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July 26–28, 2012 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA http://math.ucsd.edu/~nrc2012/ The Meeting of New Researchers in Statistics and Probability is an annual conference organized under the auspices of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). The 14th edition will be held on July 26–28, 2012, at the University…

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I can’t think of a better combination than randomness and biology (unless it is a chilled Sancerre accompanying grilled swordfish with a side of steamed asparagus). The title for this ramble is the topic for the year of activities at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute at Ohio State University. Unfortunately, you…

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The Workshop on Probability and Statistics in Finance, sponsored by the IMS special interest group on “Finance: Probability and Statistics” (FPS) and the Statistics Department of Columbia University, took place on June 23, 2011 at Columbia University. After a continental breakfast and welcoming remarks, four speakers gave talks, punctuated by…

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics held its 74th annual meeting at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami’s South Beach, from July 30 to August 4, 2011. The IMS highlights at JSM included the three Wald lectures by Greg Lawler, the Neyman lecture by Michael I. Jordan, and five Medallion lectures,…

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An impressive lineup of plenary speakers has been selected for next year’s IMS Annual Meeting, the eighth World Congress in Probability and Statistics, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 9 to 14, 2012. Next year’s IMS Special Invited Lectures are the Wald Lectures, the Le Cam…

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