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The Bernoulli-IMS 10th World Congress in Probability and Statistics, jointly sponsored by the Bernoulli Society (BS) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), took place virtually at the Seoul National University, Korea from July 13 to 19, 2021. Scientific Program Committee chair Siva Athreya (Indian Statistical Institute) and Local Organizing…

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Second workshop on Emerging Data Science Methods for Complex Biomedical and Cyber Data October 14–15, 2021. Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia w https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/dphs/workshop2/ The workshop features several eminent speakers who are pioneers in the fields of data science including big data analytics. The workshop aims to foster the collaborative research between…

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We are pleased to announce the 2021 election results, and to introduce the newly elected members of IMS Council. The next President-Elect is Peter Bühlmann, and the six new members of Council are: Aurore Delaigle, Davar Khoshnevisan, Samuel Kou, Dylan Small, and Daniela Witten (who will each serve a three-year…

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The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced the election of 252 new members, among whom is probabilist [and IMS Bulletin contributing editor!] Kavita Ramanan, Roland George Dwight Richardson University Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. Ramanan has also recently been selected for the 2021 Class of Vannevar…

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The National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP) has selected Joseph Romano, Professor of Statistics and Economics at Stanford University, as its LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year. An IMS Fellow, Joseph (Joe) Romano is a pre-eminent scholar in statistics and econometrics. He has published over 100…

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