News
July 15, 2011
Terry Speed believes that gender equity is not just desirable but possible and beneficial—but it is not an easy journey…
Bernard Harris passed away peacefully on January 28, 2011, at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, La., following complications from heart surgery.
Bernard was born on June 20, 1926, in New York City, the son of Samuel S. and Ella L. (Heyman) Harris. An academically precocious youngster, he graduated…
Professor Tim Robertson passed away on April 5, 2010, to the regret of his colleagues, family and friends. His former students, collaborators and colleagues who had held him in high esteem throughout his distinguished academic career covering 39 years in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at The University…
Anirban DasGupta writes:
PhD students in statistics departments across the world are asked to take a course on the core theory of inference, the so-called “qualifier theory course”. I took mine at the ISI in Calcutta in 1977. It was masterfully taught by K.K. Roy, and covered what was essentially…
If you’re coming to the Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami, Florida (July 30 to August 4), please drop by the IMS booth in the Expo to say hello. If your students will be there, remind them that IMS membership is free, and provides them with online access to all the…