Miami, March 15–18, 2015): Medallion lecture: Tilmann Gneiting At APS (Istanbul, July 5–8, 2015): Medallion lecture: Kavita Ramanan At SPA 2015 (Oxford, July 13–17, 2015): Schramm lecture: Michel Ledoux and two Medallion lectures: Scott Sheffield and…

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Front row, from left–right: Jinyuan Chang, Bin Yu (then IMS President), Wenxin Zhou. Middle row l–r: Susan Wei, Jiangyan Wang. Back row l–r: Takashi Owada, Bin Guo, Takumi Saegusa. Meet the seven IMS Travel Award winners who attended the IMS awards session in Sydney (pictured with Bin Yu, center). This…

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IMS President Bin Yu writes: As I am finishing my term as the IMS President and transitioning into the role of Past-President, I have been reflecting on the roles of IMS in an effort to attract new members. As stated on the IMS website, “The purpose of the institute is …

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