It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Mikhail Vasilyevich Menshikov, on May 1, 2026, in York, UK. A distinguished Russian-British mathematician who served for many years as a professor at Moscow State University and Durham University, Mikhail Menshikov was a prominent figure in probability theory,…

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Boris L. Rozovsky, well-known for his work on stochastic partial differential equations, passed away on April 25, 2025, at the age of 79. Boris was born in Odessa on June 8, 1945. He received a PhD from Moscow State University in 1972 and a Doctor of Science (Habilitation) degree from…

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Howard Milton Taylor III passed away at his home in Towson, MD, on September 5, 2025. Howard was an inspirational professor whose teaching and mentoring at Cornell and the University of Delaware influenced a generation of graduate students in applied probability and statistics. He contributed to several areas of applied…

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Student Puzzle editor Anirban DasGupta poses these three puzzles, on three different topics. We encourage you to have a go at all of them! Send your solutions before September 21, 2026. Puzzle 62.1: Suppose $\{X_t, t = 1, 2, \cdots \}$ is a discrete time (weakly) stationary process and suppose…

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The UK’s Academy for the Mathematical Sciences (AcadMathSci)provides an authoritative, persuasive, and influential voice for the whole of the mathematical sciences. It brings together academia, education, business, industry, and government from across all four nations, providing crucial connectivity for harnessing the power of the discipline. Through expert-led policy development and…

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