ACM-IMS Gathering on the Foundations of Data Science Explores Deep Learning, Ethics, Fairness and the Future of AI Computing and statistics underpin the rapid emergence of data science as a pivotal multi-disciplinary field today. The two key professional organizations in these areas, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the…

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Lawrence D. Brown (1940-2018), Miers Busch Professor and Professor of Statistics at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, had a distinguished academic career with groundbreaking contributions to a range of fields in theoretical and applied statistics. He was an IMS Fellow, IMS Wald Lecturer, and a former IMS President. Moreover,…

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The June/July issue of the IMS Bulletin is online, with news about members, forthcoming lectures and meetings around the world. Check out the articles at http://bulletin.imstat.org, or download the whole issue as a PDF: https://imstat.org/wp-content/uploads/Bulletin48_4.pdf Contents include: • Jean Opsomer receives IMS Carver Award • Members’ news: Kathryn Roeder;…

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A new issue of Annals of Statistics has been published. You can get a summary in PDF-format at: https://www.imstat.org/publications/aos/aos_47_4/aos_47_4.pdf If you or your library has subscribed to the journal, electronic access to the full journal articles is at: https://projecteuclid.org/ or https://www.jstor.org/ For more information on journals published or supported by…

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The Carver Medal Committee of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Jean Opsomer to receive the 2019 Harry C. Carver Medal. The award is made in recognition of his outstanding contributions to IMS, especially through his steady service and guidance as two-term Treasurer of the IMS that put IMS…

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