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The Fields Medals are the most prestigious awards in the field of mathematics, awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union. Among this year’s four recipients is IMS member Martin Hairer (University of Warwick, UK), who delivered a Medallion lecture at the IMS annual meeting in Sydney in July.
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Iowa State student team wins international data mining competition
A team of Iowa State University graduate students topped 98 other universities from 28 countries to capture first place in the 15th annual Data Mining Cup. Prudsys AG, a leading European data mining company, sponsors the intelligent-data analysis competition for universities.…
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The United States National Academy of Sciences announced on April 29, 2014, the election of 84 new members, and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
[Left-right: Bin Yu, Emery Brown, Emmanuel Candès]
Among those elected is IMS…
