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September 30, 2021
Anirban DasGupta describes this problem as a blend of calculus and probability:
All of you know that for any given positive number α, α1/n → 1 as n → ∞. How large an n does it take to get very close to 1 if we choose α randomly? Here is…
The ISI Florence Nightingale Prize for Data Visualization is named in honor of Florence Nightingale’s exemplary use of data visualization to convey statistical information. The entries for this year’s prize were the winners of the Best Visualization prize from each of the local ASA DataFest sites, consisting of video analyses…
The Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD) section of the ASA will sponsor Medical Devices and Diagnostic Section’s student paper award, a student paper competition for JSM 2022. A manuscript suitable for journal submission is required to enter the competition.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this award, the applicant must be…
After two decades of advancing research in statistics, applied mathematics and domain science, SAMSI closed down at the end of August 2021. It celebrated its achievements with a final conference (in hybrid format) on August 21, where a host of distinguished speakers addressed a range of topics to which SAMSI…
Richard “Rich” J. Fox, a longtime member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and of the Marketing Department faculty at the University of Georgia, died December 2, 2020, at this home in Athens, Georgia. He was 78.
Born in New York, Rich earned his undergraduate degree from the University of…