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February 15, 2023
At the IMS International Conference on Statistics and Data Science (ICSDS), which took place December 13–16, 2022, in Florence (Firenze), Italy, the banquet reception featured this speech by IMS President Peter Bühlmann.
Benvenuti al congresso internazionale statistiche e scienza dei dati! This is the first congress of this type organized…
Radu Craiu resolves to not stay silent when praise could be given:
Many people feel tempted at the beginning of a New Year to express their ideas and intentions in resolute terms. I opt to plead in favour of gratitude and praise. The fog of insecurity blurs the contours of…
Jerome S. Sacks, 91, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2023. He was born on May 8, 1931 in the Bronx, was a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and received his BA (1952) and PhD (1956) in mathematics from Cornell University, with Jack Kiefer as his advisor.…
On July 8, 2022, Dr. Bruce E. Trumbo, Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Biostatistics at California State University East Bay passed away. He was 84 years old.
Bruce Trumbo was a nationally and internationally recognized contributor to the field of Statistics. Bruce was a fellow of both the American Statistical…
Anthony (Tony) Lancaster, died on December 10, 2022 at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence, Rhode Island, with his family by his side. Jane, Clare, Tom and Rob shared the ten-day vigil at the hospice. He was 84 years old.
Tony was born in Eccles, near Manchester, England, on June…