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Professor Peter Hall passed away on January 9, 2016. In his passing, the statistical community lost one of its most prolific and creative researchers. We also lost a friend, colleague, and mentor. Peter inspired and mentored many young researchers. His early work in probability profoundly affected his many contributions to…
The annual elections are taking place for the next IMS President and five places in the IMS Council. We introduced the candidates in the last issue: Susan Murphy is the candidate for President-Elect, and the ten Council candidates are Vivek S. Borkar, Vanja Dukic, Christina Goldschmidt, Ruth Heller, Susan Holmes,…
“The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) is a society committed to the freedom of professional expression. The society wishes to foster a productive environment for the exchange of ideas and values participation of all members of the statistical community. The society, therefore, considers it essential that professional conduct is observed…
The IMS Elections this year are for the IMS President and five places on Council. The nominees are:
For IMS President:
Susan Murphy
For IMS Council:
Vivek S. Borkar
Vanja Dukic
Christina Goldschmidt
Ruth Heller
Susan Holmes
Xihong Lin
Richard Lockhart
Gabor Lugosi
Nicolai Meinshausen
Kerrie Mengersen
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IMS Textbooks: Lectures on the Poisson Process
Günter Last, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and Mathew Penrose, University of Bath
The Poisson process, a core object in modern probability, enjoys a richer theory than is sometimes appreciated. This volume develops the theory in the setting of a general abstract…
