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December 14, 2013
The IMS Textbooks series, published with Cambridge University Press, give introductory accounts of topics of current concern suitable for advanced courses at master’s level, for doctoral students and for individual study. They are typically shorter than for a fully developed textbook, often arising from material created for a topical course.…
Jean Opsomer is the Program Chair for the Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, which will take place August 2–7, 2014. He writes:
JSM 2014 (http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2014/index.cfm) will take place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, August 2–7, 2014. As I am writing this, the members of the…
Beginning this issue, we are starting an initiative to engage more student members of the IMS in Bulletin reading and independent research activities. The new Student Puzzle Corner will contain one or two problems in statistics or probability. Sometimes, solving the problems may require a literature search.
Current student members …
ISOSS celebrates Silver Jubilee and International Year of Statistics
On 22 November 2013 a large number of statisticians, as well as many patrons and supporters of statistics, gathered at ISOSS House in Lahore, Pakistan, to celebrate the 25 years of professional services of the Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences…
“Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013” (MPE2013)—the year-long program created to encourage research on a range of topics related to Planet Earth—has been active for almost a year and will transition into “Mathematics of Planet Earth” (MPE) at the end of 2013.
What has been accomplished and what are the plans…
