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February 17, 2020
Nicolas Curien is Professor, since 2014, in the Mathematics Institute at Université Paris-Saclay, France. He specializes in probability theory and, more precisely, in random two-dimensional geometry. He received his PhD at Orsay (now Paris-Saclay) in 2011 and then spent two years at Sorbonne University as a CNRS researcher. His main…
Nick Fisher, University of Sydney & ValueMetrics Australia, is coordinator of IDSSP, an international cooperative venture to create a framework for teaching Data Science in high schools, and to teach their teachers how to deliver the curriculum. He explains:
What is Data Science? Twenty years ago, the term ‘Data Science’…
The problem framed this time is at least partially a classic problem in geometry. You can find a lot in the literature about where this general problem arises in numerous fields of application. Some previous exposure to spherical geometry would probably be helpful, particularly for part (e). Here is the …
The 22nd IMS New Researchers Conference will be held in Philadelphia, PA, during its usual slot right before JSM. The purpose of the conference is to promote interaction and networking among new researchers in statistics and probability and to provide them with valuable insights from leaders in the field. Hosted…
Canadian statistician Colin Ross Blyth died on August 22, 2019, at the age of 96. Born in Guelph, Ontario, on October 24, 1922, he studied at Queen’s University, Kingston (BA, 1944), the University of Toronto (MA, 1946), and the University of California at Berkeley (PhD, 1950), where he was Erich…