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The National Institute of Statistical Science (NISS), the American Statistical Association (ASA), and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) will hold a writing workshop for junior researchers (subject to availability of funds). The goal of the workshop is to provide instruction in how to write journal articles and grant proposals. …

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Han Liu as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Dr. Liu received his Ph.D. in 2010 from Carnegie Mellon University, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University. The IMS…

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The 17th IMS New Researchers Conference will take place at the University of Washington, Seattle, August 6-8, 2015 (just before JSM). The purpose of the conference is to promote interaction and networking among new researchers in probability and statistics. If you received a PhD in or after 2010, or expect…

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The program committee for the 2015 Western North American Region of The International Biometric Society (WNAR)/Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Annual Meeting is soliciting invited session proposals. The 2015 WNAR/IMS Annual Meeting will be held June 14-17, 2015 in Boise, Idaho. An invited session should bring together a small number…

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The purpose of the IMS Child Care Initiative is to encourage and support the participation at IMS Annual Meetings of IMS members who have child care responsibilities. The next IMS Annual Meeting is at JSM in Seattle, WA, USA, August 8-13, 2015 [http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2015/]. The IMS will reimburse members 80% of…

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