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May 16, 2026
Nominations are open through October 1, 2026, for the 2027 International Prize in Statistics. The prize is awarded for a major achievement developed through a single contribution or multiple contributions over time. The prize, which can be awarded to individuals, teams, or organizations, is meant to recognize powerful ideas…
In the June/July 2026 IMS Bulletin you’ll find photos of the 24 winners of the New Researcher Travel Awards and 22 winners of the Hannan Graduate Student Travel Awards.
Each IMS New Researcher Travel Award provides funding to an IMS member who has received their PhD within the past…
Ruobin Gong, Rutgers University, was one of the members of a panel at last year’s JSM, which discussed the teaching of data science using the Veridical Data Science framework developed by Bin Yu and Rebecca L. Barter. Ruobin writes:
Data Science in the Classroom: Let’s Get Real
Do you…
David Hand, Imperial College London, writes on the problem of translating substantive questions to statistical questions:
If we wanted to decide whether the total weight of passengers on a plane exceeded that allowed by the airline given the flight conditions, we could gather all of them together on…
Marianne Huebner, Michigan State University, has a plan to protect you from having to take these statistical painkillers for your data headaches. Devise your data collection to ensure that your statistics are transparent, reproducible, and trustworthy. She writes:
Imagine you contribute to a manuscript reporting an observational study…