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September 16, 2008
Oded Schramm, 46, died tragically on September 1, 2008. Schramm is best known for SLE, the “stochastic Loewner evolution”, also called the “Schramm-Loewner evolution”. His joint work with Greg Lawler and Wendelin Werner revolutionized a field of probability theory and physics. Schramm received numerous awards, including Erdos Prize in Mathematics…
July 31, 2008
The Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, has named Heping Zhang¸ Ph.D., Professor at Yale University, School of Medicine as the 2008 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecturer. Professor Zhang will present a lecture on September 4, 2008, at the Harvard School of Public Health. The title of his lecture…
July 10, 2008
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…
July 1, 2008
The results of the 2008 IMS election are now posted. They can be viewed here.…
June 25, 2008
Alan Agresti, University of Florida: For contributions to categorical data analysis, through research and exceptional textbooks, and for excellence in teaching and mentoring of students.
Miguel A. Arcones, SUNY Binghamton: For contributions to probability and mathematical statistics including the bootstrap, U-statistics, M-estimators, Gaussian processes, limit theorems, empirical processes…