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May 1, 2013
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…
April 6, 2013
Please click here to view the report on the comments received by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in response to the request for input on the structure of National Science Foundation to support research in statistical sciences.
You can view other documents relating to this matter at https://www.imstat.org/nsf_dms.htm …
April 2, 2013
The annual IMS elections are announced, with one candidate for President-Elect (Erwin Bolthausen) and, this year, 12 candidates standing for six places on Council. The Council nominees, in alphabetical order, are: Sourav Chatterjee, Richard Davis, Holger Dette, Rick Durrett, Steffen Lauritzen, Susan Murphy, Leonid Mytnik, James Norris, Akimichi Takemura, Jonathan…