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February 17, 2025
The new co-editors of the Annals of Statistics for 2025–27 are Hans-Georg Müller, University of California, Davis (hgmueller@ucdavis.edu), and Harrison Zhou, Yale University (harrison.zhou@yale.edu). They write to share their plans for the flagship IMS journal:
As the new co-editors, we aim to broaden the scope of the…
Our contributing editor Layla Parast writes about her new-found appreciation for the surprising complexities of American football:
Mid-February can be a bittersweet time for many in the United States—it signals the end of the (American) football season. For some, this may evoke no feelings at all. Football? Why bother?…
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Richard Samworth obtained his PhD in Statistics from the University of Cambridge in 2004, and has remained in Cambridge since, becoming a full professor in 2013 and the Professor of Statistical Science in 2017. His main research interests are in nonparametric and high-dimensional statistics; he has developed methods and theory…
Victor M. Panaretos is Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the EPFL. He received his PhD in 2007 from UC Berkeley, advised by David Brillinger. Upon graduation he was appointed Assistant Professor at EPFL’s Mathematics Institute, where he rose the ranks to Full Professor, also serving as Institute Director. He has…