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“A giant in the field of statistics” passes away
Prominent British statistician Sir David Cox has passed away at the age of 97. Cox, who was described on the awarding of the inaugural International Prize in Statistics as “a giant in the field of statistics,” made many contributions including introducing…
IMS and ASA Fellow Cynthia Rudin has won the 2022 Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). This award, the most prestigious in the field of artificial intelligence, is comparable to the Nobel Prize and the…
Each year, the Awards Board of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, recommends a select group of recipients to receive IEEE’s most prestigious honors. These are the men and women whose exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on technology, society, and the engineering profession.…
The 2022 ENAR/IMS Spring Meeting will take place in a hybrid format, both in-person at the Marriott Marquis Houston, TX, and online. Virtual participants will have access to the educational program, invited and contributed oral presentations, the Presidential Address, poster presentations, and virtual networking opportunities through the virtual meeting platform.…
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research recognizes sustained, high-quality, cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical and data sciences. Three recent award recipients, who represent the cutting edge in statistical research, will speak during an invited session hosted by NISS at JSM: Marc Suchard,…