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May 14, 2021
Ilmun Kim is a research associate at the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, mentored by Richard Samworth and Rajen Shah. He completed his PhD at Carnegie Mellon University in 2020 under the joint supervision of Larry Wasserman and Sivaraman Balakrishnan. His research interests are broadly in the areas…
Librarian Margaret Fulford and Professor Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, University of Toronto, write:
The Institute for Mathematical Statistics (IMS) produces four flagship “Annals” research journals: The Annals of Statistics, of Probability, of Applied Probability, and of Applied Statistics. This led us to wonder which authors have accomplished the “Quadfecta” of publishing…
In the last issue, we briefly announced the winners of this year’s Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) awards. Here’s some more background on them all:
Alicia Carriquiry to deliver the 2021 Florence Nightingale David Award Lecture
Nancy Gordon (Chair of the Award Committee) and Daniel Nettleton (Iowa State…
The COPSS Leadership Academy is a new initiative for emerging leaders in statistics created by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, spearheaded by Bhramar Mukherjee. This new award recognizes the increasingly important role that early-career statistical scientists are playing in shaping the future of the discipline and is designed…
NOW ONLINE July 19–23, 2021
https://www.wc2020.org/The congress, hosted by Seoul National University, is now in virtual format. This Congress will have 14 (plenary) named lectures, one public lecture, 40 invited sessions featuring 120 speakers, contributed talks, and poster sessions. Prior to the Congress, a two-day Young Researchers Meeting will…