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Bernoulli Society is excited to announce a call for proposals for hosting the European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) in 2026 and 2028

Bernoulli announces a call for proposals for the European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) 2026 and 2028. 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 or EMS 2028 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 15, 2024 and will receive prompt feedback. Proposals are expected to be finalized by July 31, 2024.


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The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability has extended the call for nominations for the 2024 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize.

Aapplications can be submitted until April 12, 2024.

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.  Nominees should normally be within 10 (calendar) years from getting their PhD to the prize year with suitable adjustments to be made for career breaks post-PhD (for example, maternity/paternity leave or military service).

The awardee will be invited to submit to the journal Probability Theory and Related Fields a paper for publication as the Wolfgang Doeblin Prize Article, and will also be invited to present the Doeblin Prize Lecture at a Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications.

To nominate a candidate, please provide the following documents:

  1. A comprehensive two-page Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting the nominee's academic background, professional experience, and honors/awards received.
  2. A list of publications.
  3. A document of at most five pages describing the nominee's work and placing it in context for importance. This document should outline the key mathematical contributions, their significance, and their impact on their respective field(s).
  4. Between two and four letters of recommendation.

More information about the Wolfgang Doeblin Prize and past awardees can be found at https://www.bernoullisociety.org/prizes?id=158

Each nomination should be sent by April 12, 2024.

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.


We are pleased to share announce that on May 29-31, 2024, a conference will be held in memory of Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen, a valued scientist and the first editor-in-chief of the Bernoulli Journal.

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.

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 (https://conferences.au.dk/oebn24) for the full list of speakers, as well as for further details on the conference.

Should you wish to attend the conference, please sign up using the link at the conference website. The conference will include a poster session; if you wish to present a poster, please indicate this when you sign up.

  

Organizing committee:

Almut Veraart, Fred Espen Benth, Mark Podolskij, Rodrigo Labouriau, Steen Thorbjørnsen, Orimar Sauri, and Mikkel Bennedsen


We are happy to announce the upcoming Bernoulli-IMS World Congress Pre-Meeting for Young Researchers 2024!

 

Date: August 10-11, 2024

Location: University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Website:https://www.bernoulli-ims-worldcongress2024.org/young-researchers-pre-meeting

 

Lectures:

  • Emmanuel Candès (Stanford University) on conformal inference

  • Remco van der Hofstad (TU Eindhoven) on networks

  • Susan Murphy (Harvard University) on reinforcement learning

 

There will also be sessions with career advice for young researchers. Scholarships for participants from low/middle income countries are available.


Message from the organizers World Congress:

Dear colleagues,

I want to draw your attention to a few recent developments concerning the upcoming Bernoulli-IMS 11th World Congress in Probability and Statistics (Bochum, 12 to 16 August 2024):

(1) Most Invited Paper Sessions are now completed; on our website you can find the topics, the organizers and most of the speakers:
https://www.bernoulli-ims-worldcongress2024.org/invited-papers-sessions

(2) A first batch of Organized Contributed Paper Sessions has been approved; here you can find the topics, the organizers and the speakers:
https://www.bernoulli-ims-worldcongress2024.org/organized-contributed-paper-sessions

(3) We have extended the deadline for submission of proposals for Organized Contributed Paper Sessions until 31 January 2024. Please note the 15 February 2024 deadline for submission of individual contributed talks and posters.

Hope to see you in August in Bochum for the Bernoulli-IMS World Congress.


Herold Dehling
(Chair of the Local Organizing Committee)


The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability 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.  Nominees should normally be within 10 (calendar) years from getting their PhD to the prize year with suitable adjustments to be made for career breaks post-PhD (for example, maternity/paternity leave or military service).

The awardee will be invited to submit to the journal Probability Theory and Related Fields a paper for publication as the Wolfgang Doeblin Prize Article, and will also be invited to present the Doeblin Prize Lecture at a Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications.

To nominate a candidate, please provide the following documents:

  1. A comprehensive two-page Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting the nominee's academic background, professional experience, and honors/awards received.
  2. A list of publications.
  3. A document of at most five pages describing the nominee's work and placing it in context for importance. This document should outline the key mathematical contributions, their significance, and their impact on their respective field(s).
  4. Between two and four letters of recommendation.

More information about the Wolfgang Doeblin Prize and past awardees can be found at https://www.bernoullisociety.org/prizes?id=158

Each nomination should be sent by April 12, 2024.

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.


We cordially invite you to the 42nd edition of the Finnish Summer School on Probability and Statistics, which will take place on May 27–31, 2024, at Lammi Biological Research Station of the University of Helsinki. 

Invited lecturers are:

- Jüri Lember  (University of Tartu),

- Roland Speicher (Universität des Saarlandes),

- Josep Vives (Universitat de Barcelona).

The school is targeted primarily for doctoral students in probability, statistics, and related areas. Advanced MSc students, fresh postdocs and everyone in the research and applied field are welcome too.

The registration will be open in spring 2024.

For registering and further information go to the summer school website

https://fdnss.fi/42nd-finnish-summer-school-on-probability-and-statistics/


Winner of the David G. Kendall Award for Young Researchers announced

The BS and RSS is pleased to announce this years’ winner of the David G. Kendall Award for Young Researchers: congratulations to Qiyang Han!

The biannual award is presented  jointly by the RSS 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).

This year, the award recognises Rutgers University Assistant Professor Qiyang Han for his outstanding contributions to, among other things, empirical process theory, nonparametric inference under shape constraints and asymptotics for multivariate models.

Qiyang  receives a prize of 2,000 euros and, as this year’s award is being given for contributions to mathematical statistics, is also invited to give the Kendall Lecture at the 2024 RSS Annual International Conference.  

Read here for more about the award and here about the RSS.


Eva Loecherbach will replace the current editor of Stochastic Processes and their Applications - Matthias Loewe, and her term will commence at the end of March 2024. 


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