News
May 16, 2013
The IMS Treasurer, Jean Opsomer, reports on IMS membership and subscription data for calendar year end 2012, and reviews the fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012) financial statements. You can read the report in the June/July 2013 issue, or download the PDF separately here.…
May 1, 2013
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, “Multidisciplinary Approaches to Analyzing Animal Vocal Communication Sequences,” to be held October 21-23, 2013, at NIMBioS.
The aim of this workshop is to bridge the gap between mathematical and biological researchers with an…
Nominations are sought for the 2013 National Institute of Statistical Sciences’ (NISS) Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research. The prize recognizes SUSTAINED, HIGH-QUALITY cross-disciplinary research involving the statistical sciences. The prize of $1,000 will be presented at the NISS/SAMSI JSM Reception on August 5, 2013, in Montreal. Further information…
Statistics grad student, Lu Lingzi, was a victim in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15. She was a graduate student in Boston University’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics. BU has endowed a memorial scholarship in her memory. At her memorial service she was remembered as someone who loved statistics,…
April 15, 2013
The National Institute of Statistical Science (NISS) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) will hold a writing workshop for junior researchers (subject to availability of funds). The goal of the workshop is to provide instruction in how to write journal articles and grant proposals. Participants will be required to provide…