The COPSS Presidents’ Award, which is awarded annually to a young member of the statistical community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. Veronika Rockova wins
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Nancy Reid to Deliver 2022 COPSS Distinguished Lecture
Nancy Reid, a professor in the department of statistical sciences at the University of Toronto who has contributed fundamental and path-breaking work in a wide range of statistical problems, will give her lecture at the 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC. Her talk is titled “Likelihood and Its Discontents.”
Irving J. Good
Irving J. Good was born in London in 1916 and became proficient in mental arithmetic by the age of nine. Lying in bed with diphtheria, he turned over in his mind his sister’s lesson on square roots. On his own, he realized the irrationality of the square root of two and solved Pell’s equation. The […]
Bayes Factor Highlighted in February Issue of TAS
The February issue of TAS examines the asymptotic behavior of the Bayes factor for comparing two models. The Statistical Practice section, Teacher’s Corner, and History Corner are also featured.
David H. Blackwell
Blackwell, a former vice president of the ASA and the first African American mathematician elected to the National Academy of Science.
Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys was a British geophysicist who made significant contributions to mathematics and statistics. His book, Theory of Probability, played an important role in the revival of the objective Bayesian view of probability.
Central Indiana Chapter Rocks with Brad Carlin, Bayes
Brad Carlin, Mayo Professor in Public Health, engages members of the ASA’s Indiana Chapter with his short course “Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis, Meta-Analysis, and Adaptive Trials”