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You can read the latest YoungStatS blog post, on Bayesian nonparametrics, here.
Its author, IMS member Dr. Beatrice Franzolini (Bocconi University, Italy) is currently chair-elect of the junior ISBA (j-ISBA, International Society for Bayesian Analysis) section.
Look out for another YoungStatS article in an…
Jessica Kohlschmidt is the Executive Director of the Caucus for Women in Statistics. She writes with an update on recent and forthcoming CWS activities:
The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science, CWS (https://cwstat.org/) is pleased to share the following information.
We have selected our third annual…
Eurostat has announced the second round of European Statistics Awards for Nowcasting, which started in June 2023. The competition aims to stimulate innovation in the area of Nowcasting for European statistics.
In the Energy Statistics Nowcasting Challenge, teams will focus on using advanced modelling techniques and (nearly) real-time auxiliary data,…
C.R. Rao, an Indian professor whose work over 75 years ago continues to exert a profound influence on science, has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics.
In his remarkable 1945 paper published in the Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society, Calyampudi Radhakrishna (C.R.) Rao demonstrated three fundamental results…
Citation: For fundamental contributions to information theory, statistical and machine learning methodology; interdisciplinary research in fields such as genomics, neuroscience, remote sensing and document summarization; and for outstanding dedication to professional service, leadership, and mentoring of students and young scholars.
Haiyan Huang, Kathryn Roeder, and Jianwen Cai write:
The Committee…