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Signature IMS Bulletin 2 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1 Volume 33, Issue 1 January/February 2004 Member News ISSN 1544-1881 David Banks receives Roger Herriot Award David Banks, Professor of the Practice of Statistics at Duke University, has received the Contact Roger Herriot award, which recognizes individuals who develop unique approaches to Information the solution of statistical problems in federal data collection programs. David has made significant contributions to federal statistics through his work at the National Institute of Bulletin Editor Bernard Silverman Standards and Technology, the Department of Transportation Statistics, and the FDA. He Assistant Editor Tati Howell pioneered the use of Bayesian statistics for metrology, helped to build a new federal statisti- cal agency (the Bureau of Transportation Statistics), and has led efforts to apply statistical To contact the IMS Bulletin: methods for risk analysis and game theory to counter bio-terrorism. Send by email: [email protected] or mail to: IMS Bulletin New AOS Editors ‘Great’ IMS members 20 Shadwell Uley, Dursley The Annals of Statistics has two new editors. On January 1, 2004, Long-standing IMS GL11 5BW Morris L. Eaton (below left) and Jianqing Fan (below right) took members Jagdish UK over from John Chand Ahuja and Wellner and John Calyumpadi R Rao Marden. More were recently listed To contact the IMS regarding your dues, membership, subscriptions, orders or details about AOS, in One Thousand change of address: including the Great Americans, contents of recent published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Dues and Subscriptions Office and future issues, International 9650 Rockville Pike, Suite L2310 and subscription Biographical Centre, Bethesda, information, is available at http://www.imstat.org/aos Cambridge, UK. MD 20814-3998 USA t 301.634.7029 f 301.634.7099 e [email protected] Contributions sought for Statistics Dictionary

The International Statistical Institute (ISI) and Oxford University To contact the IMS regarding any other Press (OUP) publish The Oxford ictionaryD of Statistical Terms (Ed: matter, including advertising, copyright Yadolah Dodge), now in its sixth edition. Work is already in prog- permission, offprint orders, copyright ress for follow up editions. Daniel Berze, ISI Director, announces transfer, societal matters, meetings, fel- lows nominations and content of publi- the creation of a website that has been designed to allow input for cations: future editions, http://www.cbs.nl/isi/dictionarysubmitForm.htm Executive Director, Elyse Gustafson You can contribute by providing suggestions for new terms, IMS Business Office recommendations for new definitions or references, or corrections PO Box 22718 to existing terms or references. Beachwood, The first edition, known as the Dictionary of Statistical Terms, OH 44122 was edited in 1957 by Sir Maurice Kendall and Dr W R Buckland. As one of the first USA dictionaries of statistics, it set high standards for the subject, and became a well-respected t 216.295.2340 f 216.295.5661 reference. The sixth edition has been updated and extended to include the most up-to-date e [email protected] terminology and techniques in statistics. Significant revision and expansion from an inter- national editorial board of senior statisticians has resulted in a comprehensive reference text which includes 30 per cent more material than previous editions. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 3 Executive Committee President Terry Speed [email protected] 2002 Annual Survey of the Mathematical President-Elect Louis Chen Sciences: Second & Third Reports [email protected] Past President Raghu Varadhan [email protected] Th e Annual Survey of the Mathematical who are US citizens, a fi fth lower than last Sciences is directed by a joint committee year’s number, 532. Again, the count of Executive Secretary Alicia Carriquiry of the AMS, ASA, IMS and MAA. 428 doctoral recipients who are US citizens [email protected] Th ee 20022002 AnnualAnnual SSurveyurvey is the lolowestwest annual fi gurguree rreportedeported Treasurer Julia Norton representsrepresents the forforty-sixthty-sixth since 1989–90. Fewer [email protected] in an annual series begun 2002 Annual Survey than half of all doctoral of the Mathematical Sciences Program Secretary Andrew Nobel in 1957 bbyy the American recipientsrecipients araree US citizcitizens.ens. (Third Report) [email protected] Faculty Profile Mathematical Society. Enrollment and Undergraduate Degrees/Majors Profile Graduate Student Profile Th e 2002 Annual Ellen E. Kirkman, James W. Maxwell, and Kinda Remick Priestley PercentagePercentage of ffemaleemale IMS Editors Introduction The Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences doctoratesdoctorates up (just) Survey Second and collects information each year about departments, faculties, and students in the mathematical sci- This Third Report of the 2002 An Annals of Statistics Morris Eaton ences at four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Definitions of the various groups faculty size, departmental e for departments of mathem nual Survey gives information abou surveyed in the Annual Survey can be found in the nrollments, majors, and graduate stu universities in the United State box on page 935 of this report. Departments in Th ird Reports have cluded as part of the Secondatical Repo sciences in four-year colleges t WomenWomen totaled 31% of all the former Group Vb are no longer surveyed. We s. Prior to 2000, these data wer dents [email protected] The 2002 Annual Survey represen present information about the faculties and in- series begun in 1957 by the A rt. and e in- structional programs at the undergraduate and Survey is under the direction ts the forty-sixth in an annua graduate levels in these departments for the of the American Mathematicalmerican Mathematical Society. Th 2002–2003 academic year. For 1999–2000 and sociation, the Institute of Matheof the Data Committee, a joint comm l e 2002 Association of America. The curreSociety, the American Statistica & Jianqing Fan been published in the earlier years, these data were presented as part of newnew doctoral rrecipients,ecipients, up matical Statistics, and the Mathematittee the Second Report. Amy Cohen-Corwin, Donald Hahn, Naresh Jain, G. Samuel nt members of this committeel areAs- Information about departments was gathered on Kirkman (chair), David J. LutzM. Davis, Lorraine Denby, Alexan ical a questionnaire called the Departmental Profile. This The committee is assisted by AMS Jordan, Stephen F. Kennedy, Elle questionnaire was mailed to all departments in ley and survey coordinator er, and James W. Maxwell (ex officider J. [email protected] Groups I, II, III, IV, and Va and to stratified random regarding this Survey Repor survey analyst Kinda Remick Prn E. Notices of the American Colleen Rose. Comments or sugge o). fromfrom 29% last yyear.ear. samples from Groups M and B. The percentage of the departments responding in each of the doctoral t may be directed to the committee iest- stions groups was greater than 94 percent. Prior to 2001, from each of Groups M and B, and standard statis- . if doctoral departments did not respond, simple pro- tical projections are made using the data from the jections were made to the whole population using the respondents. The stratification for Groups M and B Mathematical Society. data from those departments who did respond. Be- is based on the enrollment of the school and whether Annals of Probability Steven Lalley ginning last year, if a department did not return the it is a public or a private school. For the second year, Departmental Profile questionnaire but had returned standard errors are reported for several of the more one within the last three years, the data from the important projections made in Groups M and B. The most recent questionnaire was used. This change in box on page 926 discusses these standard errors in [email protected] procedure will produce even more accurate results more detail. UnemploymentUnemployment raterate falls,falls, Some highlights are than those in past reports for these doctoral de- The careful reader will note that a row or column partments. total may differ slightly from the sum of the indi- vidual entries. All the table entries are the rounded The Departmental Profile questionnaire is mailed to a stratified random sample of departments drawn Ellen E. Kirkman is professor of ma University. James W. Maxwell Annals of Applied Probability thematics, Wake Forest but large drop in Business & director for Membership and P shown below. SEPTEMBER 2003 Priestley is AMS survey analyst. is AMS associate executive rograms. Kinda Remick

NOTICES OF THE Full copies of all AMS IndustryIndustry positions Robert Adler 925 [email protected] reportsreports published since 1996 araree Th ee fifi nalnal unemplounemploymentyment raterate available at http://www.ams.org/employ- for doctoral recipients was 2.9%, the lowest Statistical Science George Casella [email protected]fl .edu ment/surveyreports.html. reported since 1990. 88% of new doctoral recipients found employment in the US, IMS Lecture Notes - Monograph Series New doctoral recipients: Richard Vitale slightly lower than last year. Two thirds took [email protected] number hits 12 year low US academic positions, slightly up on last Managing Editor - Statistics Th ere were 960 new doctoral recipients in year. However, positions in Business and Paul Shaman the Mathematical Sciences from US institu- Industry dropped substantially, by nearly a [email protected] tions in 2001–02. Th is number continues a third. Managing Editor - Probability fi ve year downward trend, and is the lowest Michael Phelan annual number of new doctoral recipients Statistics Graduate Student numbers rise [email protected] reported since 1989–90. (Statistics and Th e estimated number of full-time graduate Electronic Journal of Probability Biostatistics doctorates form the largest sub- students in Group IV (the 86 US doctoral Ted Cox group, with 253). granting departments in statistics and [email protected] related fi elds) increased to 3,996 from 3,735 Electronic Communications in Probability US citizen doctoral recipients drop by 20% last year. Of these, over half are women, Martin Barlow [email protected] Th is year’s drop in the number of new and 43% are US citizens. doctoral recipients is almost entirely due Managing Editor - EJP/ECP Zhenqing Chen to the drop in the number of recipients Th e Second and Th ird Reports are [email protected] written by Ellen E. Kirkman, James W. IMS Bulletin Bernard Silverman Past IMS Bulletin Editors Maxwell, and Kinda Remick Priestley, and & Tati Howell Leo Katz (1972-74); Dorian Feldman are available from the AMS website above. [email protected] (1975-80); William C Guenther (1981-86); Web Editor Hemant Ishwaran George P H Styan (1987-92); Susan R [email protected] Wilson (1992-97); Dipak K Dey (1998-2001) Associate Program Secretary Maury Bramson [email protected] 4 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

President’s Column: History matters

IMS President Terry is relevant’. Let me tell you why I think so, beyond. Either way, it is there, playing its Speed writes: through an example. role, whether or not we care to notice. Let’s talk about the past Firstly, I like historical events, people, I have said nothing so far about ‘doing’ of probability and sta- and stories, and I really like the historical history. How many times have you won- tistics. Can you name approach to our subject, perhaps because all dered along the following lines: who first an event you would of these things humanize and help me make introduced (defined, invented, created, have liked to witness, sense of what is to me a fairly dry and dis- discovered, proved…) the idea (notion, con- characters you wish organized subject. The published discussions cept, theory, theorem…) x, where x might be you could have met, favourite stories you from some meetings of the Research Section ‘unbiasedness’, ‘the weak law of large num- like telling? I wonder if you think of these of the Royal Statistical Society have long fas- bers’, ‘the normal approximation’, ‘principal things as history, and whether you think any cinated me, particularly the one from March components’ or ‘goodness-of-fit’? Thoughts of it matters. 28th 1935 when RA Fisher began his discus- along these lines lead you down the slippery Perhaps you think of the history of sion of a paper by Jerzy Neyman by saying slope to doing your own historical research. probability and statistics as the linear devel- that he “had hoped that Dr Neyman’s paper When you did have such thoughts, did you opment of its subject matter, the orderly pas- would be on a subject with which the author go beyond accepting the answer (if available) sage of concepts, tools and techniques from was fully acquainted…Since seeing the paper, in a standard text, to thoroughly checking their beginnings, through a process of for- he had come to the conclusion that Dr Neyman this first instance? Did you discover the mulation, clarification, theoretical analysis, had been somewhat unwise in his choice of top- context of this innovation, its motivation, application and refinement: in brief, through ics”. I read the report of this exchange many its precursors, and ask yourself how these progress. Maybe you are sceptical of such a years ago and marvelled at the insult: how things square with the accepted version of neatly structured view of our history, prefer- stylish, I thought, you have to admire the how it all happened? Going from old books ring to believe history-as-progress is just British. It was not until many years later that and journals in libraries to specialized refer- one convenient way to structure the mate- I felt I understood the issues that prompted ence material such as bibliographies and rial—appealing to the boosters, but bearing Fisher to be so mean to Neyman, who was biographies, writing or talking to people little resemblance to what really happened. at the time a distinguished visitor to their who are specialists or who were there, seek- Or maybe you believe history is entirely country. I’m sure Fisher’s insult played a part ing unpublished material in archives or in a creation of historians, which—like so in my continuing to think about the matter. private hands, travelling to unusual places to much else—is subject to political, religious, In fact, Fisher and Neyman were working fill out your sketchy understanding of “what national and gender biases, so that what with two quite different causal models for happened”: all of this is the stuff of historical really happened is up to them to decide? designed experiments, and Neyman’s is the research. It is fun to do, and it will deepen But didn’t we learn at school that history one which continues to be actively studied your understanding of the subject, and it can is about dates: who did what, and when? So today. In my view it is still the case that even lead to novel research ideas. did Gauss invent least squares in 1795, or Neyman’s (and his Polish colleagues’) discus- If you are interested in getting more was it Legendre, who published the method sion on that day in 1935 is a good way to involved with the history of probability and in 1805? The same questions might be ease into this type of causal modelling. statistics, what can you do? Apart from dip- asked about conditional probability, or the There are many ways in which history ping into the many fine secondary sources notion of expectation, or hidden Markov can impinge on our lives and work. Most (history books, biographies, obituaries, and models. Should we care about the origins of us learn, do and or teach probability or so on), there is a host of primary material of these parts of our subject? Does it matter statistics in a context which has its own you could examine. There are anniversaries how, why and in what context they arose? tradition. What we learn, do or teach, and to be celebrated, local histories to be written, And is any of this relevant to the student or how we do these things is usually quite people to be interviewed or honoured, and practitioner of today? Of course I wouldn’t heavily influenced by people or events long topics whose historical roots are obscure. be going on like this if I didn’t think the gone. Some of us find this professional past Best of all, you could infuse your learning, answers to these last questions were ‘yes, we a source of pride, even inspiration; others teaching and doing with historical awareness, should care’, ‘yes, it does matter’ and ‘yes, it might see it as limiting, something to get and show that you believe history matters. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 5

Statistics: a job for professionals

Colleagues in Australia may already have come across this little booklet, published by the Statistical Society of Australia Inc (SSAI), as part of their Public Awareness campaign. If you know any young (or not so young) people who are considering a career in Statistics, they might like to see the booklet, which can be downloaded from http://www.statsoc.org.au/PublicAwareness/index.html It contains lots of anecdotes from around the world about ways in which statisticians have had an impact, in sometimes surpris- ing ways. It includes the following story, “Patching the missing holes”: During WWII a research group charged with protecting bombers from anti-aircraft fi re decided to put extra armour plating on the places found on returning aircraft to have the most bullet and fl ak-holes. Th eir statistician protested. “No,” he said, “Let’s put the extra shielding on the places where there are no bullet holes.” His logic was that, if the bombers had got back safely, then the places where they had been hit were clearly not vital. It’s a case of how designers and planners can reach the wrong con- clusion without a sound statistical approach.

Programming IMS Meetings: continued from cover

Continued from cover Th e IMS also sponsors NRC, the North we set the location and time of the IMS Biometrics Society, in late June. We usu- American Meeting of New Researchers, Annual Meeting ourselves. Site selection for ally start planning this meeting a year usually held close to the correspond- the 2006 meeting is currently under way. ahead. Th e Joint Statistical Meetings ing JSM. Th is year’s NRC will be in Th e IMS tries to sponsor at least one (JSM) are held each August. Planning Toronto from August 4–6. meeting outside of the North American begins about two years ahead. In In odd numbered years the IMS continent every year. Th is year we are co- January of the year preceding the JSM Annual Meeting is held jointly with the sponsoring the IX Latin American Congress we can begin to entertain proposals for JSM; in every leap year, the IMS Annual of Probability and Mathematical Statistics popular introductory overview lectures, Meeting is held jointly with the Bernoulli in Punta del Este, Uruguay. In 2005 we and for round-table luncheons. [Please Society, usually outside of the North are sponsoring the Second Joint IMS/ISBA ����� �������� ����� ������� send suggestions to the program chair, American continent. Planning begins at International Conference in Bormio, Italy. ������� ������ �� ������ ������ [email protected] �������� ������ ������� or myself at ]. least two years before the meeting. In each A complete list of meetings can be found at �� ������ ������ ������ ������� ���������� ������� ����� case, our partner http://www.imstat.org/meetings/2004. ������ ������ ������� ������� ������� ������� ������ ��������� ������ ������ ������ ������� ������ �������� societies take the htm. ����� ������� ������ ������� ������ ������ ������� ����� ������� ������� ������� ������ ���� �������� ������ ������� ������� ������ ������� lead in site selection. If you have ideas for joint meetings ����� ����� �������� ������� ������ ����� ������� �������� ������� �������� ������� ��������������� ������� ������ ���� ����� ���� ������ ������ ����� ������� Th is year’s Annual outside of the North American continent �������� ������� ������ ������ ������ ��������� ������ ���� ����� ������ ������ ������� ������ ���� ������� ������� ������� ������� ��������������������������� ������ �������� ������ Meeting���� �will�� be held (and most importantly, names of willing ������ ������ ������� ������� ������ �������� ������� ������ � ������ ����� ������� ������� ������ ������� ������ ����� ������� ����� ������ ������� ������ ���� �������in� Barcelona,�� Spain, and able local organizers) please email me at ������� ������� ���������������������������� ������ ������� ������ � ������� ������ ������ ������� ������� ������� ������� �������� ��� ��from����� July 26-30. In [email protected]. ����� ������ ��������������������� ������� � ����� ������� ������� ������� ������ ������� ������ every��� leap� year plus ������� ������� ������� ����� ������� �� ������� ������� two (2006, 2010,…) ������ ������ ��������� ������� ����� �������� ������ ������� �������� ������� ������� ������ 6 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

David W. Scott is the outgoing Editor of data. The topics and speakers were: the Journal of Computational and Graphical I. Atmospheric and Meteorological Data: John Bates, National Statistics (JCGS). He introduces the Climatic Data Center; Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; December 2003 special issue: Ralph F. Milliff, Colorado Research Associates The December 2003 issue of JCGS marks II. High-Energy Physics: Robert Jacobson, Lawrence Berkeley the completion of my three-year term as Laboratory; Paul Padley, Rice University; Miron Livny, University Editor. Please join me in welcoming Luke of Wisconsin-Madison Tierney as the new Editor of JCGS. III. Integrated Data Streams: Douglas Beason, Los Alamos The papers in this special issue were all presented at the National Laboratory; Kevin Vixie, Los Alamos National Statistical Analysis of Massive Data Streams Workshop, which was Laboratory; John Elder, Elder Research held at The National Academies in Washington, DC on December IV. Network Traffic: Bill Cleveland, Bell Laboratories; Johannes 13-14, 2002. The workshop was an activity of CATS, the Gehrke, Cornell University; Ed Wegman, George Mason Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, chaired by Dr. University; Paul Whitney, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Sallie Keller-McNulty. Scott Weidman of the Academies was direc- V. Mining Commercial Streams of Data: Lee Rhodes, Hewlett- tor. The workshop was organized by a special committee, which I Packard Laboratories; Pedro Domingos, University of Washington; chaired, whose members included Bill DuMouchel, Lee Wilkinson, Andrew Moore, Carnegie Mellon University and Jennifer Widom. The agenda and other information are avail- Plus special talks by Daryl Pregibon of AT&T Research and able online at http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bms/Workshops. Mark Hansen of Lucent Technologies (now UCLA). html JCGS has the dual mission of presenting research with both The topic of the workshop was chosen to focus attention on a computational and graphical flavors. I hope you agree that the growing and challenging area of massive data sets, namely, analysis articles in this special issue are useful additions towards these goals. of real-time streaming data. The workshop focused on five top- IMS is a 40% co-owner. For more information about subscribing to ics, with two special talks. This special issue of JCGS serves as a JCGS, please contact the Dues and Subs Office, or see http://imstat. proceedings of the workshop. I hope these papers provide a glimpse org/publications/subscriptions.htm. IMS members can subscribe for into the array of research opportunities available with streaming just $55. IMS Laha Travel Award: Apply Now

With funds from a generous bequest by the late Professor Radha the paper appears. Govind Laha, IMS has established the Laha Awards for travel to the c) For students: please include a letter signed by the advisor attest- next IMS Annual Meeting in Barcelona, July 26–30, 2004. ing to the fact that the student is a degree candidate at some point Eligibility: First priority will be given to students, second priority in 2003. For new researchers, please include the month and year of to New Researchers within 2 years of Ph.D. degree at the date of your graduation in the cover letter. the meeting. Applicants must be members of IMS, though joining Additional Information: Applications will be reviewed by the at the time of application is allowed. Student membership is free IMS Executive Committee, and applicants will be notified in early and New Researchers also qualify for substantially reduced rates. To March 2004. It is expected that at least 8 awards will be made. The become a member, please see http://www.imstat.org/membership work must be that of the student (or new researcher), although it Amount: Up to US$500 per award, to be reimbursed against may be have been done in collaboration with an advisor or others. receipts. May be combined with other sources of funding. Deadline: February 20, 2004 Application Contents: Please send: For more information, please write to: IMS Laha Award a) covering letter with contact information (including e-mail Application, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, PO Box 22718, address) Beachwood, OH 44122, U.S.A. Or you can fax 1.216.295.5661 b) title, abstract, a brief 1-2 page summary of the paper to be pre- [note new fax number] or email [email protected] sented, and one copy of the full paper or a link to a web site where January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 7

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Offers and Competitions IISA Student Research Paper Competition IMS Journals Offer The International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) is organizing a student research paper competition for its upcoming conference The IMS office is clearing out back issues of many at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia during May 14–16, old journals. We’d like to donate these journals 2004. All areas of Statistics will be considered. Papers selected by a to libraries and individuals, preferably in develop- panel of judges will be presented at special sessions devoted solely ing countries. If you would like to receive these to the student paper competition. donations or know of an institution that could use There will be two awards—one in the area of theoretical sta- them, please contact IMS Executive Director, Elyse tistics, the other in applied statistics—to be presented at the con- Gustafson [email protected] cluding ceremony of the conference. The student being nominated Issues to be donated include those published should be registered as a full time graduate student at the time of prior to 1996 and is limited to what we have in nomination and must be the lead author of the work. At the time stock for Annals of Mathematical of nomination, the student must be registered for the conference Statistics, Annals of Statistics, Annals and must be planning to present the work there. IISA membership of Probability, Annals of Applied (NOT restricted to people of Indian origin) of nominee is required. Probability and Statistical Science. Annual student membership dues are $5 and should be mailed Specific requests for issues will be to Prof. N. R. Chaganty, Dept of Math and Stat, Old Dominion accepted, but cannot be guaranteed. University, Norfolk, VA 23529-0077. The reduced rate conference IMS will pay for surface shipment to those in devel- registration fee for students is $50. Authors of papers selected for oping countries. We may request that those in other a presentation at the conference will receive a cash prize of $50 countries pay for the postage. to offset this registration fee. Detailed registration guidelines will become available on the IISA website http://www.stat.ohio-state. edu/~hnn/IISA.html. IISA Young Statistician Award Nominations can be made by any individual working within The International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) presents the profession of statistics, by one’s professor or the chair of the the Young Statistician Award to recognize contributions of high department and the like. Self-nominations are also welcome. Each quality in research, education, and applications. The 2004 award nominee should submit six typed copies of the paper (or e-mail an may be shared by at most two candidates who were born on or electronic version) along with an accompanying nomination cover after January 1, 1959 and have been an ordinary member of IISA letter. Please send submissions in the applied category to Prof. continuously since 2002, or a life member of IISA since 2003. The Susmita Datta, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia first award in 2002 was shared by Ravindra Khattree and Sastry G. State University, 30 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083. Pantula. Phone: 404-651-0643, email: [email protected] Nominations for the 2004 award must be received by February …and submissions in the theoretical category to Prof. Bhramar 27, 2004. A covering letter by the nominator along with at least Mukherjee, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, 226 four supporting letters and any other supporting documents Griffin Floyd Hall, PO Box 118545, Gainesville, FL 32611-8545. should be submitted as a single file electronically to the Chair of Phone:352-392- the Selection Committee: Professor Subir Ghosh, University of IMS Council Members 1941 x241, email: California at Riverside at [email protected]. 2003–04 [email protected]fl. Nominations should include the nominee’s degrees, present Wilfrid Kendall, Thomas Liggett, Wing edu position(s) followed by significant former positions, list of major Wong, Michael Woodroofe, Bin Yu, Alan The deadline for contributions in research, education, and application emphasizing Karr, J. Steve Marron, Per Mykland, David submission is March the high quality aspects in them. W. Scott, Jane-Ling Wang, Jianqing Fan, 29, 2004. The 2004 IISA Young Statistician Award Committee consists Richard Gill, Hans R. Künsch, Christian P. of Professors UN Bhat, JNK Rao, J Sethuraman, and S Ghosh Robert and Ruth J. Williams (Chair). January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 9

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Obituary: Richard L Anderson

RICHARD L ANDERSON, FORMER PROFESSOR the world. An Anderson/NSF Student in the Department of Statistics at North Paper Scholarship for travel was estab- Carolina State University and former Head lished jointly by the Southern Research of the Department of Statistics at the Conference on Statistics and the American University of Kentucky, died in Lexington, Statistical Association. Also, an Annual R.L. KY on January 19, 2003. He was 87. Anderson Lecture is held at the University Anderson earned his undergraduate of Kentucky. degree in mathematics from DePauw He had a deep interest in the direction University and later obtained his PhD from in which the profession was going. This Iowa State College in 1941 before joining influenced his willingness to be involved in the statistics department at NC State, where Statistical Society leadership. He wrote an he worked for 26 years. This was a period inspirational article on Goals: Where Are We when North Carolina State was part of And Where Should We Be Going at the con- the Institute of Statistics, formed in 1946, clusion of his presidency of the ASA (JASA together with the University of North 79:253-258. 1984) Carolina. During Anderson’s tenure, these Anderson had excellent theoretical train- two departments produced many doctorates ing in mathematics and statistics, as well as and Anderson was a central figure in this an intuitive ability for detecting meaningful development. He later served as head of patterns in data. He always insisted on giv- the statistics department at the University ing actual practical examples in his writings. a well-known book, Statistical Theory in of Kentucky where again he was active in He made contributions in time series and Research. He was invited to consult on sta- research and student thesis direction. After also focused on variance component estima- tistical matters in many countries including retiring from the statistics department at tion, a topic in which he and his students India, Egypt, Japan, Sweden and the United Kentucky, he served five years as Assistant made great strides. In keeping with this Kingdom. for Statistical Services to the Dean of the early agricultural background, he enjoyed Anderson is survived by his wife, Mary; College of Agriculture at Kentucky. He conducting research on commercial fertil- a son, William; a daughter, Kathryn; three also helped form Statistical Consultants of izer response modeling. In his later years, he brothers, Virgil, Paul and Fred; three sisters, Lexington, a private statistical consulting was active in statistical applications in the Lois, Carolyn and Bernice Krieve; and three firm which later merged with Clinical Trials pharmaceutical industry. grandchildren. Mary was a constant com- Inc. He served as Vice-President of the During his distinguished career, he panion in his professional activities. latter. received considerable professional rec- A remark which Richard Anderson During World War II, Anderson became ognition. Anderson was a fellow of the made at the death of his close friend involved in the activities of the National American Statistical Association (ASA), and and colleague William G. Cochran also Defense Research Committee’s Statistics the Institute for Mathematical Statistics, describes very well Anderson’s contribution: Research Group-Princeton where he inter- and a member of the International “Cochran was that rarity, a man with both acted with W.G. Cochran, A.M. Mood, Statistical Institute and the Biometric a keen mind and the desire to use it for the L.S. Savage, J.W. Tukey, J.D. Williams and Society. He served on the Council of the benefit of mankind. His office was always C.P. Windsor. The group involved graduate International Biometric Society and later open to the struggling student, nonplussed students T.W. Anderson, P.J. McCarty, F. as president of the American Statistical scientist, or inquiring citizen”. Mosteller and D.F. Votau. Association in 1982. He was a member of Larry A. Nelson Anderson was influential in shaping ASA’s Census Advisory Committee for six Assistant Dean for International Programs many careers in Statistics. His students now years. He served on several committees of and Professor Emeritus of Statistics are leaders in the profession throughout the ISI. He co-authored with Ted Bancroft North Carolina State University January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 11

IMS Meetings around the world Barcelona: 67th IMS Annual Meeting 2004 World Bernoulli Congress Held in conjunction with the 67th IMS Annual Meeting July 26-31, 2004 Barcelona, Spain http://www.imub.ub.es/events/wc2004/index.html We are glad to announce all plenary and invited session speakers. Please browse the website for all recent information. In particular, you can now submit your abstracts for contributed talks thrthroughough the wwebeb page of the congrcongress,ess, as wwellell as rregisteregister and make hhotelotel reservations. Please also note that we have a limited number of grants provided by European Union grants for young researchers of the European Community. Specifi c information about these grants appear in the News section of the congress webpage. We encourage you to make early hotel reservations as during the year 2004 we will also host in Barcelona the Forum 2004, a venue for multicultural events and discussions on global issues. Th e Forum 2004 is also a sponsor of the Bernoulli Congress. Also during July the tourist season is at its peak so we foresee that the number of low priced hotel rooms will be limited. In tune with the season we have programmed various visits in Barcelona and to Figueras (house of the Dali museum). Also we have various receptionsreceptions and one congrcongressess gala dinner that wwee encourage yyouou to parparticipateticipate ttoo taste tthehe local dishes. Special invited lectures We remain at your disposal if you need any further help or special assistance: contact Iain Johnstone (IMS Wald Lectures, 3 ses- email [email protected] sions) Looking forward to see you in Barcelona! Peter Bickel (IMS Rietz Lecture): Th e fron- David Nualart, Chair of the Organizing Committee tiers of statistics and computer science

IMS Medallion Lectures: Abstracts Submission Now Open: Financial Support Alison Etheridge: Some mathematical prob- Mathematical scientists are invited to Funding is available from two sources: lems from population genetics propose contributed talks or posters for the ➊ Laha Awards: for students and new Evarist Giné (University of Connecticut): Conference. Authors of such contributions researchers: see page 14 for details, Recent results on asymptotics of kernel density are expected to send an abstract. or www.imstat.org/awards (Deadline: estimators Th e abstracts must be written in LaTeX, February 20, 2004). Vladimir Koltchinskii: Data Dependent using the template abst.tex which is avail- ➋ Grants detailed below will provide Complexities and Oracle Inequalities in able from http://www.imub.ub.es/events/ support towards travel and/or Statistical Learning Th eory wc2004/ (do not use any personal macros) accommodation (refunded after the Cun-Hui Zhang: Title TBA and sent to Local Organising Committee congress) and/or registration, for EU electronically ([email protected]) indi- researchers. Deadline: March 15, 2004. Bernoulli Lectures: cating if it is a talk or a poster. Th e abstract Notifi cation: April 7, 2004 David Aldous (Kolmogorov Lecture): length must not exceed half a standard A4 See the website for more information Scaling exponents and random combinato- sheet of paper. and grant application forms: http:// rial optimization: fi fteen variations on the Deadline for submitting abstracts: www.imub.ub.es/events/wc2004/news. Beardwood-Halton-Hammersley theorem. February 10th, 2004. Acceptance will be html Wendelin Werner (Lévy Lecture) notifi ed by April 8th, 2004. Jun Liu (Bernoulli Lecture) Steff en Lauritzen (Laplace Lecture) 12 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

IMS/BS 2004: ENAR/IMS Eastern Regional Program of invited sessions and organizers: March 28-31, 2004 Biological networks - modelling and inference Marianne Huebner Pittsburgh, PA http://www.stat.uchicago.edu/~nicolae/ims/ Inference for dynamical spatial/temporal models Valerie Isham Mathematical finance Nizar Touzi The IMS Eastern Regional meeting will be held jointly with the Modeling spatial and temporal dependence for extremesRichard A. Davis spring meeting of the International Biometric Society, Eastern Statistical genetics David Clayton North American Region (ENAR) and sections of American Statistics in molecular biology Terry Speed Statistical Association (ASA) during March 28-31, 2004, at Statistical methods in brain mapping Keith Worsley Hilton Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Statistics in finance and econometrics Yacine Ait-Sahalia Pittsburgh is located at the meeting of three sparkling The interface of insurance and finance Ragnar Norberg rivers and surrounded by the rolling green hills of Western Brownian motion Yuval Peres Pennsylvania. It is a city of over 700 bridges and more than a Coalescents, coagulation and fragmentation Jean Bertoin million residents. Pittsburgh is home to 31 colleges and universi- Concentration inequalities Sergey Bobkov ties, including the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon Conformal invariance and stochastic Loewner evolu- University, several major medical centers, and the Pittsburgh Wendelin Werner tions Technology center. The climate in late March will be sunny with Large deviations Erwin Bolthausen cool temperatures (average temperatures in the 50’s). Measure-valued processes and SPDE Jean Francois LeGall IMS Program Chair: Dan Nicolae, Department of Statistics, Metastability Frank den Hollander University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Mixing of finite Markov chains Dana Randall e-mail: [email protected], Phone: 773-702-4837, Fax: Percolation, statistical mechanics, interacting particle Agoston Pisztora 773-702-9810 systems ENAR Program Chair: Tom Ten Have, University of Probability on graphs Jeff Steif Pennsylvania, e-mail: [email protected], Phone: 215-573- Random Matrices and Related Processes I Alexander Soshnikov 4885 Random Matrices and Related Processes II Alan Edelman ENAR Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Joyce Chang, University Random walks in random environments and random Nina Gantert of Pittsburgh, e-mail: [email protected], Ada Youk, media University of Pittsburgh, e-mail: [email protected] Function estimation Alexandre Tsybakov Important Date: November 15, 2003: abstracts must be submitted Applications of particle filtering in statistics Arnaud Doucet through the ENAR website: http://www/enar.org/meetings.htm. Causality and multi-stage decision problems Jamie Robins This is a firm deadline and cannot be extended. Dimension reduction for high dimensional data Ker-Chau Li IMS Invited Sessions: False discovery rates Felix Abramovich 1. Statistics and Neuroscience. Organizer: Rob Kass, Carnegie Model choice and goodness of fit in nonparametrics Winfried Stute Mellon Machine learning in complex structures Peter Bartlett 2. New advances in nonparametric statistics. Organizer: Wei Biao Nonparametric analysis for time series Qiwei Yao Wu, University of Chicago Statistical analysis of point processes Rick Shoenberg 3. Bayesian Methods in Survival Analysis. Organizer: Radu Craiu, Statistical inference for stochastic differential equations Mathieu Kessler University of Toronto Function space valued modeling Anestis Antoniadis 4 Environmental Statistics. Organizer: Tilmann Gneiting, Biostatistics Niels Keiding University of Washington. Graphical models in statistics Thomas Richardson 5. Information related problems in biology. Organizer: Xiao-Li Meng, Harvard University Organizing a conference? 6. Analysis of Intensively Collected Data. Organizers: Richard Li and Joe Schaffer, Penn State Tell us about it! 7. Statistical Genetics - Modeling Interaction and Multilocus Send your announcement Analyses. Organizer: Lei Sun, University of Toronto 8. Stochastic modeling and inference in science. Organizer: Samuel to [email protected] Kou, Harvard University New Directions in Probability Th eory

August 6–7, 2004 Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada The meeting New Directions in Probability Theory will take place on August 6–7, 2004; it is co-sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) and the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. The meeting immediately precedes the Joint Statisti- cal Meetings, August 8–12, 2004 (co-sponsored by ASA, IMS, ENAR, WNAR, SSC). It will take place on Friday/Saturday and will be held at the Fields Institute. The meeting consists of fi ve sessions and four one-hour lectures, of which two are IMS Medallion Lectures. It is intended for a general probability audience interested in recent developments in probability theory. There will be no registration fee for the meeting. However, space at the Fields Institute is limited, and so early registration is recommended. Sessions: Greg Lawler (Cornell University) Self-Avoiding Walks David Brydges (University of British Columbia): “Self-avoiding walk in four dimensions”; Tom Kennedy (University of Arizona): “Monte Carlo studies of self-avoiding walks”; Neal Madras (York University): “Knotting phenom- ena in self-avoiding walks” Craig Tracy (University of California, Davis) Random Matrices John Harnad (Concordia University and CRM Universite de Montreal): “Two matrix models, duality and Riemann- Hilbert problems”; Roland Speicher (Queen’s University): “Random matrices and free probability” Mike Cranston (University of Rochester) Random Media Gerard Ben Arous (Courant Institute): “Dynamics of spin glasses; a generalized random energy model”; Leonid Koralov (Princeton University): “Asymptotic problems in random transport”; Stanislav Molchanov (University of North Carolina, Charlotte): “The spectral bifurcations in the large random systems” Tom Salisbury (York University) Superprocesses Siva Athreya (Indian Statistical Institute): “Branching coalescing particle systems”; Roger Tribe (Warwick): “Two parameter phase diagram for a stochastic reaction diffusion system”; Xiaowen Zhou (Concordia University): “Self-duality of coalescing Brownian motion and its applications in measure-valued processes” Robin Pemantle (University of Pennsylvania) Markov Chains and Algorithms Thomas P. Hayes (Toyota Technological Institute, Chicago): “Better coupling with less effort”; Mike Molloy (University of Toronto): “Markov chains on the colourings of a graph”; Robin Pemantle (University of Pennsylvania): “The complexity of fi nding a path with nearly optimal drift in a branching random walk” One-Hour Lectures: Kurt Johansson (Royal Institute of Technology): “Measures from non-intersecting paths” (IMS Medallion Lecture) Greg Lawler (Cornell University): “Self-avoiding walk in two dimensions: detailed conjectures and few results” Craig Tracy (University of California, Davis): “Differential equations for Dyson diffusion” H.T. Yau (Stanford University and Courant Institute): “Brownian motion in quantum dynamics” (IMS Medallion Lecture) Program Organizer: Maury Bramson (University of Minnesota); Local Organizers: Jeremy Quastel and Jeffrey Rosenthal (University of Toronto), Tom Salisbury (York University) More details at http://www.imstat.org/meetings/NDPT/ Sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. 14 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

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IMS Co-sponsored Meeting: Th e organizer should also ensure each of the fi ve speakers provides a 2004 Joint SStatisticaltatistical Meetings draft manuscript of their talk to the session chair bbyy JJuneune 1, 2004. August 8 - 12, 2004 2. T Topicopic CContributedontributed PanelPanel Sessions:Sessions: Toronto,Toronto, Ontario,Ontario, Canada Th ee traditionaltraditional panelpanel discussiondiscussion formatformat isis used,used, i.e.i.e. aa minimumminimum ofof IMS PProgramrogram Chair: MMichaelichael EEvans,vans, [email protected]@utstat.utoronto.ca, threethree and a maximum of fi vvee panelists prprovideovide commentarcommentaryy on a UniversityUniversity of TToronto,oronto, Canada; IMS Contributed PPaperaper Chair: TTimim topic. Swartz, [email protected]@stat.sfu.ca, SimonSimon FFraserraser UUniversity,niversity, Canada. Co-spon- ToTo organizorganizee an IMS sponsorsponsoreded topic contributed panel session, soredsored bbyy ASA, IMS, ENAR, WNAR, SSC. youyou must list the panelists and submit a single abstract beforbeforee IMS ContributedContributed PaperPaper SessionsSessions the FebruaryFebruary 4, 2004 deadline. Each panelist must provide a Th ereree araree thrthreeee typestypes ofof contributedcontributed paperpaper sessionssessions whichwhich araree spon-spon- non-refundablenon-refundable rregistrationegistration payment beforbeforee this deadline. BBeforeefore soredsored bbyy IMS at JSM: the abstract is submitted, the organizorganizerer should prprovideovide the IMS 1. T Topicopic CContributedontributed PaperPaper Sessions:Sessions: Contributed SSessionession ChairChair,, TTimim SSwartz,wartz, with: the prproposedoposed topic Th eseese sessionssessions consistconsist ofof aa collectioncollection ofof contributedcontributed paperpaper prpresenta-esenta- contributed panel session; contact information for the organizorganizer;er; tions and discussions (if desirdesired)ed) that sharsharee a common theme. Th ee and contact information for the speakers. sessions araree 110 minutes long with fi vvee prpresentationsesentations (including 3. R Regularegular CContributedontributed PaperPaper Sessions:Sessions: discussants) of 20 minutes each, with 10 minutes at the end for Th eseese sessionssessions consistconsist ofof aa collectioncollection ofof paperpaper prpresentationsesentations whichwhich fl oor discussion and concluding rremarksemarks bbyy the session chairchair.. areare grgroupedouped accoraccordingding to topics which araree as similar as possible. Th ee ToTo organizorganizee an IMS sponsorsponsoreded topic contributed paper session, yyouou sessions araree a maximum of 110 minutes in length, with a maximumaximumm must arrange for fi vvee speakers to submit abstracts and prpre-registere-register of sevsevenen speakers each having 15 minutes of fl oor time, follofollowedwed bbyy before the February 1, 2004 deadline. On the abstract form, speak- 5 minutes of closing remarks by the session chair. ers should indicate that they are speaking in an IMS topic con- To submit an IMS sponsored regular contributed paper, you tributed paper session and give the name of the session organizer. must submit an abstract and pre-register before the February 4, Before abstracts are submitted, the organizer should provide the 2004 deadline. Each speaker is responsible for submitting a draft IMS Contributed Session Chair (Tim Swartz) with: manuscript to the session chair (whose identity will be made the proposed topic contributed paper session; contact information known) by June 1, 2004. for the organizer; contact information for the session chair; contact information for the fi ve speakers; and the titles of the fi ve papers.

IMS sponsored meeting IMS co-sponsored meeting Seminar on Stochastic Processes 2004 The Sixth ICSA International Applied Statistics Conference May 20-22, 2004 July 21-23, 2004, Singapore University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada http://www.statistics.nus.edu.sg/ICSA.htm Th e Seminar on Stochastic Processes 2004 will be held at the Th e Sixth International Chinese Statistical Association Applied University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, from Statistics Conference will be held at the National University of May 20-22, 2004. As is traditional, there will be fi ve invited Singapore (NUS), Singapore: IMS Representative: Louis H.Y. Chen speakers: Rene Carmona (Princeton); Robert Dalang (EPF Lausanne); Alice Guionnet (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon); IMS Co-sponsored meeting Yves Le Jan (Orsay); Balint Virag (University of Toronto) WNAR/IMS Western Regional Further information will be available at http://www.pims.math. June 27–30, 2004 ca/science/2004/ssp. For information on previous SSP meetings see NB INCORRECT DATES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED Albuquerque, New Mexico the archives: http://www.math.yorku.ca/Probability/ssparch.html Program Chair: Jason Fine, (Univ of Wisconsin), fi [email protected]. Local organizers: Martin Barlow, Anders Holroyd, Vlada Limic, Ed edu. Local Arrangements Chair: Gabriel Huerta (Univ. of New Perkins Mexico), [email protected]. Type: Sponsored/Numbered (287) January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 15

IX CLAPEM IMS Co-sponsored meeting IX Latin American Congress on Probability and Mathematical Statistics Punta del Este, Uruguay Barrio (Spain), Georgina Flesia (USA), young researchers who present their work at March 22 to 26, 2004 Michel Ledoux (France), José Rafael León the meeting. Web page: http://imerl.fing.edu.uy/clapem (Venezuela), Marc Lavielle (France), Gabor Organizers The Latin American Region of Lugosi (Spain), Enno Mammen (Germany), Scientific Committee: the Bernoulli Society and the Servet Martínez (Chile), Dan Rabinowitz Jean-Marc Azais (France), Graciela Boente Universidad de la República (Israel), Laurent Saloff-Coste (USA), Mark (Argentina), Pablo Ferrari (Brazil), Evarist Giné (Montevideo, Uruguay) are van der Laan (USA), Maria Eulalia Vares (USA, Chairman), Carlos Matran (Spain), pleased to announce the IX CLAPEM, to (Brazil), Victor Yohai (Argentina). Andrea Rotnitzky (USA), Gonzalo Perera be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Contributed talks and contributed posters (Uruguay), Víctor Pérez Abreu (México). Planned academic activities include the There will also be a program of contributed Local Committee: following: talks and posters. Enrique M. Cabaña, Alicia Carriquiry, Ricardo Short courses: Conference site, housing, transportation Fraiman, Juan José Goyeneche, Gustavo Víctor de la Peña (USA), Simon Tavaré The conference will take place in the Hotel Guerberoff, Ernesto Mordecki (Chairman), (USA), Hermann Thorisson (Iceland), Aad San Rafael in Punta del Gonzalo Perera, Mario Wschebor, Andrea Rivero van der Vaart (Holland), Nanny Wermuth Este. A conference pack- (Secretary). (Germany) and David Cox (UK). The open- age that includes room Contact us ing lecture will be given by Yuval Peres and breakfast for confer- You can find out more information from (USA). ence participants has been arranged. See the our website at http://imerl.fing.edu.uy/cla- Invited speakers: hotel website at http://www.hotelsanrafael. pem or e-mail to the local committee: Miguel Abadi (Brazil), Jean Bertoin com.uy Andrea Rivero, Secretary (arivero@fing. (France), Rolando Biscay (Cuba), Tom Travel grants edu.uy) or Ernesto Mordecki, Chairman Britton (Sweden), Alejandra Cabaña Limited funding will be available to help ([email protected]). (Venezuela), Juan Cuesta-Albertos (Spain), participants with travel and local expenses. Antonio Cuevas (Spain), Eustasio del Preference will be given to students and

IMS Mini-meeting IMS Co-Sponsored Meeting Many explanatory variables? A challenge for Fourth International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability: Methodology and regression modelling. Practice April, 30th, 2004 June 21-25, 2004 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Santa Fe, New Mexico Organizers: Céline Bugli and Sébastien Van IMS Rep: Alan Karr Bellegem http://www.stat.lanl.gov/MMR2004/index.htm http://www.stat.ucl.ac.be/yrd The MMR Conferences: The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in conjunction with the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) is hosting the biennial Mathematical Methods in Reliability IMS Co-Sponsored Meeting, (MMR) Conference, June 21-25, 2004 at the Hilton in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The MMR 2005 Conference on Stochastic Processes and conferences serve as a forum for discussing fundamental issues on mathematical methods their Applications in reliability theory and its applications. It is a forum that brings together mathematicians, June 26 - July 1, 2005 probabilists, statisticians, and computer scientists from within a central focus on reliability. Santa Barbara, California, USA This international conference is the fourth in the series, and the first time it will take place IMS Rep: Raya Feldman in the United States. http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/projects/spa05/ 16 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

IMS Co-sponsored Meeting This meeting is now an IMS Co-sponsored Meeting: Eleventh Annual Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry Workshop on Recent Advances in Time Series Analysis and Technology: Statistics in Scientific Research, Dissemination, and June 9-12, 2004, Protaras, Cyprus Policy http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~rats/ May 19–21, 2004, Gaithersburg, MD. Theofanis Sapatinas, University of Cyprus: [email protected] http://www-math.cudenver.edu/SRC2004/ Keynote speakers: Rainer Dahlhaus, Richard Davis, Qiwei Yao, The Spring Research Conference (SRC) is an annual conference Dimitris Politis. Special Invited Lecturer: Clive Granger jointly sponsored by IMS and the ASA Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences. The SRC provides a continuing forum for IMS Co-sponsored Meeting: promoting statistics in engineering, technology, industry, informa- 2004 Joint Summer Research Conferences tion and physical sciences. The conference primarily attracts statisti- July 17–24, 2004, Snowbird, Utah cians, from corporations, government laboratories, and academic An AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer institutions. Research Conference on “Gaussian Measure The theme of this year’s conference, hosted by the National and Geometric Convexity” will take place at Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is “Statistics the Snowbird Resort, Utah, July 17-24, 2004. in Scientific Research, Dissemination, and Policy.” Invited The Conference will bring together an unusual grouping of plenary speakers include Edward Wegman (Director, School of researchers in convex geometry, probability, statistics, and the local Computational Sciences, George Mason University), Vijay Nair theory of Banach spaces to discuss problems in which principal (University of Michigan), James J. Filliben (National Institute ingredients are Gaussian measure and the theory of convex bod- of Standards and Technology), Robert Jacobsen (Berkeley-LBL), ies. Major themes will be the role of probabilistic methods in and Donna F. Stroup (Associate Director for Science, Centers for understanding properties of convex bodies, especially in high Disease Control). dimensions, and the application of convex-geometric methods to A few slots remain for invited sessions; if you are interested in the study of stochastic processes. Among the topics will be central organizing an invited paper session, please contact Professor Karen limit theorems, concentration of measure, Dvoretzky-type results, Kafadar ([email protected]). isoperimetry and Gaussian inequalities, intrinsic volumes and Authors are encouraged to submit contributed papers that are Gaussian processes, flag-coefficient renormalization, and random relevant to the overall goals of the conference for either oral or convex bodies. poster presentation. To be included in program announcements, Further information from Rick Vitale at [email protected]. abstracts should be submitted by March 1, 2004, to: Professor Thomas A. Loughin, Kansas State University, Department IMS Co-sponsored Meeting: of Statistics, 101 Dickens Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-0802. International Workshop in Applied Probability: IWAP 2004 [email protected]. 22–25 March, 2004, University of Piraeus, Greece We especially welcome submissions from new researchers and Co-chair and IMS Rep: Joseph Glaz [email protected]. graduate students. http://mefast.sta.unipi.gr/iwap2004/index.htm. Plenary speakers: The conference offers several student scholarships to reimburse Paul Deheuvels, Université de Paris VI, France: “Multivariate expenses for registration, meals, and lodging at the conference, up Karhunen-Loeve Decompositions and Statistical Applications”; Luc to $400, in addition to a reduced rate for student registration. To Devroye, McGill Univ: “Limit Laws for Random Trees”; Marc J. apply for student scholarships, authors must submit contributed Goovaerts, Univ of Amsterdam/Catholic Univ of Leuven, Belgium: abstracts by the March 1 deadline and indicate at that time that “Measuring Insurance Risk”; Peter Hall, Australian National Univ: they wish to be considered for a scholarship. Recipients will be “Signal Analysis Using Non-Uniform Sampling Rates”; Holger selected on the basis of the submitted abstracts’ adherence to the Rootzen, Chalmers Univ of Technology, Gothenburg: “Extremes overall conference goals of statistics in engineering, technology and on Graphs: The Longest Edge and the Largest Cell”; Sheldon Ross, industry, and information and physical sciences. Univ of California, Berkeley: “Analyzing Systems of Dependent The program chair is Professor Karen Kafadar, of the University Components”; Michael J. Steele, Univ of Pennsylvania: “Coping of Colorado at Denver, tel 303-556-2547. The SRC website at with Non-Stationary: What to do Until Equilibrium Arrives”; Prasad http://www-math.cudenver.edu/SRC2004/ provides updated infor- Tetali, Georgia Inst of Technology: “Gibb’s Measures and Stochastic mation. Networks” January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 17

Second International IMS/ISBA Joint Meeting Bormio, Italy (Italian Alps) “M C M Ski”: The Past, Present, and Future of Gibbs Sampling

Wednesday, January 12 to Friday, January 14, 2005

The second joint international meeting of the IMS (Institute of Mathematical Statistics) and ISBA (International Society for Bayesian Analysis) will be held in Bormio, Italy (site of the world ski championships). A central theme of the conference will be Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and related methods and applications in the 15 years since the publication of Gelfand and Smith (1990, JASA), the paper that introduced these methods to mainstream statisticians. The conference will also feature 3 plenary speakers and 6 invited sessions from internationally known experts covering a broad array of current and developing statistical practice. As with the first joint IMS-ISBA meeting in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, nightly poster sessions will offer substantial opportunity for informal learning and interaction.

Buses (exact times to be determined) will be organized to bring participants to the conference site from Malpensa Airport in Milan (approx. 3-3.5 hour ride) on Tuesday, January 11, 2005, and again to return to Malpensa on Saturday, January 15 and Sunday, January 16.

Plenary Speakers: Tentative Daily Schedule: Persi Diaconis, Stanford University 8:45-9:45 Plenary Session Alan Gelfand, Duke University 10:05-12:05 Invited Session I Sylvia Richardson, Imperial College London 12:05-1:00 Lunch 1:00-4:30 Ski/Spa time Program Committee: 4:45-6:45 Invited Session II Brad Carlin, University of Minnesota, Co-Chair 7:00-9:00 Dinner Antonietta Mira, University of Insubria, Co-Chair 9:00-11:00 Poster Session Steve Brooks, Cambridge University 11:00-? Informal Interactions Montserrat Fuentes, North Carolina State University Paolo Giudici, University of Pavia Giovanni Parmigiani, Johns Hopkins University

Conference center: http://www.alpicenter.com/inglese/centro_congressi.html City and ski area: www.bormio.com, http://www.goski.com/rit/bormio.htm Hotel Santanton: http://www.santanton.com

For more information please watch the conference website: http://eco.uninsubria.it/webdocenti/IMS-ISBA-05/ 18 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

IMS Sponsored Meeting The Seventh North American New Researchers Conference August 4-6, 2004 (Just before JSM) York University 2004 Toronto, Canada

Conference objective: To promote interaction among new Statistics researchers, by introducing them to each other’s research in an informal setting. Who is eligible: Anyone who has received their PhD since 1999 in Statistics or a related fi eld is eligible to attend. All participants are expected to present a short talk or poster on their research. Abstract Deadline: February 1, 2004 For more information: Peter Song (Program Chair), York University [email protected] http://www.math.yorku.ca/StatsSection/NRC

What they said about NRC2003, held in Davis, California :

This The was one of the best conference was conferences ever: good people, great! I liked the small size, as good talks, and lots of good we had many opportunities advice to get to know people

It Very was a fabulous successful meeting Photo: J S Neale Photo: January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 19

Other Meetings Around the World: Announcements and Calls for Papers

ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS: 25th European Meeting of Statisticians International Sri Lankan Statistical Conference: Visions of Futuristic Statistical 24–29 July 2005 Methodologies Oslo, Norway 28–30 December 2004, Kandy, Sri Lanka Formed by the European Regional http://www.st.rmit.edu.au/~desilva/conference/slstat.htm Committee of the Bernoulli Society, the The Sri Lankan International Statistics EMS will be a central international event in Conference will be held in the beautiful all areas of statistics and probability, includ- campus of the University of Peradeniya in ing methodological statistics, applied and Kandy, approximately seventy miles from computational statistics, probability theory, Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo. stochastic processes and applied probability. Plenary addresses will be given by The scientific programme will be Professor Kanti V. Mardia (U of Leeds) on interesting and broad, making the confer- “Revolutions in Statistics in the Last Decade ence appealing for scientists, graduate and and Some Future Trends – A Personal View” and Professor Shelley Zacks (Binghamton U) on postgraduate students in all these areas. The “Adaptive Methods in Clinical Trials”. scientific programme will be broader than The invited paper sessions are expected to focus on a wide range of current as well as past EMSs, with more space for important futuristic research and methodological topics including invited paper sessions on Bayesian applications of our disciplines. The pro- statistics, bioinformatics, biostatistics, clinical trials, computational statistics, decision gramme will also aim at cross-fertilisation theory, econometrics, environmental statistics, image analysis, modeling on-line auction between the various areas, through special data, quality and productivity, sequential sampling, sport statistics, statistical modeling, invited speakers and sessions, which bridge statistical quality and process control, statistics in finance, statistical education, and time between theory and practice, inference and series analysis. stochastic models. Joint organizers are: Basil M. de Silva (Australia), Nitis Mukhopadhyay (USA), Tim We hope to see an increase in participa- Swartz (Canada) and S. Ganesalingam (New Zealand). The conference is sponsored by the tion and contributed talks. We encourage Postgraduate Institute of Science of the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and the Indian students and young statisticians to join the Association for Productivity Quality and Reliability meeting in Oslo. In order to make this pos- A special peer-reviewed “Conference Proceedings” volume will be published and made sible, we will be offering accommodation available to participants at the conference. Some of the papers may be published in a spe- near campus (with good standards) at a very cial issue of a refereed journal. Full-length manuscripts must be submitted for refereeing on good price for those, students and non- or before 30 April, 2004 together with the registration fee. Manuscripts submitted without students, who do not wish to stay in a more registration fee will not be considered for publication in the conference proceedings and/or conventional hotel. We are planning to for presentation at the conference. Enquiries about paper submission are welcome. mark this 25th EMS by looking back over For more information, please contact Basil M. de Silva ([email protected]) its history. We wish to collect and publish Please visit the conference web site for all latest information regarding the invited and historical material from the whole series of committed speakers, invited session organizers, local organizers, facilities, registration fees, the EMS. Contributed historical material to deadlines, and accommodation. [email protected]. More information at the Conference website http://www.ems2005.no/ If you are organizing a meeting, send in your advert for the next issue (March/April 2004) by March 1 to Elyse Gustafson, IMS Executive Director, at [email protected]. Adverts will also appear on the IMS website. See panel inside back cover for more information. 20 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

EMS Summer School on The 18th New England Statistics Symposium EMPIRICAL PROCESSES THEORY AND STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS April 24, 2004 August 30th–September 3rd, 2004 Cambridge, MA Laredo, Spain Organizers: Samuel Kou and Xiao-Li Meng Th is school will be devoted to disseminating the power of this theory, through courses http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~stats/ness2004. given by four representative members of the main working groups which have contributed, html and contribute, to the development of the theory. Th e courses will also give a vision of the present perspectives of study as well as the more signifi cant statistical applications of the theory: bootstrap, functional estimation, censored data, tests of fi t, oracle inequalities, … Second International Conference on Th e school will be based on the following four courses (of seven and a half hours each). Soft Methods In Probability 1. BASICS OF EMPIRICAL PROCESSES September 2–4, 2004 Prof. Evarist Giné, University of Connecticut, USA Oviedo, Edifi cio Historico, Spain. 2. GOODNESS-OF-FIT TESTS http://web.uniovi.es/SMPS Prof. Eustasio del Barrio, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain 3. ORACLE INEQUALITIES AND REGULARIZATION Prof. Sara van de Geer, University of Leiden, Th e Netherlands ICOTS 7 4. LOCAL BEHAVIOUR OF EMPIRICAL PROCESSES AND APPLICATIONS 2-7 July 2006 Paul Deheuvels, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI. France Salvador (Bahia), Brazil FEES AND GRANTS: Th e registration fee is €100. Th e organizers have been able to get Th eme: Working co-operatively in statistics some fi nancial aid from the SCH bank which allow them to off er education v 50 accommodation grants: half board in double room for 6 days each, Information: Carmen Batanero v 6 transportation grants, to a maximum of €1,000 [email protected] Th e number of grants could be enlarged if it were possible to get extra fi nancial aid from http://www.maths.otago.ac.nz/icots7 other sources. More information on the school home page http://www.eio.uva.es/ems/.

w w w w . oregonstate.edu/ Conference on Queues, Inventory, Reliability, Interface: Computing and Statistics dept.statistics/seelyconfAll Maintenance and Replacement May 26-29, 2004 DATE TO FOLLOW Baltimore, Maryland Cochin, India Th e 36th symposium on the Interface: Augustmeetings 2003 Meetings Convenor: A.Krishnamoorthy: Department Computing and Statistics will be held May 3-7:San Francisco, CA. Joint Statistical of Mathematics, Cochin University of 26-29, 2004, in Baltimore. Th e theme are listed in Meetings (ASA/IMS/ENAR/WNAR) Science & Technology, Cochin 682022, this year is Computational Biology and including IMS Annual Meeting. Sponsored/ India. Phone: 91-484-2577518(O); 91-484- Bioinformatics. The International Numbered 284. IMS Program Chair: Jane- 2577447(R); Fax: 91-484-2577595; email: Information can be obtained at the web site Ling Wang, U of California, Davis e [email protected]; [email protected] http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu/Interface04 or [email protected] Contributedof Th is will be a three day event with one via email to [email protected] Papers Chair: Lutz Duembgen email afternoon session exclusively for interaction [email protected] with managements of industries. Topics will include Queues, Inventory, Relaibility, 10-20: Berlin,Events Germany: Inter- Maintenance and Replacement. Th ere national Statistical Institute, will be invited talks, each of 45 minutes 54th Biennial Ses- duration, and paper presentations with 25 sion. Includes minutes for each. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 21

Employment Opportunities around the world

Canada: Toronto Canada: Montréal University of Toronto POSITION IN STATISTICS Department of Statistics Département de mathématiques et de statistique The Department of Statistics, University of Toronto invites Faculté des arts et des sciences, Université de Montréal applications for a tenure-stream appointment at the Assistant The Département de mathématiques et de statistique of the Faculté Professor level starting July 1, 2004. Duties will include research, des arts et des sciences of the Université de Montréal invites applica- undergraduate and graduate teaching and involvement in graduate tions for a tenure-track position in statistics at any rank (assistant, supervision. Demonstrated or potential excellence in research and associate or full). For information about the Département and the teaching, and a doctoral degree are required. Applicants from all Université, the candidates are invited to visit the webpage of the areas of statistics will be considered, including applicants with an Département (www.dms.umontreal.ca) as well as that of the Centre interdisciplinary background in a related area such as, for example, de recherches de mathématiques (www.crm.umontreal.ca) with image processing, machine learning, data mining, genetics, and which it has close collaborations. environmental science. Duties: Undergraduate and graduate teaching, supervision of Letters of application with curriculum vitae, graduate tran- graduate students, and research. scripts and reprints should be sent to Professor Keith Knight, Requirements: To hold a Ph.D. in statistics, biostatistics or in Chair, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto, 100 St. a closely related field. The research record must be outstanding. George Street, Room 6018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3 The candidate must possess excellent teaching skills. An interest for by December 15, 2003. Applicants should ask three references to statistical consulting is an advantage. A good working knowledge send a letter of recommendation under separate cover to the same of French is required. Candidates who do not speak French must address by the stated deadline. acquire an adequate knowledge of it within a reasonable period after Information on the Department of Statistics at the University the appointment. of Toronto is available on the department’s home page at www. Salary: The Université de Montréal offers competitive salaries utstat.toronto.edu. and a complete package of social benefits. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Starting Date: June 1, 2004, or thereafter (subject to final bud- Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. getary approval). The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct The interested candidates must submit a curriculum vitae research and live in one of the most diverse cities in the world, including a concise statement of their research interests, at least and is strongly committed to diversity within its community. The three letters of reference, and copies of at most three of their University especially welcomes applications from visible minority most important research publications to the following address. group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with dis- The Selection Committee will start studying applications during abilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may February 2004. Electronic applications are discouraged. contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Chair, Département de mathématiques et de statistique, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal QC H3C 3J7. Phone: (514) 343-6743; FAX: (514) 343-5700; United Kingdom: Warwick email: [email protected] University of Warwick: Lecturer in Statistics (2 posts) The selection process of Université de Montréal gives access to The Department of Statistics of the University of Warwick submitted files to all regular professors of the Department unless the announces two academic posts of Lecturer in Statistics available candidate explicitly states that access to the file should be limited to from October 2004 (one permanent, one for 3 years). the selection committee in her or his covering letter. In all cases this The Department is amongst the most active and rapidly devel- restriction on accessibility will be lifted if the candidate is invited oping statistics groups in the UK. Strong research in any area of for an interview. statistics. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, prior- Contact: David Firth (d.fi[email protected]). Closing date 16th ity will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of February 2004. Canada. The Université de Montréal subscribes to an affirmative Further information from www.warwick.ac.uk/go/statistics action program for women and to employment equity. 22 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

Germany: Cologne Republic of Ireland: Cork University of Cologne University College Cork, Cork, Ireland The Department of Mathematics at the University of Cologne Department of Statistics invites applications for a C3-professorship (associate professor) in Lectureship the area of stochastics/insurance mathematics. Applications are invited for a full-time permanent Lectureship We are looking for a scientist who is willing to actively support in the Department of Statistics. The successful applicant will be the new curriculum on “Mathematics & Economics”, preferably expected to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in with a background in applied stochastics (particularly insurance Statistics, provide postgraduate supervision, carry out research, and mathematics or finance). carry out other duties as appropriate, including administration. Appropriate participation in the teaching duties of the Website: http://www.ucc.ie/acad/mams/ Department of Mathematics and in the academic administration For informal discussion contact: Professor Finbarr O’Sullivan, are expected. Particular emphasis is put on the willingness to coop- Email: fi[email protected]. Salary scale [new entrants]: €27,727– erate with existing research groups in Cologne. €45,041 Bar €52,154–€68,704. We strongly encourage applications of suitably qualified Closing date for receipt of applications: 30 January 2004. women; in case of equal qualification, women will be given prefer- Commencement: As soon as possible, following appointment. ential treatment. Physically impaired applicants will also be given Application forms must be completed and are available, preferential treatment in case of equal qualifications. together with further particulars, on our website at: www.ucc. Applications (CV, list of publications, teaching etc.) are to ie/appointments/acad or from Recruitment Office, Department of be sent to the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Human Resources, University College Cork, CORK, Ireland. Tel: University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, + 353 21 4903603. Email: [email protected]. Fax + 353 21 Germany. 4276995 The deadline for applications is January 16, 2004. University College Cork is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Switzerland: Zurich

Professorship in Statistics

The duties of the new professor, who will be a member of the Department of Mathematics, include teaching and research in statistics. Together with the colleagues from the department, he or she will be responsible for undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics, in particular in probability theory and statistics, for students of mathematics, engineering, and natu- ral sciences.

We are seeking candidates with an internationally recognized research record in any area of statistics and proven ability to direct research of high quality. Willingness to teach at all university levels and to collaborate with colleagues is expected.

Applications with curriculum vitae and a list of publications should be submitted to the President of ETH Zurich,Prof. Dr. O. Kübler, ETH Zentrum,CH-8092 Zurich, no later than March 31, 2004. ETHZ specifically encourages female candidates to apply with a view towards increasing the proportion of female professors. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 23

Opportunities to join a world class African university DEPT OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES: PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/ SENIOR LECTURER/LECTURER (up to six posts) We invite applications for as many as six posts for appointment as soon as possible. The appointments may be flexible on either a permanent or short-term basis. The Department has a strong record of broad interdisciplinary work in its teaching and research, being involved in apply- ing quantitative thinking in areas ranging from finance and industrial management to ecology and medicine. Consideration will be given to candidates with interests and experience in teaching, research or applications, in any one of the fields of activity of the Department, namely biostatistics and quantitative biodiversity modelling, mathematical and theoretical statistics, operational research, econometrics and financial modelling. Candidates applying for posts at Associate Professor and Professor levels need to possess the relevant qualifications and will be required to show evidence of excellent research leadership and extensive scholarly output. For appointment at Senior Lecturer level, it is essential that candidates will have completed a PhD or equivalent degree in one of the above or related fields, and to have a proven track record of post-doctoral research and teaching. Candidates with a Masters degree will be considered for appointment at Lecturer level. This level of post may also suit those in the process of completing a PhD or equivalent degree, or persons with a Masters degree and some years of practical experience in one of the above fields. The remuneration packages are negotiable. Please send a letter of application, clearly stating the level of post for which you are applying, your CV (no certificates), a one-page summary of your CV and details (fax/email) of 3 referees, to: Staff Recruitment & Selection (Ref: 817), UCT, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa by 28 February 2004. However, applications will be accepted up until such time as the posts are filled. Telephone: +27 21 650-3003, fax: + 27 21 650-2138, email: [email protected] Website: www.uct.ac.za UCT is fully committed to employment equity. C99879/4312-R

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USA: California USA: California Department of Statistics Stanford University, Stanford, CA University of California, Riverside Statistics/Biostatistics Faculty joint appointment The Department of Statistics invites applications for a temporary The Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Health Research visiting Professorial appointment at the open level to teach two and Policy and the Department of Statistics invite applications courses each in the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters (2004-2005). for a faculty joint appointment, at any level. Requirements are an Salary by agreement. Applicants with a Ph.D. in Statistics or a outstanding record, or for a junior level appointment, outstanding closely related field with a strong commitment to teaching and potential. Candidates will be judged on research, teaching, and sta- research are preferred. Application to include a CV, statement tistical consulting. A successful candidate will have interests in the of teaching and research interests, and three letters of reference general area of computational biology, statistical genomics/genetics, to: Dr. Barry C. Arnold, Search Committee Chair, Department and biostatistics. The candidate will be active in Stanford’s Bio-X of Statistics, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0138. program and in the newly opened Clark Center. Telephone: 909-787-5939; Message: 909-787-3774; FAX: Senior applicants should send a letter of application, curricu- 909/787-3286. Email: [email protected]. Department informa- lum vitae and statement of research and teaching interests. Junior tion: http://cnas.ucr.edu/~stat/homepage.htm. Review of applica- applicants should include in addition a transcript of their graduate tions will begin February 15, 2004 and continue until the position studies and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be is filled. sent. Applications should be sent to: Professor David Siegmund, The University of California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Department of Statistics, Sequoia Hall, 390 Serra Mall, Stanford Opportunity Employer University, Stanford, CA 94305-4065 Applications received by March 1, 2004 will be guaranteed consid- eration. Stanford University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. USA: Connecticut Yale University, Professor of Statistics Yale University Department of Statistics invites applications for a tenured position as Professor of Statistics beginning July 2004. USA: California The Department seeks expertise in the theory and practice of Stanford University, Stanford, CA statistics with a significant data-driven component in teaching Department of Statistics: Assistant Professor and research activities. Opportunities exist for collaboration and The Department seeks applicants for a tenure track position at cooperative teaching with faculty in computer science, biological the Assistant Professor level. The position would begin September sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and engineering; and for 2004. A doctorate in statistics or a related field is required. participation in the program of bioinformatics or the program of Applicants should have demonstrated strong research abilities and applied mathematics. will be expected to teach courses at both the undergraduate and The Department encourages excellence in teaching, and faculty graduate level. Applicants from all areas of probability and statistics members teach a broad range of courses at both the graduate and are sought. This includes researchers in allied fields including, but undergraduate level. not limited to, signal and image processing, econometrics, compu- Candidates should include a letter of application and curricu- tational learning, data mining, genetics, and molecular biology. It is lum vita to be sent to the address below or emailed to search@stat. anticipated that such appointment will be joint with a department yale.edu. Review of applications will begin January 20, 2004 and in the allied field. will continue until the position is filled. Applicants are requested to send a letter of application, curricu- Search Committee lum vita, graduate transcripts, and at most one reprint/preprint to: Yale University Department of Statistics Faculty Search Committee P.O. Box 208290 Department of Statistics New Haven CT 06520-8290 Stanford University 390 Serra Mall Yale University is an AA/EOE Employer. Stanford, CA 94305-4065 January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 25

USA: Colorado USA: Indiana INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON - DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS ZORN RESEARCH POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS The Department of Mathematics invites applications for Zorn Research Postdoctoral Fellows beginning in the Fall of 2004. These are three-year, non-tenure track positions with reduced teaching loads. Outstanding candidates with a recent Ph.D. in any area of pure or applied mathematics or statistics are encouraged to apply. Zorn postdocs are paired with mentors with whom they have compatible research interests. The Department maintains strong research groups in all principal fields of mathemat- ics, and the Bloomington campus offers an exceptionally attractive environment, providing a rich variety of musical and cultural attractions. Interested applicants should send a letter of application, vita, and research and teaching statements, and should arrange to have four letters of rec- ommendation, including one letter evaluat- ing teaching experience, sent to: Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, 831 East 3rd Street, Rawles Hall, Bloomington, IN 47405-7106. Indiana University is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Applications received by December 15, 2003 will be given full consideration.

USA: Indiana INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS The Department of Mathematics invites applications for two tenure-track or higher-level positions beginning in the Fall of 2004. Outstanding candidates with a Ph.D. in any area of pure or applied mathematics or statistics and with postdoctoral or faculty-level experience are encouraged to apply. The Department maintains strong research groups in all principal fields of mathematics, and the Bloomington campus offers an exceptionally attractive environment, providing a rich variety of musical and cultural attractions. Interested applicants should send a letter of application, vita, and research and teaching statements, and should arrange to have four letters of recommendation, including one letter evaluating teaching experience, sent to: Search Committee, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, 831 East 3rd Street, Rawles Hall, Bloomington, IN 47405-7106. Indiana University is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. Preference will be given to applications received by December 1, 2003. 26 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

USA: Illinois

USA: Indiana USA: Louisiana FACULTY POSITION(S) IN STATISTICS Statistics Position at Tulane University INDIANA, WEST LAFAYETTE: Fall 2004 Department of Statistics, Purdue University The Department of Mathematics of Tulane University has available The Department of Statistics at Purdue University has one or more pending budgetary approval, a visiting or possibly tenure track openings for faculty positions. Screening will begin December 1, position in statistics for Fall 2004. We seek candidates with strong 2003, and continue until the position(s) is (are) filled. research records and excellent teaching credentials. The successful Essential Duties: Conduct advanced research in statistical sci- candidates will be expected to carry out duties that include teaching ences, teach undergraduate and graduate students and maintain at the undergraduate and graduate levels, conducting research and service in the Statistics Department. helping with departmental service including mentoring activities Essential Qualifications: Require Ph.D. in Statistics or related associated with the department’s VIGRE grant. field, in hand or expected by August 16, 2004. Candidates must Applications should include an AMS Application Cover Sheet, demonstrate potential excellence in research and teaching. Salary a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation, one of and benefits are competitive and commensurate with qualifications. which should address the candidate’s teaching. Statements about Rank and salary are open. research and about teaching interests also should be included. Candidate for assistant professor should send a letter of appli- Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. cation, curriculum vita and three letters of reference. For senior Applications should be sent to: positions, send a letter of application or nominations, curriculum Hiring Committee vita, and the names of three references. Purdue University is an Department of Mathematics AA/EA/EO employer and educator. Tulane University Send applications to: Mary Ellen Bock, Head, Department New Orleans, LA 70118 of Statistics, Purdue University, 150 N. University Street, West Tulane University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Lafayette, IN 47907-2067, USA. Employer that is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. We therefore encourage applications from underrepresented groups. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 27

USA: Massachusetts USA: Massachusetts Harvard University, Department of Statistics: Williams College, Williamstown: Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Th e Williams College Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for one One or more positions for Assistant tenure track position in statistics, beginning fall 2004, at the rank of assistant professor Professor for 9/2004. PhD in Statistics or (in an exceptional case, a more advanced appointment may be considered). We are seeking related fi eld, demonstrated research and a highly qualifi ed candidate who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and research, and teaching strength required. who will have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment. Responsibilities: Graduate and under- Williams College is a private, residential, highly selective liberal arts college with an graduate teaching, active participation in undergraduate enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. Th e teaching load is two courses individual and interdisciplinary research per 12-week semester and a winter term course every other January. In addition to excellence projects. Initial appointment up to 5 years. in teaching, an active and successful research program is expected. Cover letter, CV, 3 references addressing To apply, please send a vita and have three letters of recommendation on teaching and teaching and research to Prof. Donald research sent to the Hiring Committee, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Williams Rubin, Statistics Dept, Harvard University, College, Williamstown, MA 01267. Teaching and research statements are also welcome. Science Center, Cambridge, MA 02138- Evaluations of applications will begin on or after November 24 and will continue until 2901. Applications received by Jan. 15, 2004 the position is fi lled. Williams College is dedicated to providing a welcoming intellectual guaranteed consideration. Applications environment for all of its faculty, staff and students; as an EEO/AA employer, Williams from women and minorities especially wel- especially encourages applications from women and minorities. For more information on the comed. Harvard University is an AA/EOE Department of Mathematics and Statistics, visit http://www.williams.edu/Mathematics. employer.

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USA: New York USA: New York Cornell University Columbia University If you have a job Ithaca, New York Department of Statistics invites applications Two faculty positions are open in the for a senior position beginning Fall, 2004, to advertise, you Department of Biological Statistics and a junior position beginning Fall, 2005, need to send in your and Computational Biology at Cornell or possibly earlier. All areas of statistics will University in the areas of statistical method- be considered. advert by March 1, ology and statistical genomics. Evidence of excellent research and teach- Please send a current CV, list of publica- ing with interest in statistical applications 2004 for the March/ tions, statement of research interests, and required. Send covering letter, C.V. and arrange for three letters of recommendation three reference letters to: April issue. to be sent to Search Committee, Professor Martin Wells, c/o Shaw-Hwa Lo, Chair, Send the ad to Elyse Cornell University, Department of Statistics, Gustafson: see the 434 Warren Hall, Columbia University, Ithaca, NY 14853. New York, NY 10027. “Information for EOE: Women and minority candidates All applications will be considered until especially encouraged to apply. Cornell the positions are filled. Advertisers” panel University is an AA/EOE. Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. inside the back cover.

USA: Pennsylvania USA: New Jersey Carnegie Mellon University Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies Applications are invited for tenure-track, lecturer, and visiting posi- Murray Hill tions, including NSF-VIGRE supported three-year visiting assistant New Jersey professorships with reduced teaching load. Statistics Research at Bell Labs invites applications for regular and Carnegie Mellon offers a supportive faculty environment, post-doc positions. We provide a rich environment in which to emphasizing a combination of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary make far-reaching contributions to statistics. research and teaching. All areas of statistics are welcome, and joint Examples of our research include: interdisciplinary collabora- appointments with other units in the Pittsburgh area are possible. tions to characterize wireless networks and to improve products and We especially encourage women and minorities to apply. manufacturing processes; novel models for Internet voice and data Details at http://www.stat.cmu.edu (email [email protected]. traffic and for dynamics in social networks; statistical computing for edu). Application screening begins immediately and continues until massive data streams, and languages for distributed data analysis. positions closed. Send CV, research papers, relevant transcripts and We invite applications from both new and experienced PhD’s. three letters of recommendation to: For additional information and instructions on how to apply visit Chair, Faculty Search Committee, http://stat.bell-labs.com Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. AA/EOE. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 29

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Annual Report of the IMS Treasurer

INTRODUCTION Societal Office terms and have served the IMS with great This report details membership and sub- Elyse Gustafson is in her seventh year as dedication. scription data for calendar year end 2003. our Executive Director. She continues to In addition, it reviews the FY2003 (July 1, handle all societal issues from her office in Web: In January 2003 the IMS web 2002 – June 30, 2003) financial statements. Cleveland, Ohio. Elyse will provide a full page was moved to FASEB. This allows us I am proud to announce, for the fourth report on activities from her office in the greater ability to add secure processes and year in a row the IMS experienced another March/April 2004 IMS Bulletin. Please be expand our systems. Under the watchful increase in total membership. We have sure to read it. eye of Hemant Ishwaran, the IMS web page many members taking advantage of the new experienced a transformation during the last membership options that have been intro- Publications and Web year. Recently added web pages features and duced over the last three years. For 2004, Journals: IMS journals continue to services include: daily Web Bulletin, mem- we have expanded student membership. be at the core of our mission. The Annals bership renewal and applications, election Now students will receive free membership continue to be top tier in the field. The ballot submission, directory of members, plus one free print journal. Council has looked at several issues con- book order forms, and many informational The IMS Executive Committee and cerning paper lag time and there are plans pages. The development will continue as we Council decided to put more funds back in to address concerns. The IMS Publications add more features and services in 2004. The to our members. Several programs reflect Committee is in the process of analyzing IMS web address is www.imstat.org this new philosophy including mini-meet- the feasibility of opening the access to the ings, student and new graduate membership public for all IMS journals. Electronic Access: All IMS members and gratis electronic access to all journals receive electronic access to all IMS journals for all members. In 2003, we began offer- Editors: Welcome to Morris Eaton and (1996 to date) through Project Euclid. In ing a renewal discount to members who Jianqing Fan, Editors, Annals of Statistics; addition, members whose organizations do renewed on time (by December 31 of the and Richard Vitale, Editor IMS Lecture not subscribe to JSTOR can receive individ- previous year). Fifty percent of the members Notes-Monograph Series. Special thanks ual access to all IMS journals (1930-1999) took advantage of it for 2003 dues and we to John Marden, Jon Wellner and Joel via JSTOR. IMS expanded electronic offer- expect 60% to do so for 2004 membership Greenhouse who have completed their renewal. Below: Discussions at the New Members’ Reception at JSM The financial status of the Institute continues to be strong and stable. Details of the events of the past year, membership and subscription data, sales data and a detailed analysis of the financial statement for FY 2003 are given below.

Dues and Subscriptions Office We recently renewed our agreement with the Federation for Societies in Experimental Biology (FASEB) to continue handling all dues and subscription processing. The IMS relationship with FASEB has been in place since 2000. We have found increased effi- ciencies and economies of scale that allow us to invest more funds toward membership benefits rather than administration. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 31

ing in 2003 by opening IP addresses access The IMS continued its third year of Mini-meetings in 2003. During FY 2003, the IMS for institutional subscribers to IMS journals granted a total of $18,700 to eight meetings. In August 2003, the IMS provided its first on Project Euclid. For more information on Laha Grants to students and new graduates traveling to the IMS Annual Meeting. $8900 setting up your electronic access see: http:// in travel funds were provided to 18 recipients. www.imstat.org/publications/eaccess.htm The Richard Tweedie Memorial Fund was set up in FY 2003. We are still accepting donations. There are plans to use the funds for New Researchers. Watch for more informa- IMS Lecture Notes–Monograph Series: tion as the details are developed. Two volumes in this series were published during FY 2003. Volume 40, Science and MEMBERSHIP DATA Statistics: A Festschrift for Terry Speed, Total membership in the Institute as of December 31, 2003 was up 7.5% from December Darlene Goldstein, Editor; and Probability, 31, 2002. Individual membership is down less than 1%, but 64 of our previously individual Statistics and their Applications: Papers members became Life members in 2003, making the total between these two categories in Honor of Rabi Bhattacharya, Krishna actually increasing 2%. Table 1 (above right) presents the distribution of memberships by Athreya, Mukul Majumdar, Madan Puri category for the last several years. and Edward Waymire, Editors Breakdown of Member Categories. Among the general members for 2003, a total of 27 NSF-CBMS Regional Conference are Gift members (30 last year), 40 are joint members (42 last year), 234 are retired (239 Series: One volume in this series was last year) and 173 are reduced rates (157 last year) and the remaining 2,270 are regular published during FY 2003. Volume 7, members (2,282 last year). Generalized Linear Mixed Models by Charles McCulloch. Geographic Distribution of Members. Approximately 65% of our members are in the USA and Canada. This is a slight change in our geographical distribution from previous IMS Membership Categories. years when two-thirds of our members were in the USA and Canada. In 2002, IMS added a Life membership rate and in 2003 a Retired Life membership TABLE 1: Distribution of Memberships by Category: Calendar Year Data (Jan-Dec) rate. These rates were set at 12 times and 2000 2001 2002 2003 % change 8 times annual dues, respectively. In 2004, Individual 2777 2820 2750 2744 -0.87% Life 10 8 51 115 125.49% IMS has expanded its student membership New Graduate na 93 131 122 0.00% to include one free print journal in addition Student 478 395 496 707 42.54% to the free membership already provided. Organizational 96 94 98 102 4.08% Also, effective 2004, there is no longer a Total 3361 3410 3526 3790 7.48% requirement for members to select a print journal. Selection of Journals by Members. Although membership increased in 2003, subscrip- tions to most journals by members decreased. This decrease is expected as we offer free IMS Meetings and Awards. electronic access of all journals to members and members shift to electronic subscriptions. In August 2003, the IMS held its Annual Subscriptions to Statistical Science increased, we believe as members opt to receive this Meeting in San Francisco, California, USA. journal in print form and read the others electronically. Table 2 (on the next page) presents In every odd year we hold our annual meet- the print journal selections and electronic access account set up for members in 2003 and ing during the Joint Statistical Meetings the preceding three years. (JSM). The JSM had record attendance Revenue from all Institute member dues and journal subscriptions amounted to levels and IMS events were well received. $312,793 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, down from $332,016 in FY 2002. This A reception for students and new members is attributed to the general decrease in member subscriptions, discounts offered to on-time had 150 attendees [see photo, left]. The membership renewal and timing of renewals during the year. meeting also introduced the first Le Cam lecture presented by David Donoho. The Continued on page 32 Wald and Medallion lectures were well attended during the conference. 32 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1

TABLE 2: Distribution of Journal Selections by Members: Calendar Year NON-MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION DATA Data (Jan-Dec) Table 3 (below left) presents comparative PRINT 2000 2001 2002 2003 % change subscription data for non-members to AAP 911 902 865 844 -2.43% each of our scientific journals for 2003 AOP 918 952 918 910 -0.87% and the previous three years. All journal AOS 1904 1992 1949 1917 -1.64% STS 2661 2707 2778 2846 2.45% subscriptions increased in 2003. Revenue Total Print 6394 6553 6510 6517 0.11% from all non-member subscriptions was $626,278 for the fiscal year ending June 30, ELECTRONIC 2003, up from $605,644 for the FY 2002. AAP N/A N/A 363 715 96.97% Approximately 62% of the non-member AOP N/A N/A 411 693 68.61% subscribers to IMS journals are in North AOS N/A N/A 482 943 95.64% STS N/A N/A 295 877 197.29% America, with the remaining subscribers Total Electronic N/A N/A 1551 3228 108.12% distributed throughout the world. SALES DATA There was one new volume in the NSF- TABLE 3: Distribution of Journal Selections by Non-Member Subscribers: Cal Year Data (Jan-Dec) CBMS Regional Conference Series in PRINT 2000 2001 2002 2003 % change Probability and Statistics in FY 2003. In FY AAP 779 680 672 716 6.55% 2003, total revenue from this Series was AOP 1121 983 984 1034 5.08% $6,905, down slightly from $7,122 in FY AOS 1454 1305 1300 1342 3.23% STS 1258 1068 1021 1064 4.21% 2002. Table 4 (below right) shows summary BULL 320 259 257 229 -10.89% data on sales from the NSF-CBMS Regional Total Print 4932 4295 4234 4385 3.57% Conference Series. Sales on the Genetic Data volume continue to be strong. Two new ELECTRONIC AAP N/A N/A N/A 363 N/A volumes in the Lecture Notes–Monograph AOP N/A N/A N/A 520 N/A Series were published in FY 2003. Table 4, AOS N/A N/A N/A 593 N/A last row, presents sales data for Volumes STS N/A N/A N/A 459 N/A 1-41 of this Series. Total revenue from the Total Electronic N/A N/A N/A 1935 N/A Series decreased to $28,012 in FY 2003 from $34,333 in FY 2002.

TABLE 4: Sales from the NSF-CBMS Regional Conference Series, and LNMS, FY Data (July 1-June 30) FINANCIAL Vol & Short Title Published to 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 TOTAL 1: Group Invariance 1989 845 9 11 11 7 883 2: Empirical Pro 1990 1,003 30 34 41 32 1,140 OVERVIEW 3: Stochastic Curve 1991 608 12 8 19 10 657 4: Higher Order 1994 402 10 17 15 24 468 This is a detailed analysis of the Financial 5: Mixture Models 1995 644 69 108 40 53 914 Statement for FY 2003, which is presented 6: Genetic Data 2000 0 0 306 194 136 636 in this issue of the IMS Bulletin, following 7: Linear Mixed Models 2003 0 0 0 0 45 45 this Treasurer’s Report. Comparisons are NSF-CBMS Total Sales 3,502 130 484 320 307 4,743 always with FY 2002. The overall picture LNMS Total Sales (41 Vols) 21,095 869 679 832 910 24,385 of the financial status of the Institute is strong and stable. Per the auditor’s report, in FY 2003 we experienced an increase in unrestricted net assets of $387. Although this seems slight, it was intended. The IMS has strong reserves and it has been the goal of the Council to pour revenues back into membership. This was done on such programs as mini-meet- ings, free electronic access, web page development and more. The Statement of Activities shows a decrease in total revenue and an increase in total expenses compared with FY 2002. Total revenues are higher than expenses showing a net gain. January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 33

Revenue income is down in FY 2003 as the lower with the industry. Storage fees are up as we Membership dues and subscription interest rates across the world affect our currently have more journals in storage. We revenues were adjusted, as in the past to investments. expect to thin out these over the next year prorate calendar-year revenues to fit with by donating journals [See “Journals Offer” on the Institute’s fiscal year reporting. Revenues Expenses page 8]. Printing, supplies, maintenance and from membership dues and subscriptions The IMS makes a distinction between telephone remained stable. Office expense are down from FY 2002; this is due to Program and General Administrative includes bank fees and other miscellaneous a decrease in member subscriptions and expenses in its audited reports. This is expenses. Membership drives and publicity discounts provided to members for timely appropriate reporting for a non-profit is up as we work to expand this area. renewals. Revenues from non-member organization and gives members a better subscribers are up due to a increases in idea of how much is being spent on actual Discussion of Note G. Production institutional subscribers. The contribution programming (journals, meetings, etc) ver- expenses for all journals were stable due to listed in FY 2002 represents donations sus what is spent purely on administration only slight changes in subscription levels made to the Tweedie Memorial Fund. Sales of the Institute. I am happy to report that during FY2003. LNMS expense is up due of back issues are down slightly from FY 94.4% of your dues dollars goes directly to reprints of several volumes in the series 2002, we expect these to continue to go into the program functions of the IMS. in order to keep them always available. down with the availability of JSTOR. Page Editorial expenses for The Annals of Applied charges are down, due to the voluntary Discussion of Note F. Here you will see Probability are generally stable. The Annals nature of the contributions, the levels the allocation for expenses for Program and of Statistics, Statistical Science and The received tend to fluctuate. Revenue from General Administrative. Production and Annals of Probability are down slightly due sales of Lecture-Notes Monograph Series was Editorial expenses will be discussed below to variations in billing timeliness for the down as only two volumes were released in the “Discussion of Note G.” editorships. These editors are within their in the fiscal year, as opposed to three in The management fee shows the expenses budgets for the length of their term. The FY2002. Revenue from sales of NSF-CBMS paid to FASEB for their dues, subscriptions IMS Bulletin editor is up as the expenses Series were slightly down as sales from and web services. This is up from FY 2002 for the redesign were incurred in FY2002. volume six leveled off and volume 7 just as we began using their secure web servers Managing and production editorial began to sell. Meeting income increased for hosting our web pages and used their expenses are up as our production editor as we handled all funds for the IMS 2002 expertise for web development. Salaries are moved to a university location and we Annual Meeting which occurred in this up in FY 2003 reflecting wage increases and began incurring expenses for office space. FY. The meeting itself broke even (see also the use of a full staff at the Annual Meeting. The Web editor expense is up as a profes- expenses). Advertising revenues were up Mailing and shipping at the press is up sional webmaster was hired in FY2003. due to increased advertisements and higher from FY 2002, as postage rates increased. rates. Offprints, royalty and other remained Meeting expenses are up from IMS han- Recommendation. steady. Net earnings of joint publication dling all expenses at the Annual Meeting This year we recommended an institu- ventures shows a deficit in FY 2003 as both and as funds provided for mini-meeting and tional subscription rate increase of 10% for publications (Current Index to Statistics and travel grants increased. Rent and utilities 2004. Dues and journal rates for members the Journal of Computational and Graphical are stable. Contributions to other societies remain the same for 2004. Members were Statistics) are experiencing issues; we know are down as a bill for one item did not given a 20% discount off dues if they both management committees are working arrive as expected. Postage was up from FY renewed by December 31. The 2003-2004 to address the issues facing the publica- 2002, as postage rates increased. Computer Council approved these recommendations tions. The unrealized loss on investments equipment and software was down as no at the Annual Meeting in August 2003 in is merely a line item, which shows prepaid new equipment was needed. Professional San Francisco, California, USA. interest and is not an actual loss or gain on fees were up slightly in FY 2003 as it is Julia Norton, IMS Treasurer investments. That amount should be totaled necessary to perform an audit in two loca- January 2004 with the Investment Income line item to tions (societal and dues offices); this will get a complete understanding of our gain continue on an annual basis. Insurance fees on investments in FY 2003. Investment experienced an increase that is appropriate 34 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1 January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 35 36 . IMS Bulletin Volume 33 . Issue 1 January/February . 2004 IMS Bulletin . 37 International Calendar of Statistical Events

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