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Beginning this year, the IMS Committee on Special Lectures is accepting nominations for IMS Named and Medallion Lectures. The following lectures are available for nomination in 2014. 2016 Wald Lecturer 2016 Rietz Lecturer 2017 Medallion Lecturers Nomination submission procedure: https://www.imstat.org/awards/lectures/nominations.htm Deadline for nominations is October 1.…

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The IMS is pleased to announce the following IMS Travel Award recipients. Jinyuan Chang, University of Melbourne Haeran Cho, University of Bristol Alexander Drewitz, Columbia University Lilun Du, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bin Guo, Peking University, China Ming-Hung (Jason) Kao, Arizona State University Cheng Li, Northwestern University Gen Li, University of…

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Edward Waymire, Professor of Mathematics, Oregon State University has received the 2014 Carver Medal from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Professor Waymire receives the award for manifold contributions to the IMS in many capacities and in particular for exceptional service to the Annals of Applied Probability far beyond his…

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The LARC-SLAPEM organizes, every two/three years, a prize to honor the memory of Francisco Aranda­Ordaz, a distinguished young Mexican statistician who died tragically in 1991.  Sponsored by the Bernoulli Society, the  Francisco Aranda­Ordaz Award is bestowed  for one thesis in Probability and one thesis in Statistics written by students from …

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Ying Hung as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Dr. Hung received her PhD in 2008 from Georgia Institute of Technology, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Biostatistics at Rutgers. The IMS Travel Awards…

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