News
October 2, 2018
The October/November 2018 issue of the IMS Bulletin is online. You can read the whole issue as a PDF (download from https://imstat.org/wp-content/uploads/Bulletin47_7.pdf) or read articles online at http://bulletin.imstat.org. Contents include:
David Donoho receives Gauss Award at ICM
COPSS Awards for Richard Samworth, Bin Yu, Susan Murphy (and an…
October 1, 2018
David Donoho is the recipient of the 2018 Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, the major prize in applied mathematics awarded jointly by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the German Mathematical Union. Bestowed every four years since 2006, the prize honors scientists whose mathematical research has generated important applications beyond the…
Wendy Lou, COPSS Secretary/Treasurer, writes: The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) presents awards annually to honor statisticians who have made outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. For 2018, three awards were presented, during the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, BC.
Richard J. Samworth of the University of…
We extend our congratulations to two former IMS Presidents, C.R. Rao, who recently celebrated his 98th birthday, on September 10, and Herman Chernoff, who turned 95 in July. Anirban DasGupta noted that Professors Rao and Chernoff are among the two most senior (in age) living statisticians, along with David Finney,…
Richard J. Samworth of the University of Cambridge is the recipient of the 2018 Presidents’ Award. This award is presented annually to a young member of one of the participating societies of COPSS in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. The award citation recognized Samworth “for…