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October 2, 2011
Terry Speed considers the challenges in evaluating the case for career advancement of interdisciplinary statisticians—that must be overcome.
I can’t think of a better combination than randomness and biology (unless it is a chilled Sancerre accompanying grilled swordfish with a side of steamed asparagus). The title for this ramble is the topic for the year of activities at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute at Ohio State University. Unfortunately, you…
It’s that time again…
Nominate someone for IMS Fellowship, or to receive the Harry C. Carver Award, or the Tweedie New Researcher Award. Or apply for the Laha Travel Award for travel to the World Congress in Istanbul.
All the details are at http://imstat.org/awards
Deadlines: Tweedie…
Xuming He writes:
I went to college because I thought that I would know all about mathematics after four years in college. By the time I completed my PhD, I felt that I had hardly scratched the surface of my specialization, statistics. As the wise would say, the more you…
In the last issue, we reported on the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) awards, presented at its annual ceremony at JSM in Miami Beach on August 3 by COPSS president Xihong Lin. The winner of the President’s Award—and, unusually, also the Snedecor Award—was Nilanjan Chatterjee of the National…