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September 30, 2023
IMS Past-President Peter Bühlmann and the former Chair of the Committee on Equality and Diversity Nicole Lazar write: IMS has many awards and honors for early, mid-career and senior researchers. While these awards recognize excellence of individuals, they should represent and showcase the breadth of outstanding achievements of our members…
The Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science (CWS) is very happy to invite you and your colleagues to the second conference celebrating the International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS). This 24-hour free online conference on October 10 celebrates women around the world. This…
The 2023 IMS International Conference on Statistics and Data Science (ICSDS) takes place December 18–21, 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal. 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 ICSDS to junior researchers all…
Contributing Editor Radu Craiu writes:
If there is a time to let one’s hair down and unclench the fists, it must be summer, that singular season when the only issue one must tiptoe around is the hot sand on a sun-drenched beach. But there must be a Law of Conservation…
Contributing Editor Layla Parast is aiming for excellence…by being medium-good:
A few years ago, Netflix recommended to me a documentary called “Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness,” which was about the 2017 CrossFit Games. I knew what CrossFit was—it involved running around carrying balls and kettlebells and lots of…