Open Forum
Dimitris Politis writes: Many IMS members are educators, and thus care about improving and evaluating teaching. In the last three decades, student evaluations of classroom teaching have played a prevalent role in the US, although opinions are mixed on whether the overall effect has been positive. It goes without saying…
Dimitris Politis writes: Our journals are alive and well, and the new Annals of Applied Statistics has become an instant winner with authors and readers. As I mentioned in my letter to the IMS Bulletin (vol. 39, no. 2), the advent of manuscript-central has endowed journals with an unprecedented efficiency;…
Dimitris Politis writes: Statistics has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last two decades, adapting to a rapidly changing scientific environment. For example, under the leadership of pioneers such as the late Leo Breiman, our profession managed to prevail over challenges posed by machine learning by embracing it as the…
Dimitris Politis writes: With this new blog website, we are introducing a new feature, the Open Forum. Any IMS member can propose a topic for discussion. Email your subject and perhaps an opening paragraph (send this to bulletin@imstat.org) and we'll post it to start off the discussion. Other readers can join in the debate by commenting on the post. Search other Open Forum posts by using the Open Forum category link on the right. We hope that readers will take advantage of these interactive features of the new Bulletin website. Start a discussion today!