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February 27, 2013
George Casella, a leading figure in the field of statistics, passed away on June 17, 2012, after a nine-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 61.
George’s influence on research and education in statistics was broad and profound. During his career, George published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals; he…
Radu V Craiu, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, considers whether statisticians need a new image:
We keep hearing stories about insomniac surgeons, smug lawyers who all happen to be very well-dressed, overall-clad artists who are sleeping on their friends’ sofas until they make it big. While partially rejecting these…
Qatar hosted the 12th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences. Shahjahan Khan (Australia), Ali S Hadi (Egypt), and Ayman Bakleezi (Qatar) report on the conference:
Qatar is the first country in the Arabian Gulf to host any statistics conference organized by the Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS). The…
Contributing Editor Anirban DasGupta explores how citation indices are created:
Some love them, some hate them, but citation indices are heartily gobbled up by administrators in tenure and promotion decisions. It has also been argued that funding should be tied to citation history (Nicholson and Ioannidis, Nature, 2012). Adler,…
IMS Bulletin Editor Dimitris Politis writes:
Refereeing is part of the job description for most of us. Good papers get even better after receiving expert feedback, and mediocre papers are returned to the drawing board. Referees donate their time as part of the review process, and in return have the…