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November 17, 2013
Professor Kathryn Chaloner is Head of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Iowa, and leads the Alliance Statistics Initiative of the US National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (“Math Alliance”). She writes:
The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (www.mathalliance.org) is a…
Anirban DasGupta writes his last column, for now (he will be the new Bulletin editor from the next issue):
On July 18, 2013, I wrote an email to Steve Stigler, which said: “Dear Steve, has any well-known person made a list of what she or he considers to be the…
The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, (SAMSI) announces its 2014-2015 programs. SAMSI’s programs will integrate applied mathematicians and statisticians with other scientific disciplines to further research in bioinformatics and ecology.
One program, Beyond Bioinformatics, Statistical and Mathematical Challenges, will look at the statistical and mathematical challenges arising in the…
Victoria Stodden writes:
The reproducibility of published findings is becoming a hot topic. From reports in the popular press to congressional activity, and from scholarly society engagement to academic publications and editorials, there has been an upsurge in attention to this issue. I will offer some explanations of the concept…
Terry Speed has had a brush with fame. Winning the Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, he may have helped to raise the profile of statistics