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July 14, 2015
Susan Murphy is the H.E. Robbins Distinguished University Professor of Statistics & Professor of Psychiatry and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research. Her research focuses on improving sequential, individualized, decision making in health, in particular on clinical trial design and data analysis to inform the development of…
“All things that come in threes are perfect.”
Is it true that good things come in threes? Terry Speed explains why he likes triads.
May 20, 2015
The IMS announces the class of new IMS Fellows for 2015, who will be presented at the IMS Presidential Address and Awards session at JSM in Seattle. Congratulations, to the following new Fellows!
Sudipto Banerjee, University of California, Los AngelesFor outstanding methodological contributions to the field of spatial and spatio-temporal…
May 18, 2015
The USA’s National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 15 countries this year, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Among them was IMS Fellow Donald Geman, who is Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Johns…
If housing reservations are any indication, the Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle (August 8–13, 2015) may be the biggest JSM yet. All the reserved rooms sold out within 24 hours! More have been added, but if you haven’t booked your accommodation yet, don’t delay: www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2015/housing.cfm…