Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics Proceedings of XIV Brazilian Meeting on Bayesian Statistics http://www.redeabe.org.br/ebeb2018/ Special Volume – call for papers The school proceedings will be published in the Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics, having Helio S. Migon (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) and Thais C. O.…

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A new issue of ANNALES DE L’INSTITUT HENRI POINCARÉ – PROBABILITÉS ET STATISTIQUES has been published. You get a summary in pdf-format at: https://www.imstat.org/publications/aihp/aihp_54_1.pdf If you or your library has subscribed to the journal, electronic access to the full journal articles is at: http://projecteuclid.org/ or http://www.jstor.org/ For more information on…

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Former IMS President, Annals of Statistics and IMS Bulletin editor Bernard Silverman was knighted in the UK’s 2018 New Year Honours List for public service and services to Science. Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and Beatles drummer Ringo Starr (among others) also received the same honour. Sir Bernard Silverman’s research…

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The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) has announced the hiring of a new director. David Banks, Duke University, has assumed the role, replacing Richard Smith. SAMSI is one of eight mathematical sciences institutes created by the National Science Foundation, and it is the only one in which statistics…

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The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science, has appointed Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS as Institute Director. Professor Smith, currently Vice-Chancellor at the University of London, will take up his new role later this year. Howard Covington, Chair of The Alan Turing Institute, said: “I am…

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