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November 15, 2023
Peter J. Brockwell, a leading figure in applied probability and time series, passed away on 5 July 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. He was Professor Emeritus of Colorado State University and Honorary Professorial Fellow in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne. He was 85.
Peter was born and raised…
Ruben H. Zamar, professor of statistics at the University of British Columbia, passed away on June 28, 2023. Ruben’s inquisitive mind combined with his innovative ideas expanded and improved the field of Robust Statistics making it more relevant.
Ruben was born in San Pedro, Province of Jujuy, Argentina, on December…
A.K. Md. Ehsanes Saleh, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor of Statistics at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, passed away on September 3, 2023. Professor Saleh died at the age of 91 with his family beside him. Born in the Munshigonj district in Dhaka, Bangladesh,…
We have two problems again—but this time the statistics problem and the probability problem are both based on the same story, and both are somewhat non-standard versions of the birthday problem. Student members of IMS are invited to send us your answers for either or both. The deadline is EXTENDED …
Do you sometimes feel like your fellow students or colleagues seem to be swimming, while you’re drowning in uncertainty? Let us help! Early-career researchers are invited to send their questions about the life of a researcher or ask for career advice, and the IMS Bulletin’s Clara-fications columnist, Clara Grazian, will…