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Created: 21 March 2023

The deadlines for submission of contributed papers and early bird payment for the European Meeting of Statisticians 2023 to take place July 3-7 in Warsaw, Poland, have been prolonged (till March 31st and May 5th, 2023, respectively). See https://ems2023.org/important_dates .

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Created: 02 November 2022

The annual meeting of officials of the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics was organized on September 6th, 2022,  on zoom platform and with kind support of Elyse Gustafson. The IMS was represented by Peter Bühlman (President) and Krzysztof Burdzy (Past President).  The author of this note was the only representative of the BS, as Victor Panaretos (President-Elect) had to chair an ad-hoc celebration organized by his mother institution (Institute of Mathematics, EPFL)  to honor Maryna Viazovska,  the Fields Medalist 2022.

During the discussion we exchanged impressions on recent conferences organized in person, not in hybrid or online modes. Among several topics one was particularly dominating and the Presidents decided to give a special wording to it.

The World Congress itself should be held in person. Keynote speakers are expected to give their lectures in person. If a keynote speaker cannot attend in person, the lecture will be rescheduled.

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Created: 02 November 2022

Bernoulli Society and IMS call for preliminary bids/expressions of interest from academics interested in running a Bernoulli-IMS World Congress at their institution in 2028. The deadline for submission is March 31st, 2023. The location of the 2028 meeting will be announced during the11th Bernoulli-IMS World Congress in Probability and Statistics in Bochum in 2024.

The bids should be sent to the two society presidents

• Adam Jakubowski <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
• Peter Bühlmann <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

and copied to the two society presidents-elect

• Victor Panaretos <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
• Michael Kosorok <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Read more: Call for hosting World Congress 2028

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Created: 02 November 2022

The winners of the New Researcher Award 2023 in Mathematical Statistics are:

• Edgar Dobriban (University of Pennsylvania)
• Qiyang Han (Rutgers University)
• Lucas Janson (Harvard University)

The awardees will deliver a talk at the special invited session during the ISI World Statistics Congress Conference to be held in Ottawa, Canada, July 15 – 20, 2023, and will each receive a funding up to 1000 € to offset travel and other expenses.

The committee also honors three additional applicants:

• Thomas B. Berrett (University of Warwick)
• Zijian Guo (Rutgers University)
• Yuting Wei (University of Pennsylvania)

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Created: 02 November 2022

Yinon Spinka (University of British Columbia, Tel Aviv University) has been awarded the 2022 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize. The Prize 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. The committee was chaired by Christina Goldschmidt and consisted of Ivan Corwin, Nina Gantert, Panki Kim, Hubert Lacoin, Fabio Toninelli and Bálint Tóth. Congratulations! The list of past recipients can be found here. 

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Created: 27 September 2022

The Bernoulli Society is sponsoring the first International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science (IDWSDS), an initiative from the Caucus for Women in Statistics (CWS) and the Portuguese Statistical Association (SPE). The online event will take place on October 11, 2022. There will be a place for both live and recorded presentations, in the spirit of the first Around the World conference. 

The aim includes showcasing women's contributions to the field and connecting women statisticians and data scientists around the world. This is in line with other recent initiatives designed to increase women in STEM disciplines, such as the International Day for Women in Mathematics, and ISI’s International Year of Women in Statistics and Data Science.  Please submit session ideas and sponsorship requests to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and follow the Twitter account @cwstat for updates.

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Created: 28 February 2022

In reaction to the military aggression by the Russian Federation, the Executive Committee of the Bernoulli Society, in consultation with the European Regional Committee, has decided to cancel the European Meeting of Statisticians 2022 in Moscow. We appreciate the significant efforts that have been invested in the preparation of this meeting. We express our deepest sympathy and support to the Ukrainian people.

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Created: 15 January 2022

The Bernoulli Society welcomes applications to the New Researcher Award 2023. Each awardee
shall deliver a talk at a special invited session during the ISI World Statistics Congress Conference
to be held in Ottawa, Canada, July 15-20, 2023, and will receive a funding up to 1000 € 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 Ph.D. degree on
or after March 15th, 2017, and who are regular members of the Bernoulli Society. An extension
may be given to those having had disruptions after receiving the Ph.D., such as parenthood.
Candidates should apply through the webform https://forms.gle/yQg8F6fDx7qLLCAMA and send
the required documents to the e-mail address indicated in the form.

Deadline: March 15th, 2022

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Created: 03 January 2022

The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability welcomes nominations for the 2022 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. 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.

More information about the Wolfgang Doeblin prize and past awardees can be found at http://www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/prizes/.

Each nomination should offer a brief but adequate case of support and should be sent by December 30, 2021, to the chair of the prize committee, Christina Goldschmidt, at the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with subject heading: Doeblin Prize 2022.

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Created: 22 July 2021

Marloes Maathuis (ETH Zurich) has been awarded the 2021 Ethel Newbold Prize. The Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics is awarded every 2 years. The name of the prize recognizes a historically important role of women in statistics. The prize itself is for excellence in statistics without reference to the gender of the recipient. The Ethel Newbold Prize is generously supported by Wiley.