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From Probability to Statistics and Back: High-Dimensional Models and Processes — A Festschrift in Honor of Jon A. Wellner Editors: M. Banerjee, F. Bunea, J. Huang, V. Koltchinskii and M. H. Maathuis For more than thirty years, Jon A. Wellner has made outstanding contributions to several very active and important…

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NSF-CBMS Regional Conference Series in Probability and Statistics, Volume 9 “Nonparametric Bayesian Inference” by Peter Müller and Abel Rodriguez The notes provide an overview of some popular Bayesian nonparametric (BNP) probability models. The discussion follows a logical development of many commonly used nonparametric Bayesian models as generalizations of the Dirichlet…

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For Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Statistical Sciences The Section on Statistical Genetics and the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are pleased to request nominations for the Twelfth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a…

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Jingchen Liu as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Dr. Liu received his PhD in 2008 from Harvard University, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University. The IMS Travel Awards Committee, selected Dr.…

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On behalf of the Statistical Society of Australia and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the organising committee invite you to register your interest in attending the joint Australian Statistical Conference/IMS Annual meeting, to be held 7-10 July 2014 at Australian Technology Park. Topics of interest include spatial statistics, Bayesian statistics,…

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