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SSP Moderator Frederi Viens rites: Some 150 scholars in mathematics, statistics, and related disciplines, in great majority doctoral students and postdocs from across the US, came to Rice University in Houston, Texas, to attend the annual Seminar on Stochastic Processes (SSP), a conference series sponsored by the Institute of…

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The IMS Tweedie New Researcher Award provides funding for travel to present the Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture at the IMS New Researchers Conference. The recipient of the 2024 Tweedie New Researcher Award is Chengchun Shi. Dr. Shi is an Associate Professor of the Department of Statistics at the…

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ICSDS 2023 took place in Lisbon, Portugal, in December 2023. Organizers Regina Liu and Annie Qu received very positive feedback, and branded it “another huge success!” ICSDS 2024 will be in Nice, France, in December 2024. Join us!   Regina Liu and Annie Qu write: We are delighted to report…

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We are happy to announce the upcoming Bernoulli–IMS World Congress will feature a Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers. This will take place over the weekend immediately before the World Congress, August 10–11, 2024, at the University of Duisburg–Essen, in Bochum’s neighbouring city of Essen, Germany. The details of the meeting will…

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Queensley C. Chukwudum (University of Uyo, Nigeria) and Saralees Nadarajah (University of Manchester, UK) report on a recent workshop: In the realm of academia, there exists an unwavering beacon of brilliance that often goes unnoticed by the broader world. It’s the steadfast dedication and groundbreaking work of African-based researchers in…

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