News
March 31, 2020
Current Index to Statistics finds a new home
Edward Dunne, the Executive Editor of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Mathematical Reviews, writes:
The Current Index to Statistics (CIS) is now hosted by the AMS. It is available on the MathSciNet servers: https://mathscinet.ams.org/cis. The database is openly available and uses a…
David John Finney was born in Warrington, UK, on January 3, 1917. His mathematical abilities were recognized by the local school and his parents were advised to transfer him to Manchester Grammar School. From there he won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, to study mathematics, until a health scare…
Susan (Sue) Wilson was born in Sydney on March 19, 1948. She was an undergraduate at the University of Sydney from 1965–1968, completing a BSc with First Class Honours, and she completed her PhD at the Australian National University (ANU) under the supervision of P.A.P. (Pat) Moran. The title of…
It’s time to think about who you would like to represent you on the IMS Council, and vote in the IMS elections. This year, the nominee for President-Elect is Krzysztof (Chris) Burdzy. There are 10 candidates standing for the five available places on Council: Tony Cai, Richard Davis, Pablo A…
March 29, 2020
The Tweedie Award provides funds for travel to present the Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture at the IMS New Researchers Conference. The recipient of the 2020 Tweedie New Researcher Award is Adel Javanmard.
Adel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Data Sciences and Operations, Marshall School of Business…
