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For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Alessia Caponera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 30th. ________________________________________ World Congress and Bernoulli 50 With more than 900 registered participants, the 11th Bernoulli-IMS World Congress in Bochum was one of the most well attended in history. The Scientific and Local organisers did a remarkable job of putting together a memorable event, confirming the status of the World Congress as the premier event in our disciplines. Our Society is grateful for the tremendous volunteer effort of so many colleagues. This Congress also served as the occasion to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of the Bernoulli Society, in a special event combined with our GA. With nearly 200 participants, this was one the best attended GAs in the Society’s history, as is fitting to the occasion. You can watch the commemorative video, the Bernoulli Society Presidential Address that opened the event, and W.S. Kendall’s reflections on the Society’s second quarter-century, by following the corresponding hyperlinks. A collection of video interviews with several Past Presidents and Scientific Secretaries has also been curated as part of our 50 year commemorations, and will be soon made available on our website.  ________________________________________ Announcing The David Cox Medal for Statistics Along with the American Statistical Association (ASA), the International Biometric Society (IBS), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Bernoulli Society has set up a new international statistics medal, commemorating the life and work of Sir David Cox. The award, called the David Cox Medal for Statistics, will recognise researchers in the fields of statistical theory, methodology and applications whose work is original, with conceptual depth and novelty, and which moves the field or a substantive application area forward. Sir David Cox, a pioneering statistical researcher who introduced numerous innovations, published his seminal paper on regression models at the age of 48. In memory of this, medals are to be given to mid-career researchers, with an age limit of 50 (with exceptions to be made for extenuating circumstances). Nominations will not be restricted to members of the awarding societies. Bernoulli Society President Victor Panaretos remarked, “David Cox left his mark on our discipline, by way of his transformative research, his mentoring of young statisticians, and his committed service from numerous important posts– including as Bernoulli Society President. It is only fitting to celebrate his legacy with this new award, indeed an award that I believe has the potential to bring additional visibility to our field. I’m especially proud that this project was first conceived and initiated by the Bernoulli Society, and very pleased that it has garnered support from so many partner Societies.” Awarded to three statisticians every three years, the prize will be decided by a selection committee representing all the involved societies, with a rotating chair. Nominations are now open and will be closing on 31 October 2024. More information and the nomination form can be found on our website here. ________________________________________ General News Wolfgang Doeblin Prize – Recipient Giuseppe Cannizzaro (University of Warwick and EPSRC Fellow, UK) has been awarded the 2024 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize. This prestigious recognition highlights his exceptional contributions to the field of stochastic partial differential equations and his outstanding achievements in the application of these equations to non-equilibrium statistical physics. Professor Giuseppe Cannizzaro will present a lecture at the 44th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, which will take place in Wrocław on July 14–18, 2025. More details about this award can be found here. Ethel Newbold Prize – Call for Nominations The Bernoulli Society’s Newbold Prize Committee invites nominations for the 2025 Ethel Newbold Prize. Established in 2014, this biennial prize honours the significant contributions of women to the field of statistics. The award, generously supported by Wiley, recognises excellence in statistics without regard to the gender of the recipient. The Ethel Newbold Prize will be awarded to an outstanding early or mid-career scientist whose work demonstrates excellence in mathematical statistics or in research that links developments in a substantive field to new advances in statistics. The award consists of the prize amount of 2500 EUR together with an award certificate. The recipient will also be invited to present a talk at the next Bernoulli-IMS World Congress, a Bernoulli-sponsored major conference, or the ISI World Statistics Congress. The prize will only be awarded if the set of nominations includes candidates of both genders. Nominations should include a letter outlining the nominee's achievements and contributions and a recent curriculum vitae of the nominee. In order to nominate someone, please send your nomination and any inquiries to Adrian Röllin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for submissions is November 30th, 2024. The winner will be announced in early 2025. European Meeting of Statisticians – Call for Proposals The Bernoulli Society is excited to announce a call for proposals for hosting the European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) in 2026, 2027 and 2029. The European Meetings of Statisticians are central events for statistics and probability in Europe and worldwide. The meetings should be the natural forum where all European statisticians and probabilists meet to exchange ideas and learn about the latest scientific developments. The EMS is typically held in June or July at a time of year that helps maximize attendance, although timing may vary depending on the local circumstances of the chosen venue. The venue should be a location accessible to a large proportion of Bernoulli membership and European researchers. Anyone interested in hosting either EMS 2026, EMS 2027 or EMS 2029 should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. who can provide detailed information for guidance on what is required. Pre-proposals to host EMS 2026 are particularly encouraged and can still be submitted, until September 20th, 2024. Warning: Phishing Attempt In the last months a phishing attempt is underway, targeting members of our Society. The author poses as the as the Society's president, and asks for urgent help and/or a wire transfer. Please ignore/delete any such emails. More generally, if you are ever doubtful about the authenticity of an email appearing to originate from a Bernoulli Society officer, please do not hesitate to double-check with the specific officer directly but using the email in their official webpage (not responding to the suspicious email). You can also contact the Society's secretariat at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 2024 Rousseeuw Prize goes to The False Discovery Rate The international jury appointed by the King Baudouin Foundation has selected the the topic The False Discovery Rate (FDR) and Methods to Control It as the recipient of the 2024 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics. The laureates of the prize are Yoav Benjamini, Daniel Yekutieli, and Ruth Heller. The jury also recognizes the important contribution of Yosef Hochberg, who sadly is no longer alive. More details about this award can be found here. ________________________________________ Past Event Highlights Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers of the BS-IMS World Congress 2024 The Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers of the BS-IMS World Congress 2024 took place from August 10–11 in Essen. The meeting hosted over 90 PhD students and postdocs with backgrounds in statistics, probability and data science. The program featured a scientific day with lectures of Emmanuel Candès, Remco van der Hofstad and Susan Murphy, and a career day with several panels and workshops. Funding from several sources supported 8 scholarships for young researchers from low-income countries and the accommodation of more than 50 participants. XXVII Brazilian School of Probability The XXVII Brazilian School of Probability took place on August 5–9 in Salvador, Brazil. The program featured courses by Frank den Hollander and Alessandra Cipriani, along with numerous talks by renowned researchers. Funding from several sources supported around one hundred participants, including PhD students, postdocs, and probability researchers from around the world. Photos and information are available at https://ebp.ufba.br. Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen Memorial Conference From May 29–31, around 80 researchers gathered at Aarhus University in Denmark to celebrate the life and extraordinary scientific achievements of Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen (1935–2022). The conference featured keynote lectures by Michael Sørensen, Heather Battey, Neil Shephard, and Almut Veraart, highlighting Ole’s remarkable contributions to various areas of statistics. Attendees also shared personal anecdotes, celebrating Ole's enduring impact on the field and his support for young researchers. The event was supported by various research grants and the Bernoulli Society. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society 44th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2025 July 14–18, 2025 The 44th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications will be held in July 2025 in Wrocław, Poland. SPA Conferences are organised under patronage of the Bernoulli Society and can justifiably be regarded as the most important international scientific meeting on the theory and applications of stochastic processes. They are held annually except for the years when the World Congress in Probability and Statistics takes place. Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. 24th European Young Statisticians Meeting 2025 July 21–25, 2025 The 24th European Young Statisticians Meeting will take place in July 2025, hosted by Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin, Italy. The European Young Statisticians Meetings are held every two years under the auspices of the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society. The aim is to provide a scientific forum for the next generation of European researchers in probability theory and statistics. Participation is by invitation only. Check the conference website for further details. 65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 October 5–9, 2025 The 65th ISI World Statistics Congress will be held in October 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. It takes place every two years, since 1887, and it represents the leading congress on statistics and data science worldwide. The programme will span the full field of statistics and data science including academia, business, industry, government and official statistics in line with the breadth of the ISI and the Associations affiliated with the ISI. Please note that the conference has been postponed from July to October. Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. ________________________________________ Job Offers Open Rank Faculty Search in Statistics – EPFL The Institute of Mathematics of the EPFL is conducting an open-rank search for a Professor in Statistics. Appointment can be at the Tenure Track, Associate or Full Professor levels. We seek outstanding candidates with research interests in any domain of core statistical inference, including methodology, theory, or applications. Indicative areas include, but are not restricted to, computationally intensive inference, large-scale and/or high-dimensional inference, and penalised and/or nonparametric inference. For more information, including how to apply, please consult the webpage here. Faculty Position in Computational and Applied Mathematics – EPFL The Institute of Mathematics of the EPFL seeks to appoint a tenured Associate/Full Professor in Computational and Applied Mathematics. We seek outstanding candidates who will play a major role in further developing research and education at EPFL in computational and applied mathematics, with research interests in core topics of the area, including but not restricted to computational aspects of multiscale, multiphysics and stochastic modeling, as well as numerical simulation of dynamical systems, scientific machine learning, and/or reduced order modeling. For more information, including how to apply, please consult the webpage here. Faculty Position in Mathematics – EPFL The Institute of Mathematics of the EPFL seeks to fill a faculty position in Mathematics at the level of Tenure Track Assistant Professor. We seek outstanding candidates with research interests in any area of geometry, analysis, and / or probability. This should be broadly construed and includes, but is not limited to, harmonic analysis, geometric analysis, PDE theory, stochastic analysis, differential geometry, random geometry, etc. For more information, including how to apply, please consult the webpage here. ________________________________________ Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications Official Publications of the Bernoulli Society Bernoulli https://projecteuclid.org/journals/bernoulli Stochastic Processes and their Applications https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/stochastic-processes-and-their-applications SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics https://www.springer.com/series/14353 Co-Sponsored Publications Have a look at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. 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For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Alessia Caponera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by August 30th. ________________________________________ Announcing The David Cox Medal for Statistics Along with the American Statistical Society (ASA), the International Biometric Society (IBS), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Bernoulli Society has set up a new international statistics medal, commemorating the life and work of Sir David Cox. The award, called the David Cox Medal for Statistics, will recognise researchers in the fields of statistical theory, methodology and applications whose work is original, with conceptual depth and novelty, and which moves the field or a substantive application area forward. Sir David Cox, a pioneering statistical researcher who introduced numerous innovations, published his seminal paper on regression models at the age of 48. In memory of this, medals are to be given to mid-career researchers, with an age limit of 50 (with exceptions to be made for extenuating circumstances). Nominations will not be restricted to members of the awarding societies. Bernoulli Society President Victor Panaretos remarked, “David Cox left his mark on our discipline, by way of his transformative research, his mentoring of young statisticians, and his committed service from numerous important posts– including as Bernoulli Society President. It is only fitting to celebrate his legacy with this new award, indeed an award that I believe has the potential to bring additional visibility to our field. I’m especially proud that this project was first conceived and initiated by the Bernoulli Society, and very pleased that it has garnered support from so many partner Societies.” Awarded to three statisticians every three years, the prize will be decided by a selection committee representing all the involved societies, with a rotating chair. Nominations are now open and will be closing on 31 October 2024. More information and the nomination form can be found on our website here. ________________________________________ Bernoulli Society Golden Jubilee Join us this year in celebrating 50 years of the Bernoulli Society at the 11th World Congress in Bochum (August 12-16, 2024), and throughout the year. To mark the occasion, we have introduced a "50 year logo" (below, and on our homepage banner). Feel free to use it in any fitting context to celebrate our Society. Read about our Society's history here, and stay tuned for more! ________________________________________ General News European Meeting of Statisticians – Call for Proposals The Bernoulli Society is excited to announce a call for proposals for hosting the European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) in 2026, 2027 and 2029. The European Meetings of Statisticians are central events for statistics and probability in Europe and worldwide. The meetings should be the natural forum where all European statisticians and probabilists meet to exchange ideas and learn about the latest scientific developments. The EMS is typically held in June or July at a time of year that helps maximize attendance, although timing may vary depending on the local circumstances of the chosen venue. The venue should be a location accessible to a large proportion of Bernoulli membership and European researchers. Anyone interested in hosting either EMS 2026, EMS 2027 or EMS 2029 should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. who can provide detailed information for guidance on what is required. Pre-proposals to host EMS 2026 are encouraged to be sent by June 15th, 2024 and will receive prompt feedback. Proposals are expected to be finalized by July 31st, 2024. New Researcher Award – Call for Applications The Bernoulli Society welcomes applications to the 2025 New Researcher Award. Each awardee shall deliver a talk at a special invited session during the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress to be held in The Hague from October 5-10, 2025, and will receive a funding up to 1000 EUR to offset travel and other expenses. Bernoulli News will publish their pictures and a paragraph about their work. Eligible candidates are active researchers in Mathematical Statistics who obtained the PhD degree on or after June 15th, 2019, and who are regular members of the Bernoulli Society. An extension may be given to those having had disruptions after receiving the PhD, such as parenthood. Diversity among the awardees is one of the Society’s goals, and therefore women and members of under- represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates should apply through the web form here and send the required documents to the e-mail address indicated in the form, by June 15th, 2024. Willem van Zwet Medal – Call for Nominations Nominations are open for the third award of the Bernoulli Society’s Willem van Zwet medal. This medal is awarded for special service to the Bernoulli Society. The first and second awards were made in 2021 to Maria Eulalia Vares and in 2023 to Thomas Mikosch. Nominations for the 2025 Willem van Zwet Medal should be communicated by email to the Willem van Zwet Medal Committee care of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for nominations is July 22nd, 2024, at noon UTC. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the webpage here. Call for Photographs and Video Footage As the Bernoulli Society approaches its 50th year of existence, we are launching an effort to collect and archive photographs and video footage related to the society — whether from the distant or more recent past. If you have material you would like to share, please contact Ms Kamila Siuda at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 1st, 2024. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society 2nd Joint Conference on Statistics and Data Science in China July 12–14, 2024 The 2nd Joint Conference on Statistics and Data Science in China (JCSDS) will be held in July 2024, hosted by the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Yunnan University, the Yunnan Key Laboratory of Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis, and the Institute of Yunnan Applied Statistics. The JCSDS is an international academic conference for which the Bernoulli Society is now an official sponsor. The conference will feature various sessions, including plenary talks, invited talks, contributed talks, and posters. Additionally, there will be enterprise booths, employer hiring opportunities, short courses, and workshops. For registration and more information, please visit the conference website. BS-IMS World Congress Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers 2024 August 10–11, 2024 The Bernoulli-IMS World Congress Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers 2024 will take place in August 2024 on the campus of University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Among others, the pre-meeting features lectures by Emmanuel Candès (Stanford University) on conformal inference and Remco van der Hofstad (TU Eindhoven) on networks, and offers sessions with career advice for young researchers. BS-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics August 12–16, 2024 The Bernoulli-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics will take place in August 2024 on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Held every four years, the Congress is a worldwide event covering all branches of statistics and probability. This includes theoretical, methodological, applied and computational statistics and probability, as well as stochastic processes. The latest scientific developments in all of these fields are showcased. Take a look at the provisional program (information about the program is continuously updated): BIRS Workshop on Causal Inference and Prediction for Network Data August 18–23, 2024 The Banff International Research Station will host the Causal Inference and Prediction for Network Data workshop in Banff, Canada, in co-sponsorship with the Bernoulli Society, through its Committee on Statistical Network Science. The workshop will bring researchers from theory, computation, and different applications together, to help theoreticians and methodologists focus on real problems, and to alert application researchers to the newest developments in methods. Virtual access to the workshop will be available via Zoom. Spaces will be limited. If interested in an invitation to attend, please contact Tianxi Li at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 October 5–9, 2025 The ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 will be held in October 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. It takes place every two years, since 1887, and it represents the leading congress on statistics and data science worldwide. The programme will span the full field of statistics and data science including academia, business, industry, government and official statistics in line with the breadth of the ISI and the Associations affiliated with the ISI. Please note that the conference has been postponed from July to October. Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. ________________________________________ Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications Official Publications of the Bernoulli Society Bernoulli https://projecteuclid.org/journals/bernoulli Stochastic Processes and their Applications https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/stochastic-processes-and-their-applications SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics https://www.springer.com/series/14353 Co-Sponsored Publications Have a look at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-news ^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^ Bernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs Issue 58, November 2023 ^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^ Contents
For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Alessia Caponera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by January 30th. ________________________________________ General News New Officers Sebastian Engelke (University of Geneva, Switzerland) has been elected for another term as Membership Secretary. Inés Armendáriz (UBA, Argentina) has become the new Chair of Latin America Regional Committee, succeeding Juan Carlos Pardo Millán. We would like to thank Juan Carlos Pardo Millán for his dedicated work over previous years. 2024 Bernoulli Prize for Oustanding Survey Article in Probability – Recipients The 2024 Bernoulli prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Probability goes to Stein's method for comparison of univariate distributions, Probability Surveys, vol. 14, pages 1-52, 2017. Congratulations to the authors: Christophe Ley (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Gesine Reinert (University of Oxford, UK) and Yvik Swan (Free University of Brussels, Belgium). More details about this award can be found here. President-Elect and Council Members – Call for Nominations At the General Assembly of the Bernoulli Society, held on July 18th, 2023, a Nominating Committee was established. It consists of Nancy Reid (Chair), Zengjing Chen, Claudio Landim, Victor M. Panaretos, Sonia Petrone, Mark Podolskij, Gesine Reinert, Leonardo T. Rolla, Arno Siri-Jégousse, Jingwen Song, Jeff Yao (non-voting). The task of the committee is to make nominations for the office of President-Elect (2025–2027) and six ordinary Council members (2025–2029). All members of the Bernoulli Society are invited to submit names of possible candidates (with basic information and the web address) to Ms Kamila Siuda at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by December 15th, 2023. Willem van Zwet Medal – Call for Nominations Nominations are now open for the third award of the Bernoulli Society’s Willem van Zwet medal. This medal is awarded for special service to the Bernoulli Society. The first and second awards were made in 2021 to Maria Eulalia Vares and in 2023 to Tomas Mikosch. Please take some thought as to whom you might wish to nominate for the third award of this distinguished medal! Nominations for the 2025 Willem van Zwet Medal should be communicated by email to the Willem van Zwet Medal committee care of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for nominations is noon UTC, Monday 22 July 2024. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the webpage here. Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics – Call for Nominations Nominations are now open for the second Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, awarded by the King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium. The prize is named after its sponsor, the statistician Peter J. Rousseeuw. Nominations, including letters of recommendation, are to be submitted by February 29th, 2024, on the website here which contains all information about the prize and nomination procedure. Call for Photographs and Video Footage As the Bernoulli Society approaches its 50th year of existence, we are launching an effort to collect and archive photographs and video footage related to the society — whether from the distant or more recent past. If you have material you would like to share, please contact Ms Kamila Siuda at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Jian Ding Wins 2023 Loève Prize Jian Ding (Peking University, China) has been awarded the 2023 Liné and Michel Loève International Prize in Probability (Loève Prize). The Loève Prize was created in 1992 in honor of Michel Loève by his widow, Liné. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society 6th IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting January 4–7, 2024 The Institute of Mathematical Statistics APRM will provide an excellent forum for scientific communications and collaborations for the researchers in Asia and the Pacific Rim, and promote communications and collaborations between the researchers in this area and those from other parts of the world. The program covers a wide range of topics in statistics and probability, presenting recent developments and the state of the art in a variety of modern research topics and in applications. Registrations are still open! For more details, please visit https://ims-aprm2024.com/registration. Bernoulli-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics August 12–16, 2024 The Bernoulli-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics will take place in August 2024 on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Held every four years, the Congress is a worldwide event covering all branches of statistics and probability. This includes theoretical, methodological, applied and computational statistics and probability, as well as stochastic processes. The latest scientific developments in all of these fields are showcased. The Bernoulli Society special invited lectures have been announced and the complete list of plenaries is available here. Submission of abstracts for contributed talks and posters as well as proposals for organised contributed paper sessions is now open. Deadlines
For more details, please check the Call for Papers. BIRS Workshop on Causal Inference and Prediction for Network Data August 18–23, 2024 The Banff International Research Station will host the Causal Inference and Prediction for Network Data workshop in Banff, Canada, in co-sponsorship with the Bernoulli Society, through its Committee on Statistical Network Science. The workshop will bring researchers from theory, computation, and different applications together, to help theoreticians and methodologists focus on real problems, and to alert application researchers to the newest developments in methods. Virtual access to the workshop will be available via Zoom. Spaces will be limited. If interested in an invitation to attend, please contact Tianxi Li at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ________________________________________ Job Offers Faculty Position in Mathematics – EPFL The School of Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) seeks to fill a Faculty position in Mathematics at the tenure-track Assistant Professor level. The position is intended for outstanding candidates with research interests in Discrete Mathematics, showing exceptional promise to develop into world leaders. Priority will be given to the overall originality and promise of the candidate’s work over any particular specialisation area. Applications should be uploaded by November 30th, 2023, to https://facultyrecruiting.epfl.ch/position/50036742. For additional information, please consult the webpage here. Bernoulli Instructor – EPFL The Institute of Mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) invites applications for a full-time Bernoulli Instructorship in Statistics. Bernoulli Instructorships are prestigious postdoctoral research positions hosted within the Institute of Mathematics. They offer complete research autonomy and provide travel support, for a period up to four years, allowing promising early career researchers (up to 3 years post-PhD) to launch their independent research career. For additional information, please visit the webpage here. Tenure-track Faculty Positions in Data Science – IE University Madrid IE University's Sci-Tech School is seeking four full-time, tenure-track positions in Data Science, commencing in September 2024 at their Madrid campus. The application deadline is January 30th, 2024. We are looking for researchers in data science, machine learning, and operations research with a focus on areas like healthcare, finance, and cybersecurity. The offer includes a competitive salary aligned with top European institutions, a seed research fund, health benefits, tax reductions for newcomers, and access to a vibrant campus in Madrid and Segovia. More details can be found here. ________________________________________ Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications Official Publications of the Bernoulli Society Bernoulli https://projecteuclid.org/journals/bernoulli Stochastic Processes and their Applications https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/stochastic-processes-and-their-applications SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics https://www.springer.com/series/14353 Co-Sponsored Publications Have a look at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-news ^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^ Bernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs Issue 59, February 2024 ^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^ Contents
For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Alessia Caponera This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by March 30th. ________________________________________ Bernoulli Society Golden Jubilee Join us this year in celebrating 50 years of the Bernoulli Society at the 11th World Congress in Bochum (August 12-16, 2024), and throughout the year. To mark the occasion, we have introduced a "50 year logo" (below, and on our homepage banner). Feel free to use it in any fitting context to celebrate our Society. Read about our Society's history here, and stay tuned for more! ________________________________________ General News New Appointments We are delighted to announce two new appointments. Corina Constantinescu (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) is the new Publicity Secretary, taking over from Leonardo T. Rolla since January 2024. Eva Loecherbach (University Paris 1, France) will be the new Chief Editor for SPA. She will succeed Matthias Loewe, and her term will commence at the end of March 2024. We extend our sincere gratitude to Leonardo T. Rolla and Matthias Loewe for their dedicated service over the past years. David G. Kendall Award for Young Researchers – Recipient The winner of the 2024 David G. Kendall Award for Young Researchers is Qiyang Han (Rutgers University, USA). The biannual award is presented jointly by the Royal Statistical Society and the Bernoulli Society to a young researcher that has made a significant contribution to the alternating fields of mathematical statistics or probability theory. David G. Kendall (1918–2007) was the first president of the Bernoulli Society and recipient of the RSS Guy Medal in Silver (1955) and in Gold (1981). Wolfgang Doeblin Prize – Call for Nominations The Bernoulli Society welcomes nominations for the 2024 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize. The Wolfgang Doeblin Prize, which was founded in 2011 and is generously sponsored by Springer, is awarded biannually to a single individual who is in the beginning of his or her mathematical career, for outstanding research in the field of probability theory. Nominations should be communicated to the Award Committee by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with subject heading: Doeblin Prize 2024. Each nomination should be sent by March 1th, 2024. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the extended version of the call here and the prize webpage here. Willem van Zwet Medal – Call for Nominations Nominations are open for the third award of the Bernoulli Society's Willem van Zwet medal. This medal is awarded for special service to the Bernoulli Society. The first and second awards were made in 2021 to Maria Eulalia Vares and in 2023 to Tomas Mikosch. Nominations for the 2025 Willem van Zwet Medal should be communicated by email to the Willem van Zwet Medal Committee care of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for nominations is July 22nd, 2024, at noon UTC. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the webpage here. Call for Photographs and Video Footage As the Bernoulli Society approaches its 50th year of existence, we are launching an effort to collect and archive photographs and video footage related to the society — whether from the distant or more recent past. If you have material you would like to share, please contact Ms Kamila Siuda at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by March 1st, 2024. Sad News It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Professor Alan G. Hawkes. He passed away peacefully on November 9th, 2023. The Bernoulli Society extends its sincere condolences to his family. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society 42nd Finnish Summer School on Probability and Statistics May 27–31, 2024 The Finnish Doctoral Education Network in Stochastics and Statistics (FDNSS), in co-sponsorship with the Bernoulli Society, invites doctoral students in probability, statistics, and related areas, to attend one-week intensive courses on active research topics in probability and statistics, lectured by leading scholars in the field. Advanced MSc students, fresh postdocs and everyone in the research and applied field are welcome too. The registration will be open in spring 2024. Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen Memorial Conference May 29–31, 2024 We are happy to share the announcement of the Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen Memorial Conference, taking place at the Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University, Denmark. The aim of the conference is to cover many of the numerous fields of science that Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen contributed to and to address recent research developments in these fields. A prominent list of speakers will be presenting their work at the conference. Please see the conference website for the full list of speakers, as well as for further details on the conference. BS-IMS World Congress Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers 2024 August 10–11, 2024 We are happy to announce the upcoming Bernoulli-IMS World Congress Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers 2024! It will take place in August 2024 on the campus of University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Among others, the pre-meeting features lectures by Emmanuel Candès (Stanford University) on conformal inference and Remco van der Hofstad (TU Eindhoven) on networks, and offers sessions with career advice for young researchers. Scholarships for participants from low/middle income countries are available. BS-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics August 12–16, 2024 The Bernoulli-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics will take place in August 2024 on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Held every four years, the Congress is a worldwide event covering all branches of statistics and probability. This includes theoretical, methodological, applied and computational statistics and probability, as well as stochastic processes. The latest scientific developments in all of these fields are showcased. Take a look at the provisional program (information about the program is continuously updated): Submission of abstracts for contributed talks and posters closes soon! The deadline is February 15th, 2024. For more details, please check the Call for Papers. BIRS Workshop on Causal Inference and Prediction for Network Data August 18–23, 2024 The Banff International Research Station will host the Causal Inference and Prediction for Network Data workshop in Banff, Canada, in co-sponsorship with the Bernoulli Society, through its Committee on Statistical Network Science. The workshop will bring researchers from theory, computation, and different applications together, to help theoreticians and methodologists focus on real problems, and to alert application researchers to the newest developments in methods. Virtual access to the workshop will be available via Zoom. Spaces will be limited. If interested in an invitation to attend, please contact Tianxi Li at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 July 13–17, 2025 The ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 will be held in July 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. It takes place every two years, since 1887, and it represents the leading congress on statistics and data science worldwide. We strongly encourage members of the Bernoulli Society to propose invited paper sessions (IPSs) for the congress. The submission deadline for IPSs is March 15th, 2024. More details are available here. Please keep EDI considerations in mind when planning your session. ________________________________________ Job Offers Call for Expression of Interest - LUISS Guido Carli The Department of Economics and Finance at LUISS Guido Carli in Rome invites outstanding scholars to express their interest for a full-time position as Assistant/Associate Professor of Statistics. Ideal candidates should have research experience in Statistics and Data Science and intend to pursue research projects in the field, with a focus on: Statistical Learning, Analysis of Complex and Big Data, Interaction between Optimization and Statistics. Submissions are due by February 15th, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. CET (UTC +1). However, expressions of interest could be considered even after the deadline. For additional information, please visit the webpage here. ________________________________________ Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications Official Publications of the Bernoulli Society Bernoulli https://projecteuclid.org/journals/bernoulli Stochastic Processes and their Applications https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/stochastic-processes-and-their-applications SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics https://www.springer.com/series/14353 Co-Sponsored Publications Have a look at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. 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For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Bojana Milošević This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by January 30th.
________________________________________ General News
Nominations for ISI Officers’ Elections The ISI Nominations Committee invites all members of the ISI and Associations to suggest names for the posts of President-Elect, Vice-Presidents and Council members for the next round of ISI Officers’ Elections. The presentation of candidates’ names with indication of post and motivation of the candidate’s suitability for the position should be sent to the Chair of the Nominations Committee, Victor Pérez Abreu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by 30 November 2021.
Call for nominations of President-Elect and Council Members At the General Assembly of the Bernoulli Society, held online on July 8th, 2021, a Nominating Committee was established. It consists of Adam Jakubowski (President of the BS), Victor Panaretos (President-Elect, Chair), Herold Dehling, Leonardo Rolla, Christina Goldschmidt, Marcos Valdebenito, Gesine Reinert, Gerda Claeskens, Zengjing Chen, Juan Carlos Pardo Millán and Song Xi Chen (Scientific Secretary). The task of the committee is to make nominations for the office of President-Elect (2023-2025) and for ordinary Council members for the term 2023-2027. All members of the Bernoulli Society are invited to submit names of possible candidates (with basic information and the web address) to Victor Panaretos (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) by December 31st, 2021.
Call for nominations for the 2022 Wolfgang Doblin prize The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability welcomes nominations for the 2022 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize.
Call for 2022 COPSS awards nominations Each year, the statistical profession recognizes outstanding members at the Joint Statistical Meetings in an awards ceremony organized by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS). The nominations are being sought for The Presidents’ Award, The Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship, The Elizabeth L. Scott Award and Lectureship, The COPSS Leadership Academy Award. The deadline for nominations is December 15, 2021. More information about these awards can be found at https://community.amstat.org/copss/awards/nominations.
________________________________________ Highlighted Events
The 1st Sino-German Workshop on Reliability of Complex Systems November 5-6, 2021 The workshop "The 1st Sino-German Workshop on Reliability of Complex Systems" (SGWRCS), organized in virtual form, will have the focus on Reliability Engineering, Risk Management, and Resilience of complex engineering systems appeared in key infrastructures and advanced manufacturing, but also covers related topics such as uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis, model updating, model verification and validation, design under uncertainties, etc., across different disciplinaries.
________________________________________ Other Events sponsored and co-sponsored by Bernoulli Society
The seventh One World webinar November 17, 2021 The seventh One World webinar, organized by YoungStatS, will be dedicated to Novel Algebraic Approaches to Maximum Likelihood Estimation. Selected young researchers active in the area of algebraic statistics will present their recent contributions on this topic. Frontier Probability Days (FPD’20) December 3-5, 2021 The Frontier Probability Days is a regional workshop, now postponed to 2021 at the University of Nevada. Its purpose is to bring together mathematicians, both regionally and globally, who have an interest in probability and its applications. FPD aims to complement other regional conferences in Probability that are held annually elsewhere in the United States.
6th IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting (to be announced) 2023 The Institute of Mathematical Statistics APRM will provide an excellent forum for scientific communications and collaborations for the researchers in Asia and the Pacific Rim, and promote communications and collaborations between the researchers in this area and those from other parts of the world. The program covers a wide range of topics in statistics and probability, presenting recent developments and the state of the art in a variety of modern research topics and in applications Invited session proposals are now being considered.
Rényi 100 Conference June 20 - 23, 2022 Alfréd Rényi was born on the 20th of March 1921. To celebrate this occasion, the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are organizing a high-profile conference, representing modern probability, graph theory and networks, information theory, dynamical systems, number theory and other fields in Rényi's spirit. That is: not respecting strictly the borders between these and possibly other areas of pure and applied mathematics.
International Symposium on Nonparametric Statistics (ISNPS2022) June 20 – 24, 2022 The conference has been postponed to 2022 and it will bring forth recent advances and trends in several areas of nonparametric statistics, in order to facilitate the exchange of research ideas, promote collaboration among researchers from all over the world, and contribute to the further development of the field. The program will include plenary talks, special invited talks, invited talks, contributed talks and posters on all areas of nonparametric statistics.
42nd Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications (SPA) June 27 - July 1, 2022 Previously scheduled for July 2021, the conference will take place in 2022. SPA Conferences are organized under the patronage of the Bernoulli Society and can justifiably be regarded as the most important international scientific meeting on the theory and applications of stochastic processes. They are held annually except for the years when the World Congress in Probability and Statistics takes place. This iteration will be hosted by Wuhan University.
33rd European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS 2022) July 18 - 22, 2022
40th Finnish summer school in Probability and Statistics May 23-27, 2022
São Paulo Advanced Science on Singular Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and their Applications August 2-13, 2022
________________________________________ Job Offers
Tenure Track Assistant Professor or a Tenured Associate Professor at EPFL The School of Basic Sciences and the School of Engineering at EPFL seek to appoint a Tenure Track Assistant Professor or a Tenured Associate Professor jointly between the Institute of Mathematics and the Institute of Materials. Ideal candidates would have a strong interdisciplinary breadth rather than focus on specific subfields. Indicative fields of interest include, but are not restricted to, multi-scale modelling, topological properties of materials, soft matter, efficient and accurate electronic-structure algorithms, statistical mechanics of emergent phenomena, numerical methods for very high dimensional problems, theory of data-driven algorithms applied to materials discovery. Priority will be given to the overall originality and promise of the candidate’s work over any particular specialization area, and to the demonstrated attitude of the candidate to straddle the divide between rigorous mathematics and impactful applications to material modeling and theory. Candidates should hold a PhD and have an excellent record of scientific accomplishments, commensurate to the level of experience. In addition, commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate, master and doctoral levels is expected. Proficiency in French teaching is not required, but willingness to learn the language is expected.
Two Bernoulli Instructorships in Analysis and in Statistics at EPFL The Institute of Mathematics at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) invites applications for two full-time Bernoulli Instructorships in 1) Analysis (including related areas in Stochastics) and 2) Statistics. Bernoulli Instructors are expected to teach courses in their broader domain at all levels (in French or English). The initial teaching load is light, corresponding to half the teaching load of regular faculty, and gradually progresses to the latter. Bernoulli Instructors are expected to develop and sustain an excellent independent research program. They are welcome to collaborate and encouraged to interact with members of the Institute, but they maintain full research independence. They are offered travel support. The EPFL actively aims to increase the presence of women amongst its employees, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Tenure-Track Position in Statistics at CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico The Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT-CONACYT: http://www.cimat.mx/ ) in Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico, seeks applications from ambitious, highly motivated and talented individuals with a PhD, earned in the last fifteen years, in the area of Statistics or closely related disciplines for a tenure-track research position, to start any time between May and August 2022. Applicants are expected to be working on modern research fields in statistics, namely one or the intersection of, complex data and/or massive data analyses, complex models, computer intensive methodologies, considering both theory and applications. Additionally to the latter, applicants working in the interface with Probability Theory are specially sought. Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered for the position: 1) An academic career with scientific achievements in accordance with the length of time passed after the doctorate. Mexican residents must be members of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) or have the appropriate academic achievements to successfully participate in the next SNI call; 2) Teaching experience in Statistics is desirable, in order to train students at undergraduate, master and doctoral levels. Knowledge of the Spanish language is not required for the first years.
________________________________________ Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications
Official publications of the Bernoulli Society Bernoulli https://projecteuclid.org/journals/bernoulli Stochastic Processes and their Applications https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/stochastic-processes-and-their-applications SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics https://www.springer.com/series/14353 Co-sponsored publications Have a look at http://www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/publications for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-news
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