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April 12, 2008
The National Institute of Statistical Science (NISS) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) will hold a writing workshop for junior researchers. The goal of the workshop is to provide instruction in how to write journal articles and grant proposals. Participants will be required to provide a recent sample of their…
April 3, 2008
The IMS is pleased to announce the 2008 Laha Award recipients.
Each awardee will present a paper at the 2008 World Congress/IMS Annual Meeting in Singapore.
Paul Baines David Croydon Chongzhi Di Siegfried Hoermann Silja Kinnebrock Chen Quin (Eric) Lam Qunhua Li Tyler McCormick Pál Rakonczai Daniel Remenik Deena Schmidt…
March 24, 2008
The Annals of Applied Statistics releasing key article in authenticating tomb.
In 1980 a burial tomb was unearthed in Jerusalem containing ossuaries (limestone coffins) bearing inscriptions indicating that it may be Jesus’ crypt. Last year, the Discovery Channel aired a documentary entitled “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” describing…
March 4, 2008
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics has selected Sourav Chatterjee as the winner of this year’s Tweedie New Researcher Award. Dr Chatterjee received his PhD in 2005 at Stanford University, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Statistics at Berkeley University
Marina Vannucci, chair of the IMS Travel Awards Committee…
February 2, 2008
The IISA will host a student paper competition in the forthcoming conference at University of Connecticut.
Two awards will be given, one in the Theory & Methods category and the other in the Application category. All papers of substantial statistical content are welcome. Papers should be written in English with…