IMS Bulletin
News on the New Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)
Less than a year after its inception, WashU’s Department of Statistics and Data Science (https://sds.wustl.edu/) is already assembling the talent and expertise needed to make it a national leader in statistical…
Professor Richard Allen Olshen passed away on November 8, 2023.
Professor Olshen will be forever remembered for his pioneering research in the field of statistics and his unyielding passion for academia, especially to Stanford University. He played a significant role in advancing statistical learning, notably through his influential work on…
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is pleased to announce Edgar Dobriban as the 2024 IMS Hall Prize recipient. Edgar Dobriban is an Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, with secondary appointment in Computer and Information Science, at the University of Pennsylvania. His prize citation reads, “For deep, fundamental, and…
Bhramar Mukherjee, the John D. Kalbfleisch Distinguished University Professor and chair of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, received the 2024 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Recipients of the annual award demonstrate their exemplary…
IMS member Jemar R. Bather has been awarded the Penn State Alumni Association’s 2024 Alumni Achievement Award. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accomplishments. Jemar Bather graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in statistics in 2014…