News
May 16, 2026
Professor Howell Tong has been elected a member of the Academy of Europe (Mathematics Section) in 2026. Professor Tong is a fellow of the IMS and an emeritus professor of statistics at London School of Economics, a Distinguished Visiting Professor of the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Tsinghua…
Nominations are invited for the Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling, a distinguished award of the American Mathematical Society.
Established in 2016 and awarded every three years, the prize recognizes exceptional theoretical and applied contributions in stochastic theory and modeling, including seminal work in probabilistic modeling, statistical inference,…
Nominations are open through October 1, 2026, for the 2027 International Prize in Statistics. The prize is awarded for a major achievement developed through a single contribution or multiple contributions over time. The prize, which can be awarded to individuals, teams, or organizations, is meant to recognize powerful ideas…
In the June/July 2026 IMS Bulletin you’ll find photos of the 24 winners of the New Researcher Travel Awards and 22 winners of the Hannan Graduate Student Travel Awards.
Each IMS New Researcher Travel Award provides funding to an IMS member who has received their PhD within the past…
Ruobin Gong, Rutgers University, was one of the members of a panel at last year’s JSM, which discussed the teaching of data science using the Veridical Data Science framework developed by Bin Yu and Rebecca L. Barter. Ruobin writes:
Data Science in the Classroom: Let’s Get Real
Do you…