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August 28, 2015
The September 2015 issue of the IMS Bulletin has photos of some of the highlights of the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle. Check it out!…
Infinite divisibility of Euclidean random variables and vectors has been a core theme in the theory of probability for at least sixty years. The question asked is when can a random variable be decomposed into small independent components. Precisely, a random variable (vector) $X$ is called infinitely divisible if for…
Bulletin Editor Anirban DasGupta writes:
The problem asked was to settle the possibility of consistent estimation with incomplete data in three examples, and to provide a concrete one when consistent estimation is possible.
Intuitively, in case (a), you can only infer about $|\mu |$, but not the sign of $\mu…
We are happy to announce the formation of a new committee within the IMS to create a forum for early career statisticians and probabilists. Tentatively called “j-IMS”, the group aims to bring together statisticians and probabilists in the early stages of their careers.
The group’s organizers say, “Having an international…
Brajendra C. Sutradhar, Memorial University, was the General Chair of the recent International Symposium in Statistics (ISS) 2015 On Advances in Parametric and Semi-parametric Analysis of Multivariate, Time Series, Spatial-temporal, and Familial-longitudinal Data. He reports:
The International Symposium in Statistics (ISS) 2015 was hosted by the Department of Mathematics and…