SPA Meetings: Special Lectures and Conference Scientific Committees
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44th,2025 Wrocław (Poland), July 14-18
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Pablo Ferrari (Chair) ARG
Krzysztof Burdzy
Open Public Lecture
2
Krzysztof Bogdan (Chair of LOC) PL
Benoit Collins
3
Krzysztof Dębicki PL
Giuseppe Cannizzaro
Doeblin Lecture
4
Serguei Foss UK
Alessandra Faggionato
Doob Lecture
5
Nina Holden US
Thomas Hutchcroft
6
Hubert Lacoin BR
Tomasz Komorowski
7
Eva Löcherbach FR
Mateusz Kwaśnicki
8
Eulalia Nualart ES
Florence Merlevède
Lévy Lecture
9
Neil O'Connell IRL
Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira
10
Magda Peligrad US
Ron Peled
11
Mark Podolskij LUX
Nicolas Perkowski
12
Juan Carlos Pardo MEX
Sunder Sethuraman
Schramm Lecture
13
Daniel Remenik CHI
Justin Salez
14
Makiko Sasada JP
Cristina Toninelli
15
Gunther Schütz POR
Minmin Wang
Itô Prize Lecturer
16
Balint Toth UK
43rd,2023 Lisbon (Portugal), July 24 – 28
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Ivan Corwin US
Louigi Addario-Berry
Schramm Lecture
2
Ana Bela Cruzeiro (Chair of LOC) POR
Riddhipratim Basu
Doob lecture
3
Franco Flandoli IT
René Carmona
4
Patrícia Gonçalves POR
Jean-Dominique Deuschel
5
Nina Gantert DE
Massimiliano Gubinelli
Medallion Lecture
6
Christina Goldschmidt UK
Martina Hofmanová
7
Ben Hambly UK
Oleksandr Iksanov
Itô Prize Lecturer
8
Takashi Kumagai (Chair) JP
Richard Kenyon
Medallion Lecture
9
Mikhail Lifshits RU
Andrey Pilipenko
Itô Prize Lecturer
10
Gregory Miermont FR
Gesine Reinert
11
Nicolas Privault SG
Makiko Sasada
12
Alejandro Ramirez CL
Sylvia Serfaty
Medallion Lecture
13
Laurent Saloff-Coste US
Yinon Spinka
Doeblin Prize Lecture
14
Karl-Theodor Sturm DE
Horng-Tzer Yau
Lévy lecture
15
Amandine Veber FR
16
Feng-Yu Wang CN
17
Wendelin Werner CH
18
Ofer Zeitouni IL
42nd,2022 Wuhan, China, June 27 - July 1, 2022
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Bertoin Jean CH
Louigi Addario-Berry
Schramm Lecture
2
Duminul-Copin Hugo CH
Hugo Duminil-Copin
IMS Medallion
3
Etheridge Alison UK
Van Delft
Ito Prize
4
Fukushima Ryoki JP
Hubert Lacoin
5
Gubinelli Massimiliano DE
Holden Nina
6
Guionnet Alice FR
Nike Sun
Doeblin Prize Lecture
7
Landim Claudio BR
Balint Toth
IMS Medallion
8
Le Gall Jean-Francois (Chair) FR
Vitali Wachtel
9
Lunetzky Eyal US
Jian Wang
10
Lugosi Gabor ES
Hao Wu
Doob Lecture
11
Ma Zhi-Ming CN
Lorenzo Zambotti
Levy Lecture
12
Mytnik Leonid IL
Tusheng Zhang
13
Quastel Jeremy CA
TBA (3 speakers)
Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award
14
Ramanan Kavita US
15
Toninelli Cristina FR
16
Zhang Xicheng (Chair of LOC) CN
17
Vatutin Vladimir RU
41st, 2019, Evanston, Chicago, USA, July 8-12.
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Adler Robert IL
James R. Lee US
2
Angel Omer CA
Dmitry Panchenko CA
3
Auffinger Tuca US
Yanxia Ren CN
4
Bubeck Sebastien US
Alan Sly US
5
Cerrai Sandra US
Béatrice de Tilière FR
6
Friz Peter DE
Caroline Uhler US
7
Lacoin Hubert BR
Massimilliano Gubinelli GE
Levy Lecture
8
Lawler Greg (Chair of LOC) US
Jeremy Quastel CA
Doob lecture
9
Le Gall Jean-Francois FR
Jason Miller UK
Doeblin Prize Lecture
10
Li Xue-Mei UK
Zhen-Qing Chen US
Ito Prize Lecture
11
Mendelson Shahar IL
Stanislav Smirnov RU
Schramm Lecture
12
Norris James UK
Krzystof Burdzy US
IMS Medallion
13
Pemantle Robin (Chair) US
Etienne Pardoux FR
IMS Medallion
14
Sidoravicius Vladas CN
15
Song Renming US
16
Sun Ronfeng SN
17
Sullivant Seth US
18
Stas Volkov SE
40th,2018 Gothenburg, Sweden, June 11-15
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Addario-Berry Louigi CA
Baccelli, Francois US
2
Bogachev Vladimir RU
Millet, Annie FR
3
Foss Serguei, UK
Sun, Nike US
4
Haas Benedicte FR
Nachmias, Asaf US
5
Hairer Martin UK
Goncalves, Patricia PT
6
Hausenblas Erika AT
Johansson, Kurt SE
7
van der Hofstad Remco NL
Deijfen, Mia SE
8
Hult Henrik SE
Steif, Jeffrey SE
Doob
9
Klebaner Fima AU
Etheridge, A. UK
Levy
10
Mytnik Leonid IL
DeMasi, Anna IT
IMS Medallion
11
Peccati Giovanni LU
Khoshnevisan, D. US
IMS Medallion
12
Peche Sandrine FR
13
Resine Gesine UK
14
Rootzen Holger SE
15
Shao Qi-Man HK
16
Sheffield Scott US
17
Eulalia Vares Maria BR
18
Xiong Jie MN
19
Zuyev Sergei (Chair of LOC) SE
39th,2017 Moscow, Russia, July 24-28
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Itai Benjamini IL
Kenyon, R. US
Schramm
2
Alexei Borodin US
Kumagai, T. JP
IMS Medallion
3
Anton Bovier DE
Sanz Sole, M. SP
IMS Medallion
4
Ana Bela Cruzeiro PT
Zhang, Xicheng CN
5
Laszio Erdos AT
Shi, Zhan FR
6
Franco Flandoli IT
Chelkak, Dmitry FR/RU
7
Antonio Galves BR
Bordenave, Charles FR
8
Shigo Kusuoka JP
Lifshitz, Mikhail RU
9
Andreas Kyprianou UK
Curien, Nicolas FR
10
Michel Ledoux FR
Gubinelli Massimiliano DE
11
Kavita Ramanan US
Cerrai, Sandra US
12
Marta Sanz Sole SP
Kurt Noemi DE
Ito Prize Lecture
13
Stanislav Smirnov (chair) CH
Sly Allan US
Doeblin Prize lecture
14
Vladimir Vatutin (co-chair of LOC) RU
Bogachev, V. RU
Doob
15
Balint Virag C
Olshanskii, G. RU
Levy
16
Feng-Yu Wang UK
17
Takashi Kumagai JP
38th,2015 Oxford, UK, July 13-17
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Bakry FR
Borodin, A. US
2
Barlow (chair) CA
Cranston, M. FR
Ito
3
Crisan UK
Haas, B. FR
4
Etheridge UK
Hammond, A. US
5
Gantert DE
Kaspi, H. IL
6
Goldschmidt UK
Ledoux, M. FR
Schramm
7
Guionnet US
Marchand, R. FR
8
Kumagai JP
Miermont, G. FR
IMS Medallion
9
Lawler US
Miller, J. US
10
Le Jan FR
Peche, S. FR
11
Limic FR
Sabot, Ch. FR
12
Lyons (chair of LOC) UK
Sheffield, S. US
IMS Medallion
13
Peng CN
Stuart, A. UK
14
Robert FR
Tao, T. US
Doob
15
Sturm DE
Teixeira, A. BR
16
Taylor US
Tsirelson, B. IL
Levy
17
Toth UK
18
Zeitouni IL
37th, 2014 Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 28 - August 1
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Chatterjee US
Bovier, A. DE
2
Comets FR
Corwin, I. US
3
Ferrari (chair of LOC) AR
Erdoes, L. AT
4
Fontes BR
Galves, A. BR
5
Funaki JP
Garban, Ch. FR
6
Goldschmidt UK
Hairer, M. UK
Levy
7
Guionnet US
Jara, M. BR
8
den Hollander NL
Kozma, G. IL
9
Komorowski PL
Lubetzky, E. US
10
Martinelli I
Meleard, S. FR
11
Martinez CL
Nualart, D. US
IMS Medallion
12
Olla (chair) FR
Otto, F. DE
13
Velenik CH
Sasamoto, T. JP
14
Zeitouni IL
Sheffield, S. US
15
Toninelli, F. FR
16
Toth, B. HU/UK
36th,2013 Boulder, Colorado, USA, July 29 - August 2
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Mufa Chen CN
Ben Arous, G. US
Levy
2
Evans US
Benjamini, I. IL
Schramm
3
Kaspi IL
Chen, Z-Q. US
4
Khoshnevisan US
Doney, R. UK
5
Le Gall FR
Duminil-Copin, H. CH
6
Lalley (chair) US
Ferrari, P. AR
7
Landim BR
Funaki, T. JP
8
Lawler US
Golden, K. US
BS Open Lecture
9
Popovici US
Kaimanovich, V. CA
10
Quastel CA
O'Connell, N. UK
Doob
11
Shigekawa JP
Osada, H. JP
Ito
12
Toth HU
Quastel, J. CA
13
Tracy US
Ramanan, K. US
14
Woess AT
Shao, Q-M. CN
15
Veber, A. FR
16
Virag, B. CA
IMS Medallion
17
Zeitouni, O. IL/US
35th,2011 Oaxaca, Mexico, June 19-25
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Benjamini, I. IL
IMS Medallion
2
Flandoli, F. IT
3
Adderio-Berry, L. CA
4
Angel, O. CA
5
Berestycki, N. UK
6
Bodineau, T. FR
7
Burdzy, K. US
8
Carmona, R. US
9
Eisenbaum, N. FR
Ito
10
Fontes, L-R. BR
11
Goldschmidt, Ch. UK
12
Gorostiza, L. MX
13
Guionnet, A. FR
14
Ioffe, D. IL
15
Kyprianou, A. UK
16
Le Gall, J-F. FR
Levy
17
Luczak, M. UK
18
Peng, S.G. CN
19
Tracy, C. US
20
Williams, R. US
Doob
34th,2010 Osaka, Japan, September 6-10
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Atar, R. IL
2
Biskup, M. US
3
Hairer, M. UK
4
Hino, M. JP
5
Jacod, J. FR
6
Jeanblanc, M. FR
7
Khoshnevisan, D. US
8
Kumagai, T. JP
9
Landim, C. BR
Levy
10
Lawler, G. US
Doob
11
Lyons, T. UK
IMS Medallion
12
McKean, H. US
Ito Memorial
13
Miermont, G. FR
14
Rogers, Ch. UK
15
Seppalainen, T. US
16
Sturm, K.-T. DE
17
Tang, S. CN
18
Taylor, J. US
19
Watanabe, S. JP
Ito Memorial
20
Wilson, D. US
33rd,2009 Berlin, Germany, July 27-31
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Smirnov, S. CH
2
Baik, Y. US
3
Chatterjee, S. US
4
Delbaen, F. CH
5
Dembo, A. US
Levy
6
Hamadene, S. FR
7
Klupperberg, C. DE
IMS Medallion
8
Martin, J. UK
9
Martinez, S. CL
10
Mathieu, P. FR
11
Mattingly, J. US
12
Mörters, P. UK
13
Perkins, E. CA
14
Reinert, G. UK
15
Saloff-Coste, L. US
16
Schied, A. DE
17
Slade, G. CA
IMS Medallion
18
Takeda, M. JP
19
Wakolbinger, A. DE
20
Wang, F-Y. CN
32nd, 2007 Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA, August 5-11
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Bodineau, T. FR
2
Meleard, S. FR
3
Osada, H. JP
4
Sheffield, S. US
5
Slade, G. CA
6
Tracy, C. US
7
Barlow, M. CA
Levy
8
De la Pena, V. US
IMS Medallion
9
Fang, S. FR
10
Jarai, A. CA
11
Lai, T. L. US
12
Lyons, R. US
IMS Medallion
13
Mandelbaum, A. IL
14
Möhle, M. DE
15
Nualart, D. US
16
Olivier, Y. FR
17
Rolles, S. DE
18
Sidoravicius, V. BR
19
Yao, D. US
20
Yor, M. FR
Doob
31st,2006 Paris, France, July 17-21
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Durrett, R. US
IMS Medallion
2
El Karoui, N. FR
3
Vares, M-E. BR
4
Virag, B. CA
5
Follmer, H. DE
Levy
6
Fournier, N. FR
7
Kesten, H. US
8
Ledoux, M. FR
IMS Medallion
9
Li, Z. H. CN
10
Meyn, S. US
11
Mikosch, T. AT
12
Mossel, E. US
13
San Martin, J. CL
14
Sanz Sole, M. SP
15
Speed, T. US
16
Villani, C. FR
30th,2005 Santa Barbara, California, USA
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Landim, C. BR
2
Taylor, J. US
3
Toth, B. HU
4
Bertoin, J. FR
Levy
5
Deift, P. US
6
Duffie, D. US
7
Englander, J. US
8
Gantert, N. DE
9
Glynn, P. US
10
Le Gall, J-F. FR
IMS Medallion
11
Limic, V. CA
12
Mytnik, L. IL
13
Sznitman, A-S. CH
IMS Medallion
14
Warnaw, T. US
15
Yosida, N. JP
29th,2003 Angra dos Reis, Brazil
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Bovier, A. DE
2
Burdzy, K. US
3
Ferrari, P. BR
4
Ioffe, D. IL
5
Burton, R. US
6
den Hollander, F. NL
7
Guionnet, A. FR
8
Norris, J. UK
9
Zeitouni, O. IL
28th,2002 Melbourne, Australia
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Ma, Z.-M. CN
2
Borisov, S. RU
3
del Moral, P. FR
4
Embrechts, P. CH
5
Etheridge, A. UK
6
Haggstrom, O. SE
7
Hall, P. AU
8
Johansson, K. SE
9
Neuts, M. US
10
Ozaki, T. JP
11
Protter, P. FR
12
Siegmund, S. US
13
Smith, L. UK
14
Taylor, G. AU
15
Taylor, P. AU
27th,2001 Cambridge, England
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Asmussen, S. SE
2
Ben Arous, G. CH
3
Bramson, M. US
4
Cerf, R. FR
5
Cruzeiro, A-B. PT
6
Diaconis, P. US
7
Evanse, S. US
8
Fouque, J-P. US
9
Korshunov, D. RU
10
Kotoyiannis, I. US
11
Lifshits, M. RU
12
Lyons, T. UK
13
Peres, Y. US
14
Puhalskii, A. US
15
Sznitman, A-S. CH
16
Werner, W. FR
17
Williams, R. U
26th,1999 Beijing, China
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Chen, L.H.Y. SG
2
Chung, D.M. KR
3
Dai, J. US
4
Ferrari, P. BR
5
Fukushima, M. JP
6
Kurtz, T.G. US
7
Lu, Y.G. IT
8
Mountford, T.S. US
9
Øksendal, B. NO
10
Peng, S.G. CN
11
Qian, M.P. CN
12
Roeckner, M. DE
13
Sheu, S.J. TW
14
Shiryaev, A.N. RU
Videos
Details
The Bernoulli Society was created through a gradual process between the years 1973‐75, becoming a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1975. Thus, it was deemed statistically very fitting to celebrate its 50 years in 2024, taking and "average”. In the months leading to 2024, there was a fair amount of discussion amongst our officers and members about how to best commemorate the Society’s 50 years. In the end, the consensus was to opt for something modest but thoughtful, rather than a separate big event. This manifested in a few different ways.
First and foremost, there was special celebratory event that took place in Bochum, during our 11th World Congress. The event kicked off with a commemorative video, including testimonials from Presidents and Scientific Secretaries. This was followed by a Presidential Address, by Victor M. Panaretos, and a speech by Past President Wilfrid S. Kendall, who provided a critical overview of the Society’s “second 25 years”,
A second project to mark our Golden Jubilee involved recording interviews with the Society’s Presidents, Scientific Secretaries, van Zwet Medal winners over the years. Through a sustained effort lasting over a year, several interviews were conducted and recorded, including insights and perspectives on the Society.
All the videos mentioned above can be found below in sequence.
Bernoulli@50 Commemorative
Bernoulli Society Presidential Address, 11th World Congress
Reflections on the Second 25 years of the Bernoulli Society by Prof. Wilfrid Kendall
Interviews
Interview with Prof. Victor Pérez-Abreu and Prof. Eulalia Vares
Interview with Prof. Song-Xi Chen
Interview with Prof. Richard Gill
Interview with Prof. Peter Jagers
Interview with Prof. Wilfrid Kendall
Interview with Prof. Enno Mammen
Interview with Prof. Thomas Mikosch
Interview with Prof. Victor Panaretos
Interview with Prof. Nancy Reid
Interview with Prof. Jef Teugels
Interview with Prof. Ed Waymire
Statistical Network Science Committee
Details
A major challenge in many modern economic, epidemiological, ecological and biological questions is to understand the randomness in the network structure of the entities they study. Although analysis of data on networks goes back to at least the 1930s, the importance of statistical network modelling for many areas of substantial science has become more pronounced since the turn of the century. This Committee on Statistical Network Science (CSNS) will focus on promoting and fostering research in statistical and probabilistic network analysis, in the wider sense. This remit includes graphical models, random graph models as well complex functional network models.
Committee Members:
(Chair) Gesine Reinert (University of Oxford, UK), Professor of Statistics. Editor-in-chief for SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics.
Vladimir Batagelj (University of Ljubljana, Slowenia), Professor Emeritus Of Mathematics, is known for his work in discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimization, particularly analysis of social networks and other large networks.
Anuška Ferligoj (University of Ljubljana, Slowenia), Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Emeritus, is an elected member of the European Academy of Sociology and International Statistical Institute, and has been a member of boards of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, International Federation of Classification Societies, and International Sociological Association.
Claire Gormley (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland), co-director of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training (CRT) in Foundations of Data Science.
Sarika Jalan (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India), Complex Systems Lab. Professor Salan is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational Science and Executive Member of the Complex Systems Society.
Goeran Kauermann (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany), Chair of Applied Statistics in Social Sciences, Economics and Business.
Eric D. Kolaczyk (Boston University, USA), Professor of Statistics, Director, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing.
Clelia Di Serio (Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, and San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy), Professor in Statistics.
Ernst C. Wit (Università della Svizzera Lugano, Switzerland) Professor of Statistics and Data Science.
Some video links
Can we use network models to shed new light on global arms trading? Using statistical network models to understand the driving forces in arms trading in the last decades and today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxzJ9RFSCJ0
Can we improve social support for the elderly during COVID-19? This research highlights which groups of elderly people have either non-existent or insufficient social support during the COVID-19 pandemic and are therefore more vulnerable. For these elderly people, sustainable care policy planning and crisis intervention planning should be organised especially for future waves of the coronavirus and other pandemics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIWuBvA6NI
Normal or not? How to detect anomalies in networks Complex interactions such as financial transactions or links between computers can often be visualised as networks. Anomalies in such networks may indicate deviant behaviour. How can we detect such anomalies? In this video we shall encounter a statistical test called Monte Carlo test to address this issue. The Monte Carlo test can also be applied in many other scenarios. https://sciani.com/portfolio/normal-or-not-how-to-detect-anomalies-in-networks/
Sometimes, correlation does imply causation You often hear “correlation does not imply causation” in order to warn the listener about spurious relationships that may be observed in everyday life. The number of homicides seems to correlate with ice cream sales, but clearly this is not a causal relationship. Given that all we can see in real life are mere correlations, can we ever be sure of causality? This video will describe a network inspired definition of causality in order to derive a method, known as the PC algorithm, to detect causal interactions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLxQfi194c
https://www.newton.ac.uk/seminar/20160826102010401 Dr. Silvia Fierascu, "Applying network science to political problems. A conceptual and analytical framework for understanding and predicting corruption risks in business-political networks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHTGY8VCinY Prof. Niel Lawrence, "Deep Probabilistic Modelling with Gaussian Processes ostnet.webhosting.rug.nl/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pub:online
Kendall Award Previous Recipients
Details
2023: QIYANG HAN (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), who delivered the Kendall Lecture at the RSS Annual International Conference (Brighton, 2-5 September 2024).
2021: Ewain Gwynne, University of Chicago who delivered the Kendall Lecture during the RSS International Conference 2022, September 12-15, 2022 in Aberdeen.
