Clarafications
Do you need some friendly advice? Are you unsure how to go about something? Does everyone around you look like they know exactly what they’re doing? (They really don’t!). We’re inviting early-career researchers to send their questions about the life of a researcher or ask for career advice, and…

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Do you need some friendly advice? Are you unsure how to go about something? Does everyone around you look like they know exactly what they’re doing? (Hint: they don’t!). We’re inviting early-career researchers to send their questions about the life of a researcher or ask for career advice, and…

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We have two problems again—but this time the statistics problem and the probability problem are both based on the same story, and both are somewhat non-standard versions of the birthday problem. Student members of IMS are invited to send us your answers for either or both. The deadline is EXTENDED

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Do you sometimes feel like your fellow students or colleagues seem to be swimming, while you’re drowning in uncertainty? Let us help! Early-career researchers are invited to send their questions about the life of a researcher or ask for career advice, and the IMS Bulletin’s Clara-fications columnist, Clara Grazian, will…

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Columnist Clara Grazian continues our advice column for early-career researchers: Question: When is the right time, as an academic, to have a baby? Clara says: This question was posed to me during a panel session organised for International Women in Mathematics Day 2023 (12th May). The panellist who spoke before…

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