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Honorary Doctorate awarded to Grace Wahba by The Ohio State University
Grace Wahba, Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by The Ohio State University at its Spring Commencement on May 8. The degree recognizes the monumental contributions she has…
IMS member Brian King is among the winners of the 2022 Distinguished Paper Awards from the International Biometrics Society’s Eastern North American Region, ENAR. Brian is a PhD student, advised by Dan Kowal, the Dobelman Family Assistant Professor of Statistics, at Rice University. His paper is titled, “Warped Dynamic Linear…
IMS member and Fellow Song Xi Chen of Peking University has been elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He was elected, along with 64 other scholars, to the academy during the 2021 Assembly of Academicians of CAS held in November 2021. He is elected to the…
On June 16, 2022, Professor Ingrid Van Keilegom (KU Leuven, Belgium) will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of A Coruña (UDC), Galicia, Spain. The ceremony will take place in the auditorium of the UDC rectorate. Taking advantage of this event, a symposium will be held the day…
The International Statistical Institute has announced the ISI Elected members, elected in the first round of the 2022 ISI membership elections, among whom were the following IMS members: Bendek B. Hansen, University of Michigan; Yao Zheng, University of Connecticut; and Ling Zhou, Southwestern University of Finance and…