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IMS President Hans Künsch writes:
2013 is a special year for IMS since we celebrate not only the International Year of Statistics, but also the special year for Mathematics of Planet Earth. This gives us unique opportunities to promote the importance of our fields to other scientific communities, to decision…
Last year the Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) at the US National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Sastry Pantula, proposed changing the division’s name to the Division of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. This led to an intense discussion in the community. IMS also collected opinions of members which…
SAMSI Director on Board on Environment Change and Society for National Research Council
Report Issued on Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis
Richard Smith, Director of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, (SAMSI) is participating on the Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social…
Web-based mentoring for students in statistics at Universities in developing countries
Would you like to mentor a PhD or masters student in a developing country from a distance, over the internet? Join us at http://statmentoring.nr.no.
Statistical communities, academic and governmental, are growing in many developing countries, and statisticians play key…
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) has been renewed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for five years. This is the second renewal the grant has received by NSF. SAMSI is one of eight mathematical institutes funded by the NSF’s Division of Mathematical Sciences, but this is the…