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May 16, 2026
Ian McKeague is Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics at Columbia University in the City of New York, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. He has served as a co-editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and will soon start a term as a co-editor…
Deadline: August 15, 2026. Student members of IMS are invited to submit solutions to bulletin@imstat.org (subject “Student Puzzle Corner”). If correct, we’ll publish your name (and photo, if there’s space), and the answer, in the next issue. The Puzzle Editor is Anirban DasGupta. His decision is final.
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Here’s the latest news from the Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science:
Fifth Annual International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference
We are pleased to share some updates about the 5th Annual IDWSDS Conference, taking place online on October 6th, 2026. Abstract submission is…
William S. Cleveland, the Shanti S. Gupta Distinguished Professor of Statistics and Courtesy Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, passed away on March 27, 2026, at the age of 83. A pioneering statistician and visionary scholar, Bill transformed the way generations of researchers think about data, graphics, and scientific…
On December 28, 2025 our distinguished friend and colleague Stephen Portnoy passed away at the age of 83. Stephen was a founding member of the Department of Statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an influential contributor to the international research community of mathematical statistics throughout his long…