The annual IMS elections are announced, with one candidate for President-Elect—Richard Davis—and 12 candidates standing for six places on Council. The Council nominees, in alphabetical order, are: Marek Biskup, Peter Bühlmann, Florentina Bunea, Sourav Chatterjee, Frank Den Hollander, Holger Dette, Geoffrey Grimmett, Davy Paindaveine, Kavita Ramanan, Jonathan Taylor, Aad van…

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New IMS Bulletin Editor Anirban DasGupta writes: We are pleased to announce the team of Contributing Editors (CEs) who will be writing and soliciting articles for the IMS Bulletin over the next three years. They are Robert Adler, Peter Bickel, Stéphane Boucheron, David Hand, Vlada Limic, Xiao-Li Meng, Dimitris Politis,…

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In reaction to the absence of women among IMS special invited lecturers in 2013 (see the article by Terry Speed in the June/July issue), Council had an intensive discussion at the Council meeting in Montreal and by email during September and October. In the end, the following motion was…

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New IMS President Bin Yu has been wondering how IMS can help your career. I began my IMS presidency at JSM in Montreal in August. Data science, or big data, had been on my mind well before the meeting, during my flight to Montreal, and at the meeting itself. One…

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The annual IMS Council election results are in! We are pleased to announce that the next IMS President-Elect is Erwin Bolthausen. This year 12 candidates stood for six places on Council (including one two-year term to fill the place vacated by Erwin Bolthausen). The new IMS Council members are: Richard…

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