IMS Bulletin 31(3)

Volume 31 Issue 3 IMS Bulletin

May/June 2002 Putting the ‘Me’ in Meetings Susan Murphy, IMS Program Secretary, In every leap year the IMS Annual writes about how Meeting is held jointly with the CONTENTS you can contribute to Bernoulli Society, usually outside of the 1 Getting Involved in the organization of North American continent. Planning IMS Meetings our meetings: begins at least two years before the The planning of the meeting. In all of these meetings, our 2 IMS contacts; Articles: Members’ scientific program partner societies take the lead in site News; Free Access to for IMS meetings selection. However in every leap year IMS Journals; Abstract usually begins with plus two (2002, 2006…) we set the News; Fulbright Grants the selection of an IMS program chair. location and time of the IMS Annual 4 Letters to the Editor Once IMS Council approves a program Meeting ourselves. This year’s annual chair, he or she begins to solicit ideas meeting will be in Banff, Canada, 7 Articles: Conference for invited sessions and names of and will coincide with the Fourth Report; MARMAP; Math- potential organizers. This is the time to International Probability Symposium. It Net; Berkeley-Stanford Celebration make suggestions about invited session will include two invited sessions by the topics to the program chair. Statistical Society of Canada, and also 9 Profile: Eurandom The IMS Eastern Regional Meeting a Royal Statistical Society Ordinary 10 IMS Meetings (ENAR) is held jointly with Biometrics Meeting. Leo Breiman will give the Society in late March of each year, with Wald Lectures, and Wing Wong the 14 Obituaries: the planning beginning in January of Neyman Lecture. We will soon begin Shanti S Gupta, Maurice S Bartlett, Justus F the previous year. The IMS Western to consider potential sites for the 2006 Seeley, Silvi Liberman & Regional Meeting (WNAR) is also held annual meeting. Suggestions are most Harry O Posten jointly with the Biometrics Society, in welcome. late June. We usually start planning this IMS would like to sponsor at least 18 News, Announcements and meetings around meeting a year ahead. one meeting outside of the North the world Each August, IMS meets with the American continent every year. Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). In Plans are currently under way for a 20 Employment odd numbered years this is the IMS joint meeting in 2003 with ISBA Opportunities Annual Meeting. Usually about in Puerto Rico. Now is the time to 24 International Calendar 18 months before the JSM, we can suggest session ideas! We also have of Statistical Events entertain proposals for the very popular tentative plans for a joint meeting 27 Information for introductory overview lectures and for with RSS in 2005. If you have ideas Advertisers round-table luncheons. [Suggestions for joint meetings outside of the are most welcome: contact the program North American continent (and most chair or Susan [email protected]]. importantly, names of willing and able We sponsor the North American local organizers) please email me at Meeting of New Researchers, held in [email protected] odd years, usually in the proximity of Program chair contact details the corresponding JSM. Planning for are at www.imstat.org/meetings/ the JSM begins about two years ahead. imsmeet.phtml. IMS Bulletin 2 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 Volume 31, Issue 3 May/June 2002 News from IMS members ISSN 0146-3942 Guy Nason has been promoted to Full Professor of Statistics at the University of Contact Bristol, UK. Takis Papaioannou, Professor of Statistics of the University of Piraeus, greece, has been Information elected President of the Greek Statistical Institute for the period 2002-2004. To contact the IMS Bulletin: Calyampudi R. Rao has received an honorary doctor of science degree from the Bulletin Editor Bernard Silverman University of Wollongong in Australia. He has also been awarded the highest honor Assistant Editor Tati Howell bestowed by the University Visva-Bharati in India. The “Desikottama” award, whose Submissions in MS Word or plain translation in English is “Ideal Person of the Country” was given to Rao in recognition text, please. of his “enormous contribution in the field of statistics and its applications” by the Send by email: [email protected] prime minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. or mail disk to: IMS Bulletin PO Box 1986 Bristol BS99 1TL UK New: Free Electronic Access

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Refereeing debate: Editors of Annals of Statistics respond to Wasserman’s letter in previous Bulletin Dear Editor: our replies below have been influenced commitment to electronic operation. Larry Wasserman’s suggestions seem of by responses to Larry’s letter by members two types: Those that change procedures, of the board of Associate Editors: Rainer 4 We would be willing to encourage and those that change the character of Dahlhaus, Holger Dette, John Einmahl, shorter papers to some extent, but feel the journal. We are strongly in favor of Vladimir Koltchinskii, Enno Mammen, that a radical shift in this direction making changes that speed the reviewing Adam Martinsek, Xiao-Li Meng, Nancy would change the character of the process, but believe we must tread Reid, Christian Robert, Mark Schervish, Annals. There also needs to be an carefully when changing the nature of and Aad van der Vaart. outlet for longer theoretical papers, the Annals of Statistics. Among the and the Annals has been doing (an leading statistics journals, it is one of the 1 The initial review times suggested by admirable, we feel) job of filling that most receptive to long, dense papers with Larry strike us as far too short. We are niche. substantial mathematical content. We afraid that with only two weeks, few believe such papers serve an important referees will be willing, and a great 6 We agree with Larry that there is purpose in the statistics profession, and deal of time will be spent trying to find no excuse for nastiness on the part the Annals should continue to be a referees. It might well be reasonable to of referees. Novelty and importance major outlet for them. Thus demanding move toward expecting referee reports clearly remain primary considerations, too-quick refereeing, short papers, and within 4-8 weeks, and with a report but someone should be checking the no revisions goes too far in changing the to the author within 3 months. The details. We believe that this can be Annals. length of the refereeing process will done without obsessing over them. That said, modifications of procedures inevitably depend on the length and in the spirit of what Larry has suggested complexity of the paper. 7 Larry suggested that there should be no are deserving of discussion and revisions, and that the decision should implementation when feasible. Some of 3 We are moving toward more electronic only be ‘accept’ or ‘reject’. We disagree submissions and referee reports: we with this proposal. We feel that careful began electronic submissions on 1 refereeing and revision of manuscripts January 2001, and 124 (45%) of often leads to significant improvement IMS COUNCIL MEMBERS our 274 submissions in 2001 were in the published paper. Sometimes for 2002 electronic. In the first three months papers that would not otherwise be Peter Bickel, Peter Donnelly, of 2002, 58 (74%) of the 78 new published do improve to the point of submissions were electronic. We being accepted for publication as a Wayne Fuller, Evarist Giné, could require electronic submissions, result of the review process. The policy Rob Kass, Wilfrid Kendall, but would wish to make allowances suggested by Larry could conceivably Thomas Liggett, Regina Liu, for authors (e.g., those in developing have the effect of encouraging authors nations) who are unable to submit to put more effort into polishing and Peter McCullagh, John Rice, electronically. In such cases the editors revising their manuscripts before Bill Strawderman, Jessica could scan the paper into pdf files so submission, but it could also end up Utts, Wing Wong, Michael that the review process is all electronic. penalizing young researchers and faculty Woodroofe, Bin Yu It seems likely that membership in members and also those for whom future editorial boards will require a English is a second language. 4 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 5

serious discussion (and vote) by the IMS PRLv87i24.html] 8 We strongly disagree with Larry’s Council. [Perhaps Larry would be an ideal suggestion to create a “Hall of Shame” first editor for such a new journal if the Electronic Journals: for slow or otherwise poor referees. IMS decides to create it!] Larry advocates “completely free This seems to us to be unworkable. We electronic journals”. The Annals is being would prefer to reward referees who Preprint servers and electronic preprint published online via Project Euclid report promptly and write thorough archives: (Note that these are not the [see article on page 2 – Ed] with access and/or insightful reviews. Rather same as “electronic journals”). currently being granted to individual than slow referees feeling the stick of We feel that this is where the members. (See the links at http: purgatory, referees who return their whole statistics profession has really //www.stat.washington.edu/annstat/ reviews in time get a carrot, e.g., $10- been left in the dust of the physicists, and http://www.imstat.org/ublicatons/ 15 off an IMS publication, or perhaps mathematicians, and computer scientists. journals/access.phtml) a voucher for an IMS publication. What one notices when one visits We would encourage the IMS Council (Not that we know where the money the first site Larry mentions, http:// to extend this access to Institutional would come from.) It might be just a xxx.lanl.gov/ (which is a mirror for http: Members. (We would not yet recommend token amount, but would at least show //arxiv.org with a nice front end at http:/ that the Annals be “completely free”.) appreciation. /front.math.ucdavis.edu/), is the (almost) We would advocate that statisticians complete absence of statistics. The should actively support and help maintain The following are comments and headings are “Physics”, “Mathematics”, electronic preprint archives such as those suggestions on some of the related issues “Nonlinear Sciences”, and “Computer mentioned by Larry. which are either explicit or implicit in Science”. Under Physics, there is a The probability community within the Larry’s letter. subheading for “Data Analysis, Statistics, IMS is already actively doing this, as well and Probability”. Under Mathematics, as publishing electronic journals, e.g. Comparison with physics: there is a subheading for “Probability “The Electronic Journal of Probability”, We feel that Larry’s comparisons with Theory”; and under Computer Science, http://www.math.washington.edu/ physics are misleading. Although referee there are subheadings for “Pattern ~ejpecp/ and “Electronic times for the publications emphasizing Recognition” and “Learning”. Communications in Probability” http: short publications may be short, review But it would seem that there should //www.math.washington.edu/~ejpecp/. times for the mainline journals in be a Major Heading at the level of The statistics side of the IMS community Astronomy are as long as those for the Mathematics, Physics, and Computer could easily get on board as well. Annals according to one of our Associate Science for “Statistics”, with a large Yours sincerely Editors with experience in this area. range of sub-areas (e.g. following roughly Jon A Wellner & John Marden the AMS 2000 Mathematics Subject Co-Editors Creation of a different type of journal: Classification + pattern recognition and The Annals of Statistics It seems to us that Larry is really machine learning). We are not sure what proposing a different type of journal in the politics or technicalities of creating statistics: the new journal – perhaps a this would be, but it seems that perhaps There are more letters on this totally electronic journal – would focus the statistics community has not pushed subject on the next page... on short communications, would be for such a pre-print server listing or If you want to take part in published very rapidly, and perhaps try inclusion. It would seem that statisticians this debate, we encour- to cross boundaries within statistics, would gain enormously by participating and between statistics and other fields. actively in supporting and posting to such age you to write a letter for The length of papers submitted would a centralized pre-print server. [Concerning a future issue, especially encourage short referee/review times. the second URL Larry recommended, if your view hasn’t been This might be a reasonable idea, but we would recommend also reading the we do not believe that the Annals “PRL Editorial on Standards and Growth” expressed. should be changed in this way without at http://prl.aps.org/edannounce/ 6 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 7

Dear Editor, direction – if his associate editors can find what cannot. We would rather people re- It seems to me that Larry’s proposals competent and willing referees. In my submit the paper than I request them to go are not that radical, but a little bit too experience Larry’s point, “If three weeks away and make major changes.” simplistic with regard to causes and pass, a new referee is found” unfortunately If a request is done politely, I try remedies. I do not know the current should read: “If x weeks pass, the AE to accommodate. If sanctions were situation, but in the past, delays were referees himself.” threatened (along Larry’s points 1 and primarily due to publication backlog, and Incidentally, just a few weeks ago, I got 8), I would bristle and rather publish only secondarily to the refereeing process a request by email much along the lines elsewhere. (apart from occasional mishaps, where the suggested by Larry (in a polite fashion, Sincerely, editor had not been insistent enough, or and without a hard time limit, from a new Peter J. Huber simply had slept). The physicists provide online journal in the humanities; they PS. Another suggestion. I am retired separate journals for quick short notes and needed an outside referee for a particular now and must economize shelf space. longer papers; “Annals” typically cater for paper), and then was emailed the Reprints (plural) are a nuisance. Rather the latter. The Watson and Crick paper paper with the instructions: “We would than sending out reprints, I am trying was an exciting speculation that turned appreciate a verdict along the lines of either: to work with pdf files (using the latest out to be correct (do you remember an • Accept as is electronic version of the paper I can lay exciting speculation in statistics?). • Accept with minor changes hands on; JCGS obliged by sending me Apart from that, it seems to me that • Reject a final versions with the correct page an editor has enough liberty to steer Please do make comments, and indicate numbers). Maybe IMS should offer pdf as the refereeing process into a desirable to me what can be passed to the author and an explicit alternative to reprints.

Dear Editor: My wish-list for the refereeing process that is acceptable (or close to that) a I would like to second the motion by of the Annals is similar to Larry’s; I referee should not suggest the exclusion Larry Wasserman for a radical overhaul mention below some differences/additions of a particular result solely in the interest of the refereeing process. After some only: of “saving space” as this might also hide personal encounters with the “slow and 1. Referees should be given two months a competing interest; how to shorten a hostile refereeing process” in the late to respond – two weeks is too little time. paper should be left to its author. 90s, I realize that I have not submitted Referees should be black-listed if they are 4. A yearly prize (or at least an honorable anything to the Annals of Statistics for at uncooperative and/or uncourteous. mention) for the best referees (‘best’ being least 4-5 years in fear that my submission 2. Referees indeed should focus on defined by timeliness and helpfulness will be maltreated. novelty and importance. There should be of the review) can be established; each We have a lot to learn from other three referees always; unless a referee finds Associate Editor may recommend a professions, and even other statistical some technical problems or makes a case favorite referee every year—this is also an societies, ASA being the prime example. that the results are not new, decisions idea borrowed from the IEEE engineering For instance, the ASA guidelines to on importance should be based on a community. referees—urging them to be courteous majority vote. Sometimes a claim of low 5. A double-blind refereeing process or and encouraging even when they reject importance hides a competing interest in at least the Associate Editor being not a paper—do make a difference, and so the area by the referee; hopefully this is anonymous should be considered. does the double-blind refereeing process. rare but it exists. With best wishes, Another example is given by many 3. A (single) revision may be requested Dimitris Politis engineering journals where the Associate but the referees should be urged to avoid Editor is not anonymous, giving the the standard fare of either asking for We also welcome your letters author the opportunity of a genuine (more) simulations or asking to shorten on other issues of interest to communication with somebody who is in the paper while at the same time adding his/her field. more results(!) In particular, for a paper IMS members! 6 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 7

Imaging, Classification & Clustering Meeting

In January 2002 the Department of sonar signals, and continuous speech; with Microarray Data Statistics of the University of Florida held microarray data analysis; brain imaging; A complete web record of its Fourth Annual Winter Workshop: and phylogenetic trees. the conference is available at an IMS Mini-Meeting on Imaging, There were fourteen invited talks www.stat.ufl.edu/symposium/2002/icc/ Classification, and Clustering. There were spanning the range of theoretical and web_records/record.html approximately sixty participants in this applied problems. A sampling of these: Thanks to support from the University’s one and a half day workshop. The balmy Terry Fine: A Tutorial on Large Margin College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Florida winter weather, the superb talks, Classifiers Graduate School, and the IMS, we were and the interested participants created Peter Hall: Nonparametric Estimation of able to invite 12 outside speakers, and an atmosphere of great intellectual Mixture Component Distributions partially support 17 graduate students to excitement. Ed George: Bayesian Treed Modeling attend the conference. Clustering and classification are Art Owen: Plaid Models and DNA Micro- We are currently planning the Fifth some of the most fundamental data arrays Annual Winter Workshop, on the topic analysis tools in use today. As the Chris Small: The Statistical Analysis of of Functional Data Analysis, to be held in amount of information recorded and Dynamic Curves and Sections Gainesville, Florida, January 10-11, 2003. stored electronically grows ever larger, Mark van der Laan: Statistical Inference George Casella it becomes increasingly useful, if not Department of Statistics, University of Florida essential, to develop better and more efficient ways to summarize and extract information from these large, multivariate data sets. The field of clustering and classification does just that – it investigates sets of “objects” to see if they can be summarized into a small number of classes comprising similar objects. Applications of these techniques can be found in such diverse areas as classification of handwritten characters and satellite photographs; processing and recognition of radar and MARMAP System Partnership G P Patil from Pennsylvania State accuracy assessment, critical area at Landscape Scale: Towards the U writes: Geospatial data form the detection and delineation, disease Next Generation of Quantitative foundation of an information-based mapping and geographic surveillance, Assessments. Invited Paper for society. A primary purpose of MARMAP prioritization and ranking without Ecosystem Health. International System Partnership is to develop having to integrate multiple indicators, Society for Ecosystem Health. sound methodology and appropriate and more. Listed below are some recent • MARMAP System Partnership software for the quantitative analysis publications together with some relevant Collaboration with UNEP on and interpretation of multi-categorical exciting events. Human Environment Index based on maps and cellular surfaces (inferential • Multi-scale Advanced Raster Map Countrywide Land, Air, and Water geospatial informatics) involving Analysis System: Definition, Design, Indicators. landscape pattern analysis, multi-scale and Development. Please share this material with your land cover land use change detection, • Ecosystem Health and its Measurement interested friends and colleagues. 8 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 9

Math-Net Page Launched for Mathematics Institutions Worldwide

The International Mathematical Union home page, mathematicians, scientists, this type are Mpress (www.mathnet. (IMU) has just released Math-Net, a students, and the news media can easily preprints.org), collecting information worldwide electronic information and find relevant data, such as staff, student about mathematical preprints, and communication system for mathematics: programs, colloquia, seminars, and Persona Mathematica, a search engine for www.math-net.org. publications. mathematical researchers (www.mi.uni- Why is Math-Net needed? Almost The Math-Net Page is an enhanced koeln.de/math-net/persona_ every mathematics department or version of a web page that originated mathematica). research institute offers information Math-Net aims at paving the way online, but the content, structure, and towards open and free exchange of infor- presentation of these pages vary widely, mation within and for the international making it difficult for users to navigate mathematics community. In May 2000, and find information. Math-Net has been the IMU adopted the Math-Net Charter, developed as an alternative, effective (www.math-net.org/charter). The IMU’s way for academic departments and Committee on Electronic Information research institutes to present structured and Communication (CEIC) has issued basic information about themselves and a recommendation that universities and their programs consistently. Math-Net in a project in Germany, targeted at institutes worldwide install the Math-Net has been designed to facilitate access to establishing a nationwide information and Page. high quality mathematical information communication system for mathematics For more information, contact Martin worldwide, both by human users and departments. A tool for creating Math- Grötschel, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum, search engines. Net pages, as well as assistance, is Takustr. 7, D-14195 Berlin, Germany, A special feature of Math-Net is the available at no charge at www.math- e [email protected]. Math-Net Page, a web gate for math- net.org/Math-Net_Page_Help.html. The International Mathematical ematics departments and institutes that Mathematics departments around the Union (IMU) is an international presents information in a standardized, world are currently beginning to set up non-governmental and non-profit well-structured, and easy to use format. Math-Net Pages. making scientific organization, with The Math-Net Page is an additional The Math-Net Pages are collected the purpose of promoting interna- entry point to institutional information, by the Math-Net service ‘Navigator’ tional cooperation in mathematics. immediately accessible from the (www.math-net.org/navigator), which It is a member of the International department’s home page, and not meant gathers the local information and makes Council for Science (ICSU). to replace it. Using this secondary it globally available. Other services of A Berkeley-Stanford Statistics Celebration The Berkeley-Stanford joint Colloquia have been in existence for over 50 years. This year we wish to hold an anniversary gathering, and in particular, to honor the Emeriti in the Statistics Departments at both universities: Berkeley: David Blackwell, Leo Breiman, Albert Bowker, Jacob Feldman, Paul Holland, Erich Lehmann, Juliet Shaffer, Aram Thomasian Stanford: Theodore Anderson, Kenneth Arrow, Byron Brown, Vernon Johns, Samuel Karlin, Lincoln Moses, Herbert Solomon, Charles Stein, Patrick Suppes There will be brief histories of each Emeritus plus the Rupert Miller Lecture by Anastasios Tsiatis, and several other talks. We hope that you can join us on Saturday, June 22, at Sequoia Hall, Stanford University, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm for this celebration. Please let us know if you can attend: email [email protected] 8 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 9 PROFILE: Eurandom, a European Research Institute for Scholars, Eindhoven

Frank den Hollander writes: Stochastics as a research area is developing so fast that there is an increasing need for international cooperation and bundling of research resources. EURANDOM aims to provide a stimulating environment to enhance such collaboration within Europe. EURANDOM offers attractive scientific surroundings to conduct research on random phenomena. Since its start, in August 1998, some 50 postdocs and graduate students have worked at • complex statistical models EURANDOM is located on the campus EURANDOM. Most of them have found • industrial statistics of Eindhoven University of Technology tenured academic positions after they • computational molecular biology. in a spacious building full of light, glass left the institute. At any time, about Each programme focuses on a number and colours. Postdocs get together on a 25 junior researchers are working at of specific sub-themes, hosts on average daily basis, run a weekly postdoc seminar, EURANDOM. Each year, on average, 10 four to six postdocs and graduate students, and participate in the busy schedule of workshops are organised and 30 visitors is supervised by two senior coordinators, seminars and mini-courses the institute come to EURANDOM, some for periods and is guided by an international steering offers. Social events are organised at of up to two months. committee. regular intervals, ranging from hiking At EURANDOM, six research Through the choice of themes, special on bike (with or without umbrella!), programmes are running simultaneously, attention is given to the interfaces admiring tulip exhibitions to trying out all central to stochastics: of stochastics with physics, biology, Dutch cheeses ... • interacting stochastic systems economics, telecommunication, and Postdocs and long-term visitors have • stochastic networks industry. For more detailed information, an office with computer facilities and are • financial stochastics see our website: www.eurandom.tue.nl assisted at various levels, such as finding accommodation and arranging a visa and Frank den Hollander has held professor- work permit. There is a small library, ships at the universities of Delft (1985-1991), carrying most international stochastics Utrecht (1991-1994) and Nijmegen (1994- journals. Extensive library facilities are 2000). He is currently the chair of probability available from the university, much of it at Eindhoven University of Technology. In on-line. the period 1996-2000 he was chairman of the In October 2000, I took over from Dutch Association of Mathematical Physics. Willem van Zwet as scientific director He serves on the advisory boards for math- of EURANDOM. Helping to shape ematics of the Dutch National Science foun- the institute has been a challenge and dation (NWO) and the Dutch Royal Academy a pleasure indeed. Meeting so many of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). His research enthusiastic colleagues, both junior and focuses on probability, mathematical statisti- senior, and working with them has been cal physics and ergodic theory. He took up an even greater pleasure. the directorship of EURANDOM in 2000. I look forward to welcoming you to EURANDOM. 10 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 11

IMS Meetings around the world

JSM2002 are only a few such slots, and there is Breaking Session will not count toward high demand for them. Moreover, if an the limits on participation established for August 11-15, New York appropriate topic does not arise, the the JSM. Late Breaking Sessions at the Joint Program Chair can end up not using a Proposals for Late-Breaking Sessions Statistical Meetings: Announcement slot. To remedy this difficulty, the partner for JSM2002 should be submitted to and Call for Proposals societies (see box below) have approved Nathaniel Schenker between March Nathaniel Schenker the creation of up to two special invited 15, 2002 and May 10, 2002. These (National Center session slots, on an as-needed basis, for dates were selected to avoid overlap for Health Statistics, Late-Breaking Sessions at the JSM. These with the planning of the rest of the and JSM2002 sessions are in addition to the standard program and to allow for selection of Program Chair) invited sessions specified in the JSM Late-Breaking Sessions and submission writes: contract. Competition for Late-Breaking of complete information on them before Because of the size Session slots will be open to any member the JSM program is printed. To facilitate and complexity or organization of a partner society. quick transmission of proposals for of the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), A Late-Breaking Session is defined as a judging and printing in the program, sessions for the JSM are typically planned session that covers one or more technical, please submit proposals via email to well in advance. For example, the scientific, or policy-related topics that [email protected]. planning of invited sessions for JSM2002 have arisen in the one-year period A proposal for a Late-Breaking Session began in March 2001, and the topics prior to the JSM in which the session is should contain the following information: for practically all of these sessions were intended to appear. Late-Breaking Session a. Session title. determined by August 2001. While such slots should not be used for memorial b. Description of session, including advanced planning ensures a smoothly sessions. Moreover, an invited or focus, content, timeliness, and appeal. running meeting, it can also result in the contributed session that is already in the c. Format of session (e.g. chair and four omission of important, newly emerging JSM program should not be submitted for panelists; or chair, three speakers, and topics from the invited portion of the consideration as a Late-Breaking Session. discussant). program. Selection of Late-Breaking Sessions from d. Session organizer, including One way for the JSM Program Chair among the competing proposals will be affiliation, address, phone, fax and email. to deal with this issue is to save one carried out by the JSM Program Chair, e. Session chair, including affiliation, or two of his/her discretionary invited subject to subsequent approval by the address, phone, fax and email. slots for the formation of sessions on ASA Committee on Meetings. Proposals f. List of invited speakers/panelists, newly emerging topics after the rest of will be judged based on statistical and including affiliation, address, phone, fax the invited sessions have already been scientific quality, novelty and recentness and email for each participant, and title planned. of material, potential audience appeal, (if applicable) for each presentation. However, this is awkward: there and completeness. Participation in a Late- g. Discussant (if any), including

JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association, The International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), IMS, and the Statistical Society of Canada. Attended by over 4000 people, activities of the meeting include oral presentations, panel sessions, poster presentations, continuing education courses, exhibit hall (with state-of-the-art statistical products and opportunities), a placement service, society and section business meetings, committee meetings, social activities, and network- ing opportunities. New York City is the host city for JSM 2002 and offers a wide range of possibilities for sharing time with friends and colleagues. For information, contact [email protected] or phone (703) 684-1221. 10 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 11

affiliation, phone, fax and email. sessions in the JSM. The 2001 ASA While I am sure that the idea behind Committee on Meetings, chaired by Bob Past IMS Bulletin Late-Breaking Sessions has been Mason, and Joint Meetings Advisory Editors around for a long time, I would like to Committee, chaired by Alicia Carriquiry, acknowledge several people who helped were very supportive of the idea of Late- Leo Katz (1972-74) to bring the idea to fruition for JSM2002. Breaking Sessions; and the Committee David Williamson (JSM 2000 Program on Meetings helped to develop the Dorian Feldman (1975-80) Chair), in his wrap-up article on JSM guidelines for their implementation, as 2000 in the November 2000 issue of did Elaine Powell, the ASA Meetings William C Guenther (1981-86) Amstat News, recommended the creation Manager. Finally, Miron Straf, the 2002 of such sessions as a priority for future ASA President, encouraged me to George P H Styan (1987-92) JSMs. Other past and future JSM Program include such sessions in JSM2002 and Chairs, including Sallie Keller-McNulty provided helpful suggestions. Susan R Wilson (1992-97) (1997), David Scott (1998), Alicia I hope that Late-Breaking Sessions are Carriquiry (1999), Dick DeVeaux (2001), a success in JSM2002 and subsequent Dipak K Dey (1998-2001) and John Eltinge (2003), provided JSMs, and I look forward to receiving valuable input on how to include such your proposals.

IMS/WNAR Regional meeting June 23-26, 2002 Los Angeles, California The IMS Western Regional Meeting and the WNAR Summer Meeting will be held at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, June 23-26, 2002. A workshop on molecular phylogeny will be held at the conference on June 23, 2002, and a Young Researchers’ Luncheon will provide students and young investigators the opportunity to meet senior researchers. IMS Program Chair: Michael Kosorok [email protected], Statistics and Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, phone 608.263.6797, fax 608.265.5579. WNAR Program Chair: Weng Kee Wong wkwong@sunlab. ph.ucla.edu, Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, phone 310.206.9622, fax 310.267.2113. IMS Local Arrangements Chair: Gang Li [email protected], Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, phone 310.206.5865, fax 310.267.2113. WNAR Local Arrangements Chair: John Boscardin [email protected] Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, phone 310.825.6402, fax 310.267.2113 The IMS contributed paper deadline is March 15, 2002. Speakers and titles should be sent to [email protected] and abstracts should be submitted through the abstract templates available at the web site: www.ph.ucla.edu/biostat/wnarims/ welframe.ims. Westwood Village in Los Angeles, California, home to the UCLA campus, is an ideal location for a summer conference. Within short walking distance of the conference headquarters are shops and restaurants for every budget and occasion, old-fashioned single screen movie theaters, museums, performing arts centers, botanical and sculpture gardens, and athletic and recreational facilities of every imaginable variety. The stunning beaches of Santa Monica and Malibu, the famous shopping districts of Rodeo Drive and Melrose Avenue, and the world-renowned Getty Museum are all less than 15 minutes by car. The weather should be perfect. In late June, the average high is 73º Fahrenheit, and the average low is 60º F, with no precipitation. Information (updated regularly) is also available at the web site: www.ph.ucla.edu/biostat/wnarims 12 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 13

IMS Annual Meeting July 28-August 1 2002, Banff, Canada The 277th meeting (65th Annual Meeting) of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics will be held in the Max Bell Building of The Banff Centre for Conferences (www.banffcentre.ca), Banff, Alberta, Canada from July 28 to August 1, 2002. Leo Breiman (University of California, Berkeley) will be the Wald lecturer, and Wing Hung Wong (Harvard University) will give the Neyman lecture. Special invited papers will be given by Maury Bramson (University of Minnesota), Steven Evans (University of California, Berkeley), Hans Künsch (ETH, Zurich), and Per Mykland (University of Chicago). The Research Section of the Royal Statistical Society is planning to host an RSS Ordinary Meeting, and the Statistical Society of Canada will organize two invited paper sessions. The Program Chair for this meeting is Tom DiCiccio (Cornell University; [email protected]), and the Local Arrangements Chair is Subhash Lele (University of Alberta; [email protected]). This meeting will be joint with an International Probability Symposium; see the announcement below. Please visit www.stat.cornell.edu/ news/IMSMeeting/frontpage.htm for REGISTRATION FORM more information, and an online hotel IMS Annual Meeting & 4th International Probability Symposium booking form (www.banffcentre.ca/ July 28- August 2, 2002 ims.asp) REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2002 Last Name First Name The Fourth International Symposium on Name on Badge Organization/Employer Probability and its Applications Mailing Address July 31–August 2, 2002, Banff, Canada The Fourth International Symposium Email Phone on Probability and its Applications will be held at the Banff Center in Membership (check all that apply) IMS SSC RSS Banff, Alberta, in conjunction with Meeting Registration (check one) the Annual Meeting of the Institute of IMS/SSC/RSS Mathematical Statistics. The goal of the Members Students* Non-Members** symposium is to present a broad view IMS Annual Meeting $100 $40 $130 of recent developments in probability Probability Symposium $ 80 $32 $110 and important areas of application. The Both Meetings $125 $50 $155 format of the Symposium will be similar * Students, please submit proof of status (copy of student ID or signature from professor) to earlier symposia in this series with ** Non-members: Join the IMS now and get our member meeting rates. To join, go to: approximately 15 sessions of invited www.imstat.org/membership/memapp/app.html lectures. IMS Special Invited Papers in probability will also be presented as Payment: $ ______to charge (fill in A) or enclosed (fill in B) part of the Symposium. Papers may be A) Mastercard or Visa number ______contributed as part of the IMS meeting. Scheduling of IMS contributed papers Expires ______Signature ______in probability will be coordinated with the schedule for the Symposium. The B) Check enclosed deadline for abstracts is February 15, (made out to IMS in US funds, payable on a US bank) 2002. The editorial boards of the Annals of Probability and the Annals of Applied Fax to 216-921-6703 or mail to: Probability are serving as the program IMS Annual Meeting Registration, committee for the Symposium. PO Box 22718, Beachwood OH 44122, USA www.math.wisc.edu/~annprob/banff/ Any questions call 216-295-2340 banff.htm 12 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 13

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Shanti S Gupta

Shanti S. Gupta was born in Saunasi, In 1979 he became the Founding Editor Mainpuri, India, on January 25, 1925. of the IMS Lecture Notes-Monograph After completing BA Honours and MA Series in Statistics and—over the next degrees in mathematics at the University nine years—built the series into a highly of Delhi and serving as a lecturer in respected outlet for quality research mathematics at Delhi University, he monographs. From 1981-88 he was, in took a one-year diploma course in addition, the Chairman of the Joint applied statistics at the Indian Council Management Committee of the IMS and of Agricultural Research. This sparked ASA for the Current Index to Statistics. Shanti’s interest in statistics, and lead He followed these roles by serving as to his application and acceptance into President of the IMS from 1989-90. the doctoral program in statistics at the Shanti’s other major professional University of North Carolina at Chapel activities included extensive work on Hill in 1953. He completed his Ph.D. in journal editorial boards, including serving 1956, under the guidance of Professor Raj as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Shanti received major professional Chandra Bose. Statistical Planning and Inference from honors, including being named Fellow Shanti’s thesis, “On a Decision Rule for 1989-91. He also conceived and nurtured of the AAAS, ASA and IMS. Shanti a Problem in Ranking Means”, initiated his the Purdue Symposia on Statistical was modest about his honors; indeed the interest in the subset approach to ranking Decision Theory and Related Topics, only ones he would publicly delight in and selection. Indeed, he is viewed as the which became the premier international were those that were rather eccentric, founder of this highly active subfield of meetings in the area of statistical decision such as his being given the key to the multiple decision theory, and it remained theory (and related areas of statistical city of Taipei from the mayor in 1990. I his central area of research throughout his optimality). These popular symposia were remember many jokes about what he was career. held in 1970, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1992, going to open with that key. After receiving his PhD, Shanti held and 1998, and Shanti edited acclaimed For more details of Shanti’s professional research and teaching appointments at proceedings volumes for each. and personal lives, see Gary McDonald’s Bell Labs, the University of Alberta, In spite of his very considerable “A Conversation with Shanti Gupta”, the Courant Institute and Stanford administrative and professional duties, which appeared in Statistical Science 13 University. In 1962 he moved to the Shanti maintained a highly active (1998), 291-305. Mathematics Department at Purdue research program. In addition to research Shanti had four loves: his family University, where he spent most of his in ranking and selection, he made (surviving wife Marianne Heinicke subsequent career. He initiated the significant contributions to statistical Gupta and their daughter Maya Gupta); formation of the Statistics Department at reliability, order statistics, multivariate research; the Statistics Department at Purdue, becoming its first Head in 1968, distribution theory, and empirical Bayes Purdue; and the statistics profession itself, a position he held until 1995. During his analysis. At the time of his death, he had particularly the IMS. Many of us have tenure as Head, he built the department written 201 papers (with several more been deeply affected by his life, and will into one of the foremost statistics under preparation) and two books. forever remember his passion to extend departments in the world. Shanti has also had a profound effect knowledge, his generosity and guidance, Shanti was a real fan of the IMS on research through his effect on others. his dreams and attainment of those and contributed greatly to it, through Foremost among these are his 30 PhD dreams, and, above all, his friendship. extensive committee and leadership roles students, many of whom have gone on to Jim Berger of which the following are the highlights. highly prominent careers of their own. Duke University 14 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 15

Maurice S Bartlett covering key areas of multivariate analysis and the theory and application of stochas- Maurice Bartlett died on January 8, 2002, Despite his success at UCL, Bartlett tic processes. His pioneering paper at the aged 91. He will be remembered for his felt a lack of practical background and, 4th Berkeley Symposium, “Monte Carlo kindness to students and colleagues, in 1934, he joined Imperial Chemical studies in ecology and epidemiology’’, and the leading role he played in the Industries at Jealott’s Hill, where the pointed the way forward to modern com- development of statistical theory and main interest was in developing artificial putationally intensive methods of model practice in several distinct areas, begin- fertilizers for agriculture. In retrospect, analysis. ning in the 1930s. He wrote five books: he viewed this as the most satisfying In 1960, he succeeded Egon Pearson at An Introduction to Stochastic Processes and creative period of his professional University College, London, and contin- (1955, 1966, 1978), Stochastic Population life. During these years, he ued to work on time series Models in Ecology and Epidemiology (1960), published extensively on and stochastic processes, Essays in Probability and Statistics (1962), statistical theory, includ- most notably develop- Probability, Statistics and Time (1975) and ing his landmark paper on ing the spectral theory The Statistical Analysis of Spatial Pattern “Contingency table interac- of point process analysis. (1976), and almost 200 research papers. tions’’, and on applications He found the multi-tiered He was elected to a Fellowship of the to agriculture, genetics and administrative structure Royal Society in 1961 and was President psychology. He also defined of London University of the Royal Statistical Society in 1966- his personal perspective on burdensome and accepted 67. His awards include an honorary doc- the foundations of statis- an offer of the new Chair torate from the University of Chicago tics, and continued to do so in Biomathematics at in 1966, the Royal Statistical Society’s throughout his life, adhering Oxford University in Guy Medal in Gold in 1969 and Oxford to a frequentist viewpoint, 1967. His research at University’s Weldon Medal in 1971. while interspersing observa- Oxford, until his retire- He became an Honorary Member of the tions on the role of probability in quan- ment in 1975, centred around the theory International Statistical Institute in 1980. tum physics. of spatial processes and the analysis of Maurice Stevenson Bartlett was born in Drastic reorganization at ICI led to spatial pattern. Maurice’s book on sto- London in 1910. After attending Latymer Bartlett’s “promotion’’ to a mainly admin- chastic processes, revised finally in 1978, Upper School, he read mathematics at istrative position and a decision to leave, is a masterpiece, though it is not an easy Queen’s College, Cambridge. He spent returning to Cambridge in 1938. The read. His lifelong passion for creative a year working with John Wishart, war years were spent working mainly thinking and writing continued into which led to his appointment, in 1933, on the effectiveness of rocket weapons, retirement, first in Suffolk, where he also as lecturer in E S Pearson’s new statis- assisted in part by F J Anscombe and pursued his love of gardening, and later in tics department at University College, D G Kendall. His interest in stochastic Devon. London. Judicious timing of his tea breaks processes and time series analysis began Maurice married Sheila Chapman in at UCL allowed him to keep contact with during this period and was enhanced by 1957; she died in 1998. Their daugh- R A Fisher in the Galton Laboratory. meetings with the physicist J E Moyal. ter, Penny lives in Devon, UK. For One of his earliest papers, “The vector In 1946, he took leave from Cambridge an expanded account of Maurice’s life representation of a sample’’, corrected for a term to visit Chapel Hill, lecturing and work, see “Chance and change’’, a misleading discussion by Fisher of on stochastic processes and considering in The Making of Statisticians, Gani, J., the analysis of covariance. Bartlett was a permanent position there. However, (ed.), 1982, 41-60, Springer-Verlag and later to describe this as one of his best, in 1947, he accepted the first chair of Olkin, I., “A conversation with Maurice but such papers did not endear him to Mathematical Statistics at Manchester Bartlett’’, Statistical Science, 1989, Vol 4, Fisher who resigned from the Cambridge University, where he built a distinguished No. 2, 151-163. Philosophical Society over the publica- department over the next 13 years. For Julian Besag, Dept of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle tion of “The information available in Bartlett, these were productive years, & Peter Clifford, Dept of Statistics, University of Oxford, UK small samples’’ (1936). resulting in more than 50 publications 16 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 17

Justus F Seeley Justus Frandsen models: the regression space should be Justus never strayed far from his Seeley, Professor invariant under multiplication by the rural roots. His favorite hobbies were of Statistics at covariance matrix. Justus extended this gardening and fishing. Students studying Oregon State idea to variance component estimation, on weekends and evenings could often University and introducing the notion of invariant find Justus in his office wearing his an influential quadratic subspaces and their relation preferred attire, a pair of overalls. His researcher in to completeness. By characterizing the easy approachability and concern for linear models, class of admissible unbiased estimators students made him a popular mentor, died of heart of variance components, he showed and he produced a steady stream of PhD failure on February 23, 2002. that the usual ANOVA estimator students in linear models. Justus always Justus was born on February 11, 1941 in in 2-variance-component models is had time for those who needed help, and the small town of Mt Pleasant, Utah. He inadmissible. Among other contributions he was unfailingly fair and generous with spent several summers as a youth working to the theory of mixed models, he students and colleagues alike. on his father’s sheep ranching operation. succeeded in generalizing and improving Justus is survived by his wife, Averil, He attended Brigham Young University on several existing procedures for tests three children, and five grandchildren. for two years and then transferred to and confidence intervals on variance David Birkes and David Butler Utah State University, where he received components. Dept of Statistics, Oregon State University a BS degree in statistics in 1963 and an MS in statistics in 1965. Justus received his doctoral training in statistics from Iowa State University, where he received Silvi Liberman the Snedecor Award as the outstanding student in statistics. Dr Silvi Liberman, a fine statistician and devoted teacher of After completing his doctoral degree statistics and mathematics, died aged 48, on March 2, 2002 in 1969, Justus joined the Department of in Philadelphia, after a long bout with cancer. Statistics at Oregon State University in Silvi was born in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 1, 1953. Corvallis, Oregon. He served as Chair of After her secondary education in Istanbul, she moved the department from 1986 to 1997 and as to France and studied at the Institut National des Sciences Associate Dean of the College of Science Appliquées in Lyon, obtaining her Diplome d’Ingénieur in from 1997 until his death. He was a Computer Sciences and Applied Mathematics in 1977. fellow IMS and the American Statistical She then moved to the US and completed an MA in Statistics at Yale University in Association, an elected member of ISI, 1979 and a PhD in Statistics at the University of Connecticut in 1987. She taught and the recipient of four awards for in the Statistics Department, and later the Department of Mathematics, at Temple excellence in teaching. University, and directed the Mathematics Learning Center for several years. Justus made various insightful Silvi was a person with a strong sense of integrity and responsibility which was contributions to the theory of Gaussian particularly evident in her teaching. Her many friends will remember Silvi Liberman as linear models. In his PhD research he a person with enthusiasm and interest for a broad range of subjects: dancing, languages, pioneered the concept of extending music, literature. linear estimation theory to explicitly Silvi leaves behind many devoted family members, friends, and students, to whom include quadratic statistics for she tirelessly dedicated her time. They will cherish the memory of her fresh smile, her estimation of variance components. His sense of humor, her invaluable friendship and affection. adviser, George Zyskind, had elegantly Silvi Liberman was buried next to her parents in Istanbul, according to her final characterized the situation where wishes. ordinary least squares estimation of A longer version of this obituary will appear in Amstat News. fixed effects remains optimal for mixed Luisa T Fernholz, Temple University, Philadelphia 16 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 17

Harry O Posten

Dr Posten was a devoted teacher. He Almost all of these lectures were was highly regarded as a mentor for any videotaped and they are available in the student enrolled in a statistics course Videotape Archives of the ASA. These for as long as anyone at the University include C R Rao, J Neyman, H Cramer, of Connecticut can remember. His door C Eisenhart, M Hansen, F Mosteller, was always open to students, who felt H Chernoff, H Robbins, E Lehmann, welcome to discuss any matter of concern. D R Cox, T W Anderson, I Olkin, R He was a “teacher’s teacher” who believed V Hogg, J Norwood and B Efron. In in attending to students’ needs personally. recognition of these contributions to He published the Transparency Book statistical science and education, he was Harry Posten, emeritus professor of for Teaching Statistics (with E.J. Fowler, elected Fellow of ASA in 1984. statistics, died on March 23, aged 74. R. Carlson, and L. Sherr), which was An avid follower of UConn Husky Harry was born on February 8, 1928 in regarded as a valuable teaching aid. sports, Dr Posten also coached in the Middletown, New York, and he served Dr Posten served on many committees town of Mansfield, Connecticut, for the in the U.S. Navy during the Korean at the departmental, College, and the Little League and youth soccer teams. He War. He received a BS degree (1956) in University levels. He played a key role in rarely missed a good basketball game on mathematics from Central Connecticut introducing computer skills into statistics campus and he loved classical music. State, his MS degree in mathematics/ courses over twenty years ago. He is survived by his wife and family, statistics from Kansas State in 1958, and Dr Posten gave invaluable service to who have requested that any memorial then his PhD degree in statistics from the profession. He served as an Associate contributions may be sent to Mansfield Virginia Polytechnic in 1960. Initially, Editor for The American Statistician for Baseball/Softball Association, P.O. Box he worked at the IBM Research Center nearly fifteen years. For decades, he served 492, Storrs, CT 06268. (1960-62) and then spent a year as an in several committees as well as sub- In the last 40 years or so, the assistant professor of mathematics at the committees of the ASA and frequently Department of Statistics at the University University of Rhode Island. served as the Chair or Co-Chair. of Connecticut had become used to Dr Posten’s long association with the Harry Posten was a prime mover in the humility, softness and warmth of University of Connecticut began in the archival videotaping of distinguished Harry Posten: a trusted colleague, a 1963, when he joined its Department statisticians. He chaired the national dear friend, and a passionate teacher. of Statistics as associate professor. He committee for Filming Distinguished He is sorely missed by his numerous became a full professor in 1989 and Statisticians for the Archive of the ASA colleagues, friends, and former students retired in 1993. for many years. Pfizer Global Research, in in Connecticut and elsewhere. Harry was Dr Posten made internationally cooperation with the ASA, has provided just one man, but made a big difference recognized contributions in the field of support for this program since 1978 and in statistical science, and for this we are nonparametric statistics, particularly this support has allowed the continuation grateful. in the area of the robustness of the of one of the most significant lecture Nitis Mukhopadhyay customary t-test in the Behrens-Fisher series in statistical science. Many University of Connecticut problem. He frequently traveled to internationally famed statisticians conferences as an invited participant, and have been videotaped for posterity. To published and lectured with passion on date, there have been seventeen Pfizer statistical education. Colloquia and thirteen Discussions. 18 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 19

Meetings around the world: Announcements and information

Statistics of Large Datasets: Functional and IMS Session at the International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society image data, bioinformatics and data mining. Statistical Analysis of Microarray Data 3rd - 5th July 2002, Leeds, UK 3-6 September 2002 The 21st Leeds Annual Statistical University of Plymouth, UK Research Workshop will focus on www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/research/stats/RSStalks.html#microarray statistical analysis of large datasets, in www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/research/stats/RSS2002.html particular: bioinformatics, data mining Speakers: Jun Liu, Harvard University, Department of Biostatistics, Jennifer and spatial modeling. There will also Bryan, University of British Columbia, Department of Statistics and Institute of be sessions on applications, including Biotechnology, and Mark van der Laan, Department of Biostatistics and Statistics, environmental modeling, image analysis University of California, Berkeley. and industrial applications. New developments in biotechnology and the flood of biological data issuing from The Leeds Annual Statistics Research genome projects have revolutionized the way biological and medical problems are Workshop has become established over defined, approached and ultimately solved. In this session statisticians working on recent years as an exciting international these biological questions will discuss relevant theoretical background and statistical event in the statistics conference methods for the analysis of the high dimensional microarray data arising in these calendar. Typically, the workshop attracts experiments. about 50 participants, with eminent speakers both from overseas and the UK. The workshop format is a mixture of invited and contributed talks, and posters. WORKSHOP: PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE The 10th Conference of the Statistical It has a tradition of being informal and August 10-11, 2002, New York Portuguese Society (SPE) relaxed, and of encouraging interaction A short workshop called “Pathways to September 25th-28th, 2002, Porto, Portugal. and discussion between the participants. the Future” will be run on the Saturday The conference aims at stimulating the Contact Robert G Aykroyd evening and Sunday August 10-11, 2002 national scientific production, in both e [email protected] preceding the Joint Statistical Meetings theoretical and applied ways, improving w www.maths.leeds.ac.uk/Statistics/ in New York. This is primarily designed the dissemination of Probability and workshop for young women researchers who Statistics and their applications, are within about five years of having encouraging the change of experiences completed their doctoral degree. concerning the teaching of probability Greek Statistical Institute Funding support for US-based scientists and statistics and reinforcing the strength The new officers of the Greek Statistical is provided by the National Science and the cohesion of the Statistical Institute (ESI) for the period 2002- Foundation. Portuguese Society (SPE). It comprises 2004: Takis Papaioannou, President, For further details contact invited lectures, contributed paper Ch. Charalambides, Vice President, S. Lynne Billard, lectures and a poster session. A Tutorial Chadjiconstantinidis, Secretary General, Department of Statistics, on “Heterocedastic Models, Applications A. Kyriakoussis, Special Secretary, V. University of Georgia, with Eviews software” will take place on Hombas, Treasurer, Th. Chadjipandelis, Athens GA 30602-1952 the 25th September. Early registration Library Officer, S. Kounia, Council t:1-706-542-3281, and Abstract submission should be done Member. For information contact ESI at f:1-706-542-3391, until May, 15th 2002. 5 Solomou str, Athens, Greece 106 83, e: [email protected] www.fep.up.pt/spe2002 T/F: +30103303909, [email protected], www.users.forthnet.gr/ath/esi 18 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 19

TWENTY-FOURTH MIDWEST PROBABILITY will begin with a registration period at and a cutoff date of September 17. The COLLOQUIUM 2.30 pm, Friday. Schramm’s first talk Hilton Garden Inn is a new property Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA will begin at 3.00 pm. Following a coffee in downtown Evanston, opposite the The Twenty-Fourth Midwest Probability break, Dembo’s talk will begin at 4.30. new Century Theater on Maple Street, Colloquium will be held at Northwestern After this there will be a reception for just north of Church Street. Rooms are University on October 18-19, 2002. all participants at the Holiday Inn of $119.00 plus tax, with a cutoff date of The program will feature the following Evanston from 5.30-7.30 pm. September 27. speakers/titles: On Saturday morning Schramm’s As in the past, we expect to have NSF second talk will begin at 9.30 am, funds to offset the expenses of graduate Oded Schramm (Weizmann Institute/ followed by a coffee break and the regular students and other younger investigators. Microsoft): two lectures on “Scaling limits annual business meeting. Rezakhanlou’s Inquire with the local organizer at of two-dimensional statistical physics: talk from 1pm to 2pm will conclude the [email protected] Local information percolation, uniform spanning trees and conference. about Evanston and Chicago is available beyond” Accommodation from the website of the Mathematics Amir Dembo (Stanford): “Late points Rooms have been reserved at three Department, www.math.nwu.edu. and cover times” (one lecture) different locations this year. Participants who wish to stay in Fraydoun Rezakhanlou (Berkeley): a Homestead Residence (1-847-475- Chicago should consult the website “Kinetic limits for interacting particle 3300) www.877chicago.com, where you can systems” (one lecture) b Holiday Inn of Evanston (1-847-491- find many other housing choices, some of 6400) which are less expensive than those listed The program was organized by a c Hilton Garden Inn (1-847-475-6400) above. committee consisting of Elena Kosygina, The rooms at the Homestead are Carl Mueller (chair) and Sundar $90.00 a day, which includes parking Thursday Program Sethuraman. All lectures will be held in and breakfast. They can provide us with Following a tradition set in previous Swift Hall, Room 107, which is directly a total of 30 rooms on a first-come first years, we will feature a series of tutorial across the lawn from the Mathematics served basis. The cutoff date is October lectures on Thursday, October 17 by Department. 1. The Holiday Inn of Evanston has Yuval Peres of UC Berkeley and Balint The Midwest Probability Colloquium quoted a group rate of $99.00 plus tax Virag of MIT. Peres will give two talks on the general theme of discrete processes in the lattice, including percolation, loop- erased random walk and random spanning trees in dimension two or greater. Virag’s title is “Random tree automorphisms”. The Thursday program will take place in Lunt 105, beginning at 1.30 pm and concluding at 5.30 pm.

Lakeside: The Department of Mathematics on the 230-acre Evanston campus. The quiet setting of the Evanston campus, bounded on the east by Lake Michigan and on the west by the stately homes and tree-lined streets of Evanston, provides an excellent environment for academic pursuits. 20 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 Employment Opportunities around the world AUSTRALIA: The University of Sydney postgraduate students, lecturing, conduct- 5773, fax 61 2 93514534 or e-mail: Applications are invited for a Lectureship ing tutorial and computer practical classes [email protected] in Statistics in the School of Mathematics and providing assistance with course Information on the School and details and Statistics. The main research inter- administration. Essential criteria include a on methods of application are available ests in Statistics within the School Ph.D. in Statistics; demonstrated research from www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/ include theoretical statistics, asymptotic potential; ability to teach a range of Remuneration Package: $63,214 - approximations, applied probability and courses in Statistics; excellent written and $75,045 p.a. (which includes a base salary stochastic modelling in Biology. verbal communication skills; a commit- Lecturer Level B $53,440 - $63,461 p.a., The successful applicant will be ment to excellence in teaching; ability to leave loading and up to 17% employer’s expected to contribute to all aspects of work cooperatively with others. contribution to superannuation) the School’s academic program through For further information contact Closing Date: 14/6/2002 research, supervision of Honours and Professor John Robinson on 61 2 9351

USA: CALIFORNIA, DAVIS USA: CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE The UC Davis Genome Center invites Department of Statistics, University of applications for two tenure-track faculty positions in California, Riverside bioinformatics. The successful candidates will participate in developing an internationally recognized program in The Department of Statistics invites genomics research at Davis, building on and enhanc ing applications for a temporary visiting the unique strengths and unmatched breadth of the life Professorial appointment at the open sciences on campus. level to teach two courses each in the The Genome Center will integrate experimental and computational Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters (2002- approaches focused on key problems at the forefront of genomics. The 2003). Salary by agreement. Applicants Center will be housed in a new research building with state-of-the-art computational and laboratory facilities. The core faculty in bioinformatics is with a PhD. in Statistics or a closely anticipated to grow to seven in the next three years. related field with a strong commitment to teaching and research are preferred. The Center seeks candidates at all academic levels for these positions. At the Application to include a CV, statement senior lev el, we invite applications from internationally prominent scientists with distinguished records of research, teaching, and leadership. At the junior of teaching and research interests, and level, we invite applications from candidates whose accomplishments in three letters of reference to: Dr. Barry innovative research and commitments to teaching demonstrate their potential C. Arnold, Search Committee Chair, to develop into the future leaders of their fields. Department of Statistics, University of The Center welcomes applications from strong candidates in all areas of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0138. bioinformatics including but not limited to sequence analysis, molecular Telephone: 909-787-5939; Message: 909- structure-function prediction, expression profiling, regulatory network analysis, 787-3774; FAX: 909/787-3286. Email: simulation of complex systems, and database design. Candidates in bioinformatics should be strongly motivated by the biological importance of [email protected]. Department their research, and should value the opportunity to work in close collaboration information: http://cnas.ucr.edu/~stat/ with experimental groups. homepage.htm. Review of applications These positions require a Ph.D. or equivalent. They will be open until filled, will begin June 1, 2001 and continue but for full consideration applications should be complete by August 1, 2002. until the position is filled. Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names The University of California is an and addresses of at least five references to: Dr. Craig Benham, Faculty Search Committee Chair, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California, Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity One Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616-8536. Employer

Further information about genomics at UC Davis is available at http://genomics.ucdavis.edu The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer SINGAPORE 20 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 Faculty of Science Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

STATISTICS FACULTY BIOSTATISTICS FACULTY SEARCH SEARCH The Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, The Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, National University of Singapore, invites applications National University of Singapore, invites applications for regular and visiting positions in Statistics. A PhD for regular and visiting positions in Biostatistics at all in Statistics or a related field is required and all areas levels. A PhD in Biostatistics/Statistics is required and of Statistics will be considered. all areas of Biostatistics will be considered.

Applications will be considered at all levels of Evidence of strong research potential and high quality appointment. However, those with solid track records teaching is required for all positions. Preference will be in both research and teaching and proven leadership given to applicants in the areas of Statistical Genetics, quality are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants Clinical Trials, Neuro Imaging, Multivariate Survival should send an application letter and a CV and arrange Analysis and Environmental Biostatistics. Applicants for at least THREE reference letters to be sent directly should send an application letter and a CV and arrange to the Department. for at least THREE reference letters to be sent directly to the Department. Applications should be mailed by post or via e-mail to: Applications should be mailed by post or via e-mail Search Committee (Statistics) to: Department of Statistics and Applied Probability Search Committee (Biostatistics) National University of Singapore Department of Statistics and Applied Probability 3 Science Drive 2 National University of Singapore Singapore 117543 3 Science Drive 2 E-mail: [email protected] Singapore 117543 E-mail: [email protected]

The deadline for completed applications for both positions is 31 July 2002; the search will continue until all positions are filled. NUS offers internationally competitive remuneration, research support, funding to attend international conferences and relocation assistance to help international faculty take up their appointments in Singapore. Depending upon the contract offered, subsidised University housing and education allowance for children may also be provided.

For more information about the University, Faculty of Science, the Department and the Terms of Service, visit our websites: University: http://www.nus.edu.sg/ Faculty of Science: http://www.science.nus.edu.sg/ Department: http://www.stat.nus.edu.sg/ Terms of Service http://www.nus.edu.sg/ohr/ 22 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 May/June . 2002 IMS Bulletin . 23

USA: FLORIDA

The University of Florida General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and the Department of Statistics in the College of Medicine is seeking qualified applicants to fill the position of GCRC Biostatistician. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in statistics or biostatistics. The FTE distribution is up to 0.85 for the GCRC-related teaching and research and 0.15 for other professional activities in the Department of Statistics. The successful candidate would be appointed on a 12-month tenure track line in the Department of Statistics in the College of Medicine at the Assistant/Associate/Full professor level, depending upon qualifications. Experience is required in designing, managing and analyzing a variety of clinical research studies stemming from clinical trials, observational studies, outcomes research and epidemiological data. Some knowledge of GCP guidelines and FDA regulations is also desirable. This position also involves a teaching component in the form of various short courses, as well as hands-on didactic training for MD/PhD students, and clinical fellows. Good oral and written communication skills are required. The Biostatistian will have multiple opportunities to develop formal collaborations with GCRC investigators that should lead to peer-reviewed publications and new extramural funding. Salary is negotiable commensurate with experience.

The GCRC at the University of Florida has been funded continuously by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1962. This year, it commenced a new 5-year funding period, after receiving an “Outstanding” peer review (priority score 139). The Center occupies over 9700 sq ft in Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. It houses inpatient and outpatient facilities, a nutrition research unit, an exercise physiology area and core laboratory facilities for genetic studies and state-of-the-art mass spectrometry. A full-time Systems Manager, with an M.S. in Statistics, oversees an extensive computer network that, together with the Biostatistician, comprises the Center’s Data Services Laboratory.

The research portfolio of the GCRC includes over 100 protocols conducted by faculty and trainees from multiple disciplines and colleges on campus. These studies constitute an extremely broad spectrum of investigative topics and procedures, from behavioral investigations to gene therapy. The GCRC also has a diverse and robust educational program for pre-professional and graduate medical students, fellows and faculty and is closely integrated with the University’s MD/PhD curriculum and the NIH-supported K-30 Advanced Postgraduate Program in Clinical Investigation. The Biostatistician has an active role in these educational endeavors.

The Department of Statistics in the College of Medicine is located in the Health Science Center (HSC) and is staffed by 12.5 full time Ph.D. biostatisticians. Faculty and staff there collaborate with faculty, staff, and graduate students in each of the six HSC colleges, the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine. This collaborative effort with health scientists covers veterinary, clinical, epidemiological, bioinformatics and bench science studies. The faculty engage in methodological research and provide formal training in biostatistics by teaching graduate and undergraduate courses to majors and non-majors.

The University of Florida is one of the five most comprehensive universities in the United States, with 24 schools and colleges. It is located in the city of Gainesville (pop. 97,500) in North Central Florida. Gainesville was ranked, in 1995, by Money Magazine as the best place to live in America. For five consecutive years, it was listed as one of Florida’s most livable cities and was ranked among the leaders in the nation. A multitude of cultural and recreational opportunities, usually found in much larger cities, contribute significantly to the high quality of life of faculty and their families. More information about the university and city is available at www.ufl.edu and www.state.fl.us/gvl/index.new.html, respectively.

Please send resumes to Dr. N. Lawrence Edwards, General Clinical Research Center, P O Box 100322 JHMHC, Gainesville, Florida 32610 or email: [email protected] Deadline for receipt is 6/15/2002 with an anticipated start date of 8/1/2002.

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USA: FLORIDA USA: FLORIDA University of Florida, Department of Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Statistics, College of Medicine is seeking to Applications are invited for postdoctoral research fellow positions in the research fill the following positions: group of M. Y. Hussaini, School of Computational Science & Information Technology Two Assistant/Associate Professor, at the Florida State University. tenure-accruing, to collaborate with Candidates with expertise in the following areas are encouraged to apply: uncertainty established biomedical researchers, quantification in computational sciences (including computational fluid dynamics and do some teaching and conduct computational materials science), computational methods in applied statistics such as methodological research. Ph.D. or stochastic optimization, Bayesian inference, Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms, Doctoral Candidate in statistics or molecular dynamics simulation algorithms, numerical algorithms for stochastic partial biostatistics preferred. Good oral and differential equations, multi-objective and multi-criteria optimization. The candidate written communications skills required. should be adept in large-scale computation. Salary is negotiable. The positions are available immediately. The appointment will be for two years Also, Research Assistant/Associate initially, with possible extensions to further years. Applicants should send a CV and Professor, non tenure-accruing, to a statement of research interests, preferably by email, to Dr. Philip Cunningham at collaborate with established biomedical [email protected], or FAX to 850-644-0098. Closing date: 30 June 2002. researchers, teaching optional. PhD Florida State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. or Doctoral Candidate in statistics or biostatistics preferred. Good oral and written communications skills required. USA: IOWA Salary is negotiable. Iowa State University Send vita, copy of graduate transcript Department of Statistics and 3 reference letters to Search The Department invites applications for several (non-tenure track) VIGRE Committee Chair, Dept. of Statistics, postdoctoral positions of 2 to 3 years in duration as part of the NSF VIGRE program Box 100212, Gainesville, FL 32610-0212. at Iowa State University. (See the department’s web page at www.stat.iastate.edu/ Unless otherwise noted, application homepage.html for more information). deadline is 6/7/02, with the position to Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Statistics, Mathematics, or in an applied science start 8/02. www.stat.ufl.edu. EOE/AA. with strong quantitative training. Duties will include research in VIGRE work group, teaching and professional practice (e.g., consulting). VIGRE postdoctoral fellowships USA: MASSACHUSETTS carry a stipend of $36,000 per academic year, $9,000 per summer and fringe benefits Radcliffe Institute, Harvard and are restricted to citizens and permanent residents of the United States. The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Send vitae and three letters of recommendation to: Study at Harvard University awards Professor Mark Kaiser, Program Director VIGRE, 40 fully funded residential fellowships Department of Statistics, each year designed to support post- 102 Snedecor Hall, doctoral scholars and scientists of Iowa State University, exceptional promise and demonstrated Ames, IA 50011-1210 accomplishment. Please check the Web site for more information: www.radcliffe.edu. Radcliffe Application Office, 34 Information Concord Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138 t 617-496-1324 f 617-495-8136 for advertisers [email protected] Applications must be postmarked by October 1, 2002. is on page 27 24 . IMS Bulletin Volume 31 . Issue 3 IMS Bulletin . 25 International Calendar of Statistical Events

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