IMS Bulletin
Survey Methodology is a peer-reviewed statistical journal published twice a year by Statistics Canada. The journal established in 2001 an annual invited paper series in honor of the late Joseph Waksberg to recognize his outstanding contributions to survey statistics and methodology. Each year a prominent survey statistician is chosen by…
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Peter J. Brockwell, a leading figure in applied probability and time series, passed away on 5 July 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. He was Professor Emeritus of Colorado State University and Honorary Professorial Fellow in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne. He was 85.
Peter was born and raised…
Ruben H. Zamar, professor of statistics at the University of British Columbia, passed away on June 28, 2023. Ruben’s inquisitive mind combined with his innovative ideas expanded and improved the field of Robust Statistics making it more relevant.
Ruben was born in San Pedro, Province of Jujuy, Argentina, on December…
A.K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor of Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, passed away on September 3, 2023. Professor Saleh died at the age of 91 with his family beside him. Born in the Munshigonj district in Dhaka, Bangladesh,…