IMS Bulletin
One of the final acts of the outgoing IMS President is to deliver the Address at the IMS annual meeting. Ruth Williams, who is now Past-President, delivered this at the World Congress in July.
The IMS mission is “to foster the development and dissemination of the theory and applications of…
Dr. Ezra Gayawan is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Redeemer’s University in Nigeria. In this article, he shares some of his personal experience of attending the World Congress in Probability and Statistics (and the pre-meeting immediately before it, for young researchers). He writes:
It was an…
The new IMS President for 2012-2013, Hans R. Künsch, writes:
I took over as president in July at the World Congress, and I have been quite busy since then in my new role, having already sent and received several hundred emails related to IMS. One of the most important duties…
Bhramar Mukherjee, COPSS Treasurer/Secretary, reports on the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) annual awards, presented at JSM. The call for nominations for next year’s awards is below. We’ll have Bhramar’s interview with the Presidents’ Award winner, Sam Kou, in the next issue.
We are pleased to announce…
Giving a talk is a key skill. Hone it, and you will earn thanks from Rick Durrett, and all your future audiences.