Nominations
IMS members Nicholas Horton (Amherst College) and Wendy Lou (University of Toronto) have taken on new leadership roles as Chair and Secretary/Treasurer, respectively, of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. COPSS serves to foster connections between statistical societies and to organize a series of awards for outstanding work…
The Bernoulli Society’s Newbold Prize Committee invites nominations for the Ethel Newbold Prize. The Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics is awarded every two years, next time in spring 2017. The name of the prize recognizes a historically important role of women in statistics. The prize itself is for…
Tweedie New Researcher Award
Richard Tweedie played a significant role throughout his professional career in mentoring young colleagues at work and through professional society activities. With funds donated by his friends and family, the IMS created the Tweedie New Researcher Award to finance the winner to present the Tweedie New…
IMS Special Lectures in 2017
The IMS sponsors several series of Special Invited Lectures, which are given by distinguished scientists at regular IMS meetings. The IMS Committee on Special Lectures chooses the recipients. Special Lectures are distinct from ordinary invited papers, which are chosen by the Program Committees for each…
The COPSS Awards are multi-society awards and as such, are presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings each year. In 2017, four awards will be presented: the Fisher Award and Lectureship, the Presidents’ Award, the F. N. David Award, and the Snedecor Award.
The nomination deadline for the 2017 Fisher Award…