Lectures and Addresses
Purdue University’s College of Science has named Dennis K.J. Lin to lead its department of statistics. Lin, who is currently a University Distinguished Professor of supply chain and statistics at Penn State University, will begin his new role at Purdue University in July.
Lin received his Bachelor of Science degree…
EDITED JULY 16, 2020: This award has been retired by COPSS, and is now called the COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship. See the announcement here.
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Sharon-Lise Normand (Chair of the 2020 Fisher Lecture Committee) and Joel Greenhouse (Carnegie Mellon University), write:
The Committee of Presidents of…
Amita Manatunga to deliver the 2020 E.L. Scott Lecture
Liza Levina (University of Michigan, Chair of the Award Committee) and Lance Waller (Emory University) write:
The COPSS Elizabeth L. Scott Award committee has awarded the 2020 award to Professor Amita Manatunga of Emory University. She was selected as this year’s…
Martin Barlow is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia. He received his BA from Cambridge in 1975, and his PhD from the University of Wales in 1979. Prior to his move to UBC in 1992, he held postdoctoral and faculty positions at Liverpool University, Trinity College …
Adel Javanmard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Data Sciences and Operations, at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Prior to joining USC in 2015, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Science of Information, working at UC Berkeley and Stanford University. …