IMS Bulletin
With this column, Terry Speed continues his exploration of multiple linear regression, looking at “why,” “how” and idol management.
The IMS election results are in. The new President-Elect is Bin Yu. Five people are elected to serve on Council for a three-year term, and one for a one-year term. Those serving for three years are Erwin Bolthausen, Alison Etheridge, Xiao-Li Meng, Nancy Reid and Richard Samworth; and Nancy Lopes…
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IMS Fellow Peter Jagers has been chosen as this year’s Harry C. Carver Award winner. Peter is Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The citation read, “To Peter Jagers, for heading the organization committees for the first joint Bernoulli Society–IMS …
Nominations for IMU Awards in 2014
The President of the International Mathematical Union, Ingrid Daubechies, has written to the Adhering Organizations, asking them to submit nominations for the IMU awards listed below.
Fields Medals fields14-chair@mathunion.org
The Fields Medals are awarded every 4 years on the occasion of the International Congress…