Sujit Ghosh, SAMSI’s Deputy Director and Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University, received an honorary doctoral degree in statistics from Thammasat University (TU) in Thailand. This is one of the highest forms of recognition a university can offer. Thammasat University primarily gives honorary doctorates to people from Thailand.…

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We are pleased to introduce the candidates who are standing for election to the IMS Council in 2016. This year there is one candidate for President-Elect, and there are 10 candidates for five places on Council. The President-Elect candidate is Alison Etheridge. The 10 Council candidates are, in alphabetical order:…

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Attention students! The prudsys Data Mining Cup kicks off for the 17th year in the spring of 2016. Starting on 6 April 2016, international student teams will put their skills to the test competing in a practical task about intelligent data analysis. Cash prizes and recognition await the winners at…

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IMS President Richard Davis writes: During my one-year apprenticeship as President-elect of IMS, I was often queried about my agenda for IMS. The word “agenda” can conjure up both positive and negative feelings. If a dean enthusiastically espouses a new agenda, then faculty are apt to cringe at the idea…

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