IMS news
The IMS and the Bernoulli Society have recently cooperated to create a new joint lecture in probability and stochastic processes, named in honor of Oded Schramm. The lecture will be given annually and will be featured at meetings (co)-sponsored by the IMS or the Bernoulli Society with a strong attendance…
IMS President, Ruth Williams, writes this introductory message, in which she informs readers about some of the ongoing and upcoming activities of the IMS, and encourages your participation.
Our discipline of probability and statistics is rapidly growing in diverse directions. Despite the wonders of modern communication, it can sometimes be…
If you’re coming to the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami, Florida (July 30 to August 4), please drop by the IMS booth in the Expo to say hello. If your students will be there, remind them that IMS membership is free, and provides them with online access to all the…
Aurore Delaigle will become the IMS’s Executive Secretary from August 2, 2011 to July 9, 2014, following Marten Wegkamp’s three-year term.
Aurore is a Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, with research interests in nonparametric estimation of curves, measurement errors, deconvolution…
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2011 IMS elections. The next President-Elect is Hans R. Künsch. The five new Council members, for a three-year term, are: Sandrine Dudoit, Steve Evans, Sonia Petrone, Christian P. Robert, and Qiwei Yao.
866 people (21% of members) participated in the elections.…