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November 16, 2021
The IMS would like to thank all those who have contributed to the IMS. Further contributions are welcome! Please see
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Current opportunities to donate are listed below.
The IMS Blackwell Lecture Fund is an endowment fund used to support a lecture in honor of David Blackwell. The purpose…
Please visit https://community.amstat.org/copss/home for details of eligibility and nomination requirements for all these awards. Please send nominations (preferably by e-mail in PDF format) to the committee chairs by December 15, 2021.
Presidents’ Award
The Presidents’ Award is presented annually to a young* member of one of the participating societies of…
Takis Tackles
IMS Contributing Editor Takis Konstantopoulos writes:
Pandemics, we learn by studying a bit of history, have been game changers. For example, H.G. Wells wrote in A Short History of the World in 1922:
“In the second century A.D. a great misfortune came upon the Roman and Chinese…
Anirban DasGupta posed a problem that was a blend of calculus and probability, in the October/November issue. There’s still (just!) time to send your solution. The puzzle is here.…
The IMS Treasurer’s annual report was published in the September 2021 issue of the IMS Bulletin. You can download Zhengjun Zhang’s report from this link.
The report details membership and subscription data for the calendar year end 2020.
The 2020 fiscal year-end audit report has now also been completed,…