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March 31, 2014
C.R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize
The C.R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize was established to honor and recognize outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the field of statistics. The Rao Prize…
Xiao-Li Meng finds it harder to escape statistics than he thought…
The 2014 AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Annual Meeting (held February 13–17) has given me a new meaning to “Valentine’s Escape”. February is always jam-packed with most of the 57 graduate program admissions meetings, many starting…
February 26, 2014
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Ying Hung as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Dr. Hung received her PhD in 2008 from Georgia Institute of Technology, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Biostatistics at Rutgers.
The IMS Travel Awards…
February 15, 2014
The 16th IMS New Researchers Conference is an annual meeting organized under the auspices of the IMS, and jointly sponsored this year by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and other federal agencies and industry sponsors. This year the conference is hosted by the Department…
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