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December 15, 2023
Tapabrata (Taps) Maiti joined the US National Science Foundation’s Division of Mathematical Sciences this fall as a rotator program director for statistics. Maiti is a foundation professor in the department of statistics and probability at Michigan State University, where he has served as the graduate director of statistics and was…
The Colegio de Postgraduados, a prestigious academic institution located at Chapingo, Mexico, has decided to present its 2023 Honoris Causa Award to Dr. Barry Charles Arnold, “for his outstanding joint work and contributions over the last 50 years with our Statistics Department.” Dr. Arnold has actively participated teaching and…
In the previous issue’s article about the two IMS Fellows who were awarded MacArthur Fellowships, we originally stated incorrectly that Lester Mackey’s team had won the 2009 Netflix Prize. In fact, Mackey was part of the team that came second. He explained, “We tied the winning team, but…
Our contributing columnist Radu Craiu, University of Toronto, writes:
In this age of excess, the question in the title will sound sacrilegious. Has the permissive attitude towards a bloated pantry, shoe rack or refrigerator spilled over into (data) science? While the evidence is piling up, the irony of our lived…
IMS President Michael Kosorok writes:
I recall as a young assistant professor, reading a book in the university library on empirical processes, and trying to learn the concepts, when a senior professor walked up to me and said (approximately): “You should stop wasting your time on this, just accept the…