The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) announces the two programs for the 2013–14 year will be Computational Methods in Social Science, and Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Systems. The announcement was made by Richard Smith, Director of SAMSI. Computational Methods in Social Science The social sciences have, as many…

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Bhramar Mukherjee is JSM Program Chair for the 2013 meeting in Montreal. She writes:   The 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings will be held in Montreal, Canada. Standing in the province of Québec, Montreal offers a distinct English/French flavor and is very much a mixture of the old and the new.…

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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”

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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…

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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…

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