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Anirban DasGupta shares his memories of Shanti Gupta, a “quiet scholar, architect, and shepherd”:
Shanti Gupta devoted 40 years of his life to the foundation and nurturing of the statistics department at Purdue University, USA. He was a selfless soldier of the profession, an effective and yet gentle fighter. He…
The 2024 Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling is awarded to IMS Fellow Tilmann Gneiting for “seminal work in environmental and stochastic modeling, with applications to computational weather forecasting, and for research in probability theory and mathematical statistics.” Gneiting is most widely known for foundational work on probabilistic…
Emily Palmer, Harvard Department of Statistics Administrative Coordinator writes:
On May 5, 2023, Professor Joe Blitzstein from the Harvard University Department of Statistics launched the centennial celebration of emeritus faculty Herman Chernoff, and his research and teaching legacy. The day featured a full program, including a tribute video from former…
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) is proud to announce that Leif Döring, Professor of Probability Theory at the University of Mannheim, has been awarded the 2023 IMS Carver Medal for his exceptional service to the organization.
Professor Döring was selected for the award in recognition of his initiative and…
Towards an open community in statistics, probability and econometrics: Introduction to interviews with YoungStatS project presenters.
Andrej Srakar, PhD, is coordinator and Co-Editor of the YoungStatS project. He works as a Scientific Associate at the Institute for Economic Research in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and is an Assistant Professor at the School…