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November 18, 2012
For many statisticians, working in theory is the same as working in practice. Terry Speed begs to disagree.

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November 17, 2012
The December 2012 Bulletin (Volume 41, issue 8) is now online.Contents include: New Researchers Conference Members’ News: S. Rao Jammalamadaka, Alan Karr, Dipak De Blackwell Lecture Fund AIHP Prize Papers Bulletin columnists IMS awards: still time to nominate or apply Mentoring opportunities Anirban’s Angle: Right or Wrong, Our Confidence Intervals…

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October 3, 2012
Featuring news items about Terry Lyons, Nat Schenker, James L Rosenberger, Marie Davidian, Robert N. Rodriguez, Adrian Smith.   Schramm Lecturer for 2014: Terry Lyons We are pleased to announce the 2014 Schramm Lecturer will be Terry Lyons. Terry is the Wallis Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, UK. He…

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The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) has been renewed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for five years. This is the second renewal the grant has received by NSF. SAMSI is one of eight mathematical institutes funded by the NSF’s Division of Mathematical Sciences, but this is the…

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Next year’s Special Invited Lectures are three Wald Lectures, a Rietz Lecture, and eight Medallion Lectures. At the JSM, in Montreal from August 3–8, 2013, the Wald Lectures will be given by Piet Groeneboom (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), and the Rietz Lecture will be delivered by Larry Wasserman…

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