IMS Bulletin
“All things that come in threes are perfect.”
Is it true that good things come in threes? Terry Speed explains why he likes triads.
The USA’s National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries this year, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Among them was IMS Fellow Donald Geman, who is Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Johns…
If housing reservations are any indication, the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle (August 8–13, 2015) may be the biggest JSM yet. All the reserved rooms sold out within 24 hours! More have been added, but if you haven’t booked your accommodation yet, don’t delay: www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2015/housing.cfm…
We learned just before we went to print with the June/July issue that Bruce Lindsay, 68, passed away May 5 in State College, PA. An obituary was printed in The Dalles Chronicle. Bruce was holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Statistics at Penn State; he contributed important innovations in…
Among the new Fellows of the American Mathematical Society are five IMS members: Maury Bramson, Paul Dupuis, James Fill, Donald Fraser and Jonathan Mattingly.