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IMS student member Steven T. Moen, PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, won the ASA John J. Bartko Scholarship Award to attend the Conference on Statistical Practice (which was virtual this year, in February). Steven decided to study economics in college but especially the models and systems used…
James O’Malley was recently appointed to the Peggy Y. Thomson Professorship in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences; he is the first statistician in this role. O’Malley is a professor in The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice (TDI) and department of biomedical data science in the Dartmouth Geisel School…
Nancy Reid: 2022 COPSS Distinguished Lecturer
Rebecca W. Doerge, Carnegie Mellon University, is the COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award Committee Chair. Rebecca, together with Christian Genest and Erica E.M. Moodie, McGill University, writes:
The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) has selected Nancy Reid, OC, FRS, FRSC, Professor in…
“A giant in the field of statistics” passes away
Prominent British statistician Sir David Cox has passed away at the age of 97. Cox, who was described on the awarding of the inaugural International Prize in Statistics as “a giant in the field of statistics,” made many contributions including introducing…
IMS and ASA Fellow Cynthia Rudin has won the 2022 Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). This award, the most prestigious in the field of artificial intelligence, is comparable to the Nobel Prize and the…