IMS Bulletin
A reminder: guest Student Puzzle editor Stanislav Volkov set this problem in the previous issue. He explains the solution below.
Well done to student members Samprit Chakraborty (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and Aniv Mazumder (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi), who both sent full solutions to Puzzle 60, above; and a good…
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 IMS Hall Early Career Prize, the IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award, and the IMS Carver Medal.
Yuting Wei, Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2026 …
Emeritus Professor Dr Shahjahan Khan of the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), Australia, received Australia’s most prestigious civilian award, the Order of Australia Medal, on Australia Day 2026. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia conferred this award for Professor Khan’s significant and sustained contribution to the Australian community over…
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) has announced the winners of its Presidents’ Award, Scott Award and Distinguished Achievement Award.
COPSS Presidents’ Award: Weijie Su, University of Pennsylvania, “For statistical foundations of generative AI including the watermarking, alignment, and rankings of LLMs; for advances in privacy preserving…
If you are based in the United States, you may already know that 2026 has been designated a year-long celebration of the beauty, relevance, and potential of mathematics.
If you haven’t yet done so, check out the Year of Math website for details of events and programs across the US:…