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August 28, 2013
Future of the Statistical Sciences Workshop
http://www.statistics2013.org/introduction-to-the-future-of-statistical-sciences-workshop/
One of the primary goals of the International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013) is to promote creativity and development in the sciences of probability and statistics. To that end, the six societies that founded Statistics2013—the American Statistical Association, International Biometric Society, Institute of Mathematical…
The Joint Statistical Meetings took place in Montreal, Canada, in August 2013. The September issue of the IMS Bulletin has lots of photos from the meeting, which you can download Bulletin42_6.
Here’s a quick peek:
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Cambridge University Press, in conjunction with the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, publishes IMS Textbooks. These are compact books that give introductory accounts of topics from statistics or probability of current interest, suitable for advanced courses at master’s level, for doctoral students and for individual study. They are shorter than a…
Terry Speed reflects on the significant advances made in statistics during, and because of, the Second World War.
August 23, 2013
Please note that the next deadline for the AWM/NSF Travel Grant is October 1, 2013. The Association for Women in Mathematics travel program supports these opportunities for women:
1. Travel Grants in mathematics, for women mathematicians attending mathematics conferences.
2. Travel Grants for women mathematicians attending a mathematics education research…