News
March 29, 2018
You’ve probably heard of the IMS co-sponsored journal Statistics Surveys. It publishes survey articles in theoretical, computational, and applied statistics. The Editors would like to tell you a little more about the journal, and how you can help. They write:
Statistics Surveys is not about survey statistics. It is a…
Liza Levina is chairing an ad hoc IMS committee to consider whether we should create an IMS journal in Data Science. She, and the committee members, would like your input:
The IMS is considering the possibility of creating a new journal with a focus on data science. The journal is…
We are pleased to announce the eight winners of the 2018 IMS New Researcher Travel Awards, who will be using their awards to travel to present a paper or a poster at four different IMS sponsored or co-sponsored meetings.
Abhik Ghosh from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India will be…
A quick reminder: the deadline for submitting your solution to Anirban DasGupta’s latest puzzle (#20) is April 23, 2018. You can find the puzzle here.…
Walter A. Rosenkrantz, one of the foremost experts on Markov processes and martingale theory, passed away on September 19, 2017. He was an Emeritus Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Walter Abraham Rosenkrantz was born on March 24, 1938, in New York…