As previously announced, IMS is seeking contributions to the IMS Peter Hall Early Career Prize fund. If you would like to donate in memory of Peter, there are three ways: 1. By credit card via the IMS website: https://secure.imstat.org/secure/orders/donations.asp 2. By US dollar check, made payable to “IMS –…

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The IMS has 10 funds that are open to contributions, detailed below. We would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for contributing to the IMS. If you would like to make a contribution, please visit http://www.imstat.org/contribute-to-the-ims/. Blackwell Lecture Fund The Blackwell Lecture Fund is used to support…

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Xiao-Li Meng writes: BFF again? Yes, and this time it is for Best Friends Forever, not another Bayesian, Fiducial and Frequentist workshop – for that you need to wait until BFF6. [For BFF# history, see https://imstat.org/2017/05/xl-files-bayesian-fiducial-and-frequentist-bff4ever/.] But what on Earth is BGF? Best Goal Forever (FIFA time)? Best…

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George Roussas writes in memory of his colleague: Joining in the celebration of the life and achievements of PK Bhattacharya [see his obituary], I wish to scribe a few words based on reminiscences from our lives on campus of UC-Davis. PK was present almost from the establishment of Statistics…

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Prodyot Kumar Bhattacharya passed away March 9, 2018, at his home in Davis, California. He was professor emeritus at the University of California at Davis and contributed to the field of statistics during a career that spanned more than 50 years. PK, as he was called by many colleagues and…

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