Marc Yor speaking at a self-similarity conference in 2009. Photo: Murad Taqqu Marc Yor, one of the most distinguished probabilists in the world in recent decades, died suddenly on January 9, 2014, near his home in St. Chéron, France, at the age of 64. He was born on 24 July…

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The early bird registration deadline for the IMS Annual Meeting in Sydney is quickly approaching. Deadline is FEB 28: http://www.ims-asc2014.com/…

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July 31 – August 2, 2014,  Harvard University Cambridge, MA The 16th IMS New Researchers Conference is an annual meeting organized under the auspices of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), and jointly sponsored this year by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and other…

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During the 17th edition of the Brazilian School of Probability, the organizers have announced their wish of having a special volume related to this meeting. We can now make its official announcement and call for papers. A few words about the volume and its relation to the school: The XVII…

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New IMS Bulletin Editor Anirban DasGupta writes: We are pleased to announce the team of Contributing Editors (CEs) who will be writing and soliciting articles for the IMS Bulletin over the next three years. They are Robert Adler, Peter Bickel, Stéphane Boucheron, David Hand, Vlada Limic, Xiao-Li Meng, Dimitris Politis,…

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