IMS Bulletin
The World Statistics Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010 to recognize the importance of statistics in shaping our societies. The holding of national and regional statistical days was already a tradition in more than 100 countries, but the General Assembly’s adoption of this international day…
Submit your abstract by October 15, 2015, for the 2016 ENAR Spring Meeting (March 6–9, 2016, in Austin, Texas). October 15 is also the submission deadline for the Distinguished Student Paper Awards.
The ENAR scientific program will cover topics of interest to researchers and practitioners, such as data science (big…
Traditionally, mentoring is seen as an older person imparting wisdom, but Terry Speed points out that it can be a two-way process. So how should we mentor?
Seattle is known for Starbucks and software… and now also for statisticians, as over 6,800 people attended the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings, held at the Washington State Convention Center from August 8–13, 2015.
IMS invited program co-chairs Antonio Lijoi and Igor Prünster, said of their involvement, “The experience as IMS…
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