Editor: Angelika May phone: +49 89 289 28210
Center for Mathematical Sciences fax: +49 89 289 28464
Munich University of Technology
D-80290 Munich, Germany
email: may@mathematik.tu-muenchen.de

BERNOULLI NEWS Vol.5, No.2, 1998

From the Editor

The main purpose of my editorial work will be to keep the high standards in content and layout which were set by my predecessor Claudia Klüppelberg. As a novel step, I intend to emphasize one main theme in each issue. As a first step in this direction you may regard the two articles concerning Eastern Europe: Jacek Koronacki's words about reintegration of the Eastern European scientific community on p.1 and the reprint from an article in the Lithuanian newspaper about the Vilnius Conference this summer (p.11).

The viability of this Newsletter will of course depend crucially on your continuing input. Please keep your interesting contributions coming in. Support the Newsletter by submitting reports and announcements (preferably in good time before the deadline...).

I want to express my gratitude to Claudia Klüppelberg for her confidence in me by handing over the editorial responsibility to me. I'll try to do my best, Claudia! I very much appreciate the steady TEX-nical help from Jörg Müller and Helga Weiss.

List of Contents

• Committee Work
• Bernoulli Society 2000
• The Bernoulli Society Outreach Program
• Journals of the Bernoulli Society
• Reports on Recent Activities
• Research Centers
• Conferences 1999
• World Congress 2000
• Summary of Forthcoming BS Events
• Who is Who in the Bernoulli Society

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