IMS awards
Jingchen Liu receives 2013 Tweedie Award
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Jingchen Liu as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Dr. Liu received his PhD in 2008 from Harvard University, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia
University. The…
The IMS Child Care Initiative is designed to encourage and support the participation at IMS Annual Meetings of IMS members who have child care responsibilities. This year’s IMS Annual Meeting takes place at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada, from August 3–8, 2013. The IMS will reimburse members 80%…
The IMS Laha Awards provide funds for students and new researchers to travel to present a paper at the IMS Annual Meeting (at JSM in Montreal this year). The application deadline has been extended to March 1, 2013.
In selecting these awards, first priority is given to students, second priority…
The Blackwell Lecture Fund will be used to support a lecture in honor of David Blackwell. The purpose of this lecture is to honor Blackwell, to keep his name alive and to inspire young people to emulate his achievements. The first lecture is expected to be presented in 2014.
Donations…
Next year’s Special Invited Lectures are three Wald Lectures, a Rietz Lecture, and eight Medallion Lectures.
At the JSM, in Montreal from August 3–8, 2013, the Wald Lectures will be given by Piet Groeneboom (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), and the Rietz Lecture will be delivered by Larry Wasserman…