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August 31, 2024
The Bernoulli Society’s Ethel Newbold Prize, established in 2014, honors the significant contributions of women to the field of statistics. The biennial award, generously supported by Wiley, recognizes excellence in statistics without regard to the gender of the recipient. The 2025 Ethel Newbold Prize will be awarded to an outstanding …
IMS and the Future of Statistics and Probability
Michael R. Kosorok gave the IMS Presidential Address on August 12, 2024, at the 11th Bernoulli–IMS World Congress in Bochum. He began by outlining his personal connections with IMS, described some of the functions and activities of the institute, and then moved …
The IMS Thelma and Marvin Zelen Emerging Women Leaders in Data Science Award
This new IMS award will be given annually to three women data scientists who are within 10 years of completing their PhD (or similar degree) during the year of the award. The inaugural award, consisting of a…
Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers of the BS–IMS World Congress 2024
The Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers of the BS–IMS World Congress 2024 took place from August 10–11 at Campus Essen of the University of Duisburg–Essen. The meeting hosted over 90 PhD students and postdocs with backgrounds in statistics, probability and data…
SAM 2024: the Statistical Analyses of Multi-Outcome Data
The Fifth International Workshop on the Statistical Analyses of Multi-Outcome Data (SAM 2024) was successfully held on July 9–10, 2024, in the picturesque city of Salzburg, Austria. This year’s workshop, co-sponsored by the University of Salzburg, attracted 130 registered participants, setting new…