IMS Bulletin
Introducing Takis Konstantopoulos, one of our Contributing Editors.
Takis did his basic studies at NTUA in Greece where he learned a lot about many subjects (“from complex analysis to quantum mechanics, signal processing, control…”) and his MSc (on Lévy’s Brownian motion) and PhD (in stochastic networks) at UC Berkeley.…
Coming up in 2018, we have a number of special lectures at IMS sponsored and co-sponsored meetings.
Most of these will be delivered at the IMS Annual Meeting in Vilnius, held in conjunction with the 12th International Vilnius Conference on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics (July 2–6, 2018). The…
IMS Textbooks: Lectures on the Poisson Process
Günter Last, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Mathew Penrose, University of Bath
The Poisson process, a core object in modern probability, enjoys a richer theory than is sometimes appreciated. This volume develops the theory in the setting of a general abstract…
Ronald Kay Getoor, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, San Diego, died peacefully at his home on October 28, 2017. He was 88.
Getoor was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, on February 9, 1929. He attended the University of Michigan, receiving an A.B.…
Nominate for Carver Award or Fellowship
The Carver Medal was created by the IMS in honor of Harry C. Carver, for exceptional service specifically to the IMS. It is open to any IMS member who has not previously been elected President. Deadline February 1, 2018.
IMS Fellows demonstrate distinction in…