IMS Bulletin
Donald B. Rubin, John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics at Harvard University, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics at Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany. The honorary doctorate is in recognition of his work in the social sciences and economics, and in particular, for his…
The UK’s Royal Society is a fellowship of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Fellows are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science. Each year 44 new Fellows are elected by existing Fellows. Among…
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Dimitris Politis writes: Many IMS members are educators, and thus care about improving and evaluating teaching. In the last three decades, student evaluations of classroom teaching have played a prevalent role in the US, although opinions are mixed on whether the overall effect has been positive. It goes without saying…
Dimitris Politis writes: Our journals are alive and well, and the new Annals of Applied Statistics has become an instant winner with authors and readers. As I mentioned in my letter to the IMS Bulletin (vol. 39, no. 2), the advent of manuscript-central has endowed journals with an unprecedented efficiency;…