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October 17, 2024
Claudia Kirch, professor of Mathematical Stochastics at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany, is the 2023–25 chair of the steering committee for Fachgruppe Stochastik, the Probability and Statistics Group of the German Mathematical Society. After Claudia spoke at the opening ceremony of the World Congress [see the meeting report here], we…
Takis Konstantopoulos, University of Liverpool, is joined again by George Kesidis, Pennsylvania State University, for their second column in a series on the impact of AI on academia. They write:
In our article in the April/May 2024 issue, we touched upon how generative AI impacts on…
The 2024 IMS International Conference on Statistics and Data Science (ICSDS) takes place December 19–22, 2024, in Nice on the south coast of France. Program co-chairs Regina Liu and Annie Qu report on the latest developments:
Applications for The ICSDS Junior Researcher Travel Fund
To ensure inclusivity and accessibility of…
Anirban DasGupta says, “We are staying with our contest model introduced in the previous puzzles. Each correct answer receives 3 points, each incorrect answer receives -2 points, and each item left unanswered receives -1 point. The top three scorers will be recognized. You can answer just one of the two …
Eurostat is pleased to announce the third round of the European Statistics Awards for Nowcasting (https://statistics-awards.eu/), with a focus on international trade in goods. The competitions began in September 2024 with registration open until 30 October 2024.
The focus of the competitions is in forecasting three key…