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September 2, 2016
Terry Speed is taking a stand on principles. There’s a danger, as Oscar Wilde said, that if you lean on them too hard, “one day they’ll end up giving way.”
Bulletin Editor Anirban DasGupta sets this problem. Student members of the IMS are invited to submit solutions (to bulletin@imstat.org with subject “Student Puzzle Corner”). The deadline is now September 8, 2016.
It is the turn of a problem on probability this time. We will consider a problem that looks…
July 1, 2016
We are pleased to confirm the results of the 2016 IMS Council elections. The President-Elect is Alison Etheridge. The five new Council members are Jean Bertoin, Songxi Chen, Elizaveta Levina, Simon Tavaré and Cun-Hui Zhang.
The new Council members and President-Elect will serve IMS for three years, starting officially at…
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Congratulations to the 16 new IMS Fellows elected this year! They will be presented at the IMS Presidential Address and Awards session at the World Congress, on Monday, July 11 at 6:30pm.
Marek Biskup, for excellent research in the interface of probability theory and statistical physics.
Emery Neal Brown, for…