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April 1, 2022
Michael Barrett Woodroofe, IMS Fellow and former Leonard J. Savage Collegiate Professor of Statistics at the University of Michigan, passed away on February 22, 2022 at the age of 81.
Michael was born on March 17, 1940 in Corvallis, Oregon, and grew up in the small town of Athena in…
Yuan Shih Chow, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Columbia University, passed away on March 3, 2022 in his hometown in Hubei, China. He suffered a stroke earlier and never recovered. He was 97 years old. He is survived by three daughters, Letitia, Eunice and Grace, two sons, Patrick and Nelson,…
Daniela Witten writes:
Daniela Witten writes: I’ve never been shy about asking for advice. As a first-year grad student, I’d beg more senior students for tips on passing quals and writing a dissertation. And as junior faculty, I asked senior colleagues how to manage my time, prioritize projects, advise students,…
Winner of the 2021 COPSS Leadership Academy and author of Protecting Your Privacy in a Data-Driven World, Claire McKay Bowen, Principal Research Associate at the Urban Institute, talks with our contributing editor Ruobin Gong about data privacy, public policy research, and data science education.
RG: Claire, thank…
Registration is open now for the 2022 IMS Annual Meeting (June 27–30, plus the one-day IMS-COLT meeting on July 1). Discounted rates for those who register by 15 May 2022. No more new submissions for talks, but you are warmly invited to register to participate in the conference.…