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July 18, 2012
For a little light relief, Peter Kootsookos wrote this version in honor of C. R. Rao. It’s adapted from the Simon and Garfunkel song “Homeward Bound”
With this column, Terry Speed would love to spark a revival of Yule’s new system of notation. Well, it was "new" 105 years ago…
June 27, 2012
The June/July 2012 Bulletin is now online. Contents include:
• Members’ News: Robert Tibshirani, Ruth Williams, Tom Liggett, Snehalata Huzurbazar, Hui Zou, Søren Asmussen, Dimitris Politis, Ken Burnham• Report: Peter Hall’s Peking course• Recent papers: AIHP• IMS Fellows 2012• Obituary: Thomas Cover• Stochastic Processes meeting news• Rick’s Ramblings: Why Prove…
June 19, 2012
President Elect
Bin Yu
Council
Council Members Elected
For a 3 year term Erwin Bolthausen Alison Etheridge Xiao-Li Meng Nancy Reid Richard Samworth
For a 1 year term Nancy Lopes Garcia
SPECIAL NOTE: Ed George was on the ballot, however, he was identified as ineligible because he was currently serving …
June 15, 2012
The C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize was established to honor and recognize outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the field of statistics. The Rao Prize is awarded by the…