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e-Briefse-Briefs Issue 72, September 2026
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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 30. ________________________________________ General News New Appointments We are delighted to announce several new appointments to key roles within the Bernoulli Society. Vladas Pipiras (University of North Carolina, USA) is the new Publications Secretary, succeeding Mark Podolskij; Xingqiu Zhao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China) has become the new Chair of the East-Asian and Pacific Regional Committee, taking over from Ajay Jasra; Veronica Vinciotti (University of Trento, Italy) has been appointed as the new Chair of the Committee on Network Science, succeeding Gesine Reinert; and Almut Veraart (Imperial College London, UK) has succeeded Gesine Reinert as the Editor of SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the outgoing officers for their invaluable contributions and wish the newly appointed members every success in their new roles. Ethel Newbold Prize – Call for Nominations The Bernoulli Society's Newbold Prize Committee invites nominations for the 2027 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 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 Richard Nickl at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2026. The winner will be announced in early 2027. For more details, please visit the webpage here. Willem van Zwet Medal – Call for Nominations A call for nominations for the Willem van Zwet Medal is now open. This biennial Bernoulli Society Medal aims to recognise special service to the Bernoulli Society. The Medal is in honour of Willem van Zwet, who served the Bernoulli Society and its aims in many special ways. The previous awardees were Maria Eulalia Vares (2021), Thomas Mikosch (2023) and Herold Dehling (2025). Nominations should be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and should be signed by two members of the Bernoulli Society. The deadline for submissions of nominations is September 30, 2026. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the webpage here. International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science 2026 The 5th annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science will take place virtually on October 6, 2026. This free, 24-hour global conference celebrates the contributions of women to statistics and data science and connects statisticians, data scientists, researchers, educators, professionals, and students from around the world. This year's theme is Creating Global Connections. Registration is now open and free of charge until September 28, 2026. We encourage Bernoulli Society members to help spread the word about IDWSDS 2026. For more details, please visit the webpage here. Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics – Recipients The international jury appointed by the King Baudouin Foundation has selected the topic The R Project as the recipient of the 2026 Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics. The distinction goes to the five members of the R Core Team who, according to the jury, have made the longest and most sustained contributions: Brian Ripley, Martin Maechler, Kurt Hornik, Peter Dalgaard, and Luke Tierney. More details about this award can be found here. Sad News It is with great sadness that we learned of the deaths of Professor Arak M. Mathai, Professor Emeritus at McGill University, who passed away on December 20, 2025; Professor Paul Deheuvels, who passed away on January 30, 2026; and Professor Agnes M. Herzberg, Professor Emerita at Queen's University, who passed away on June 2, 2026. The Bernoulli Society extends its sincere condolences to their families. Warning: Phishing Attempt In the last months a phishing attempt is underway, targeting members of our Society. The author poses as the Society's president or a Society's officer, 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.. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society RobStat Symposium 2027 February 5–7, 2027 The Bernoulli Society is pleased to sponsor the RobStat Symposium 2027: Reliable and Trustworthy Inference in Modern Data Environments, which will take place in February 2027 at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. The symposium will bring together researchers working in robust statistics and related areas to discuss recent advances in reliable statistical inference for modern data environments. For more information, including the scientific programme and registration details, please visit the symposium website. Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2027 June 5–9, 2027 The 46th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications will be held in July 2027 in Melbourne, Australia. 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. ISI World Statistics Congress 2027 July 11–15, 2027 The 66th ISI World Statistics Congress will be held in July 2027 in Lusaka, Zambia. 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. Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. European Meeting of Statisticians 2027 August 23–27, 2027 The 36th European Meeting of Statisticians will take place in August 2027 in Warwick, UK. The EMS, sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. It serves as a central forum where statisticians from all regions come together to share ideas and discuss the latest advances across the wide spectrum of statistics and probability theory. ________________________________________ Job Offers Faculty Position in Mathematics of Learning – EPFL The School of Basic Sciences at EPFL invites applications for a faculty position in Mathematics of Learning. The appointment will be at the Tenure Track level, with an expected start date in fall 2027. We seek outstanding candidates with a research agenda focused on the mathematical foundations of learning and artificial intelligence. Indicative areas include, but are not limited to, theoretical performance guarantees, learning dynamics and generative modelling, sampling and transport methods, statistical foundations, and uncertainty quantification. The application deadline is November 1, 2026. 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. Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-news e-Briefs Issue 71, June 2026
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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 30. ________________________________________ General News New Appointments We are delighted to announce two new appointments. Airam Blancas (Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico, Mexico) has joined the Bernoulli Young Researchers Committee, succeeding Andressa Cerqueira, and José Alexander Ramírez (University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica) has become the new Chair of the Latin America Regional Committee, succeeding Inés Armendáriz. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the outgoing officers for their invaluable contributions and wish the newly appointed members every success in their new roles. EMS 2026 in Lugano and General Assembly The European Meeting of Statisticians in Lugano is approaching (August 24–28, 2026), and we are very excited about it! We remind all members that the Bernoulli Society General Assembly will take place during the conference on Monday, August 24. Have a look at the full program here. ISI World Statistics Congress 2027 – Call for Invited Paper Session Proposal The Scientific Program Committee of the ISI World Statistics Congress 2027 taking place in Lusaka, Zambia, from July 11-15, 2027, is currently inviting proposals for Invited Paper Sessions (IPS). This is an excellent opportunity to showcase recent developments and emerging topics in probability, statistics, and data science to an international audience. We strongly encourage Bernoulli Society members to submit short proposals indicating the title and the names of tentative speakers. Further information on the IPS format, submission guidelines, and proposal process can be found here. Please select “Bernoulli Society” in the Associations/Committees tab when submitting a proposal. The deadline for IPS submissions is June 16, 2026. Highlights from CLAPEM 2026 The 17th edition of the Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM) took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, in March 2026. On this occasion, the courses were taught by Gersende Fort and Daniel Kious on the topics Stochastic Approximation beyond Gradient for Machine Learning: Taming Noise with Guarantees and Random Walks in Dynamic Random Environments, respectively. The plenary speakers were Alejandro Cholaquidis, Liliana Forzani, Davide Gabrielli, Nicolás García Trillos, Alexander Glazman, Adrián González Casanova, Kavita Ramanan, Cynthia Rush, and Avelio Sepúlveda. The conference featured 10 invited sessions, 23 contributed sessions, 10 contributed talk sessions, and 2 poster sessions. More than 300 participants attended the event. The Aranda–Ordaz Prizes for the best theses in Probability and Statistics were announced at the conference. The winners were Israel Emmanuel Ambriz Lobato in Statistics and Marcelo Campos in Probability. Special mentions were awarded to Magno Tairone de Freitas Severino (Statistics) and José de Jesús Contreras Arredondo and Lucas Roberto de Lima (Probability). More information about the conference and the prizes, as well as photos and videos from the event, is available on the conference website here. Special Issue: Celebrating 140 Years of the International Statistical Institute The Revista Colombiana de Estadística (RCE) announces a special issue entitled Celebrating 140 Years of the International Statistical Institute – Advances in Theory and Applications. This special issue is organized in cooperation with the ISI Outreach Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean and the ISI Young Statisticians Committee, and includes the participation of guest editors representing the Bernoulli Society. It aims to highlight recent advances in both theoretical and applied statistics, with particular emphasis on contributions that reflect the diversity and impact of the global statistical community. Submissions are welcome from researchers worldwide, including contributions connected to the Bernoulli Society community, until June 20, 2026. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: statistical modeling and inference, probability, stochastic processes, spatial and temporal statistics, Bayesian methods, and interdisciplinary applications. Further details and submission instructions are available here. New Researcher Award in Mathematical Statistics – Call for Applications The Bernoulli Society welcomes applications to the 2027 New Researcher Award. Eligible candidates are active researchers in Mathematical Statistics who obtained the PhD degree on or after June 30, 2021, 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by June 30, 2026. More details on this award can be found here. Willem van Zwet Medal – Call for Nominations A call for nominations for the Willem van Zwet Medal is now open. This biennial Bernoulli Society Medal aims to recognise special service to the Bernoulli Society. The Medal is in honour of Willem van Zwet, who served the Bernoulli Society and its aims in many special ways. The previous awardees were Maria Eulalia Vares (2021), Thomas Mikosch (2023) and Herold Dehling (2025). Nominations should be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and should be signed by two members of the Bernoulli Society. The deadline for submissions of nominations is September 30, 2026. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the webpage here. Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics – Call for Nominations Nominations for the 2026 Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics are open. The prize recognises the author(s) of an influential survey publication in statistics that addresses an area of active or emerging importance and has demonstrated significant impact. The article must appear in a peer-reviewed journal or book, in either print or electronic format. Nomination materials should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 15, 2026. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. Warning: Phishing Attempt In the last months a phishing attempt is underway, targeting members of our Society. The author poses as the Society's president or a Society's officer, 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.. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2026 June 14–20, 2026 The 45th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications will be held in June 2026 on the beautiful campus of Cornell University, USA. 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. As part of the scientific highlights, there will be the following special lectures:
Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. European Young Statisticians Meeting 2026 July 7–10, 2026 The 25th European Young Statisticians Meeting will take place in July 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The EYSMs 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. Joint Conference on Statistics and Data Science 2026 July 11–13, 2026 The Bernoulli Society, as a co-sponsor of the conference, warmly encourages everyone to participate in the 4th Joint Conference on Statistics and Data Science, which will take place in July 2026 in Guiyang, China. Jointly organized by the Chinese Association for Applied Statistics, Probability and Statistics Society of China, Association for Industrial Statistics Teaching, Business Statistics Society of China, China Medical Association’s Biostatistics Division and IMS-China, since its inaugural meeting in 2023, JCSDS has become one of the world’s largest gatherings in statistics and data science. JCSDS 2026 will be staged together with the IMS-China biannual meeting with special sessions dedicated to former IMS President Late Professor Peter Hall to mark his 10-year passing from us. All details on submission, registration, deadlines, accommodation, and updates are available on the official conference website. Brazilian School of Probability 2026 August 3–7, 2026 The XXIX Brazilian School of Probability (EBP) will be held in August at Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas - CBPF, Urca, Rio de Janeiro. It is a long-standing international event that has been held annually since its inception in 1997. It serves as a prominent forum for the exchange of ideas among researchers and students from Brazil and abroad, fostering scholarly interaction and the dissemination of knowledge within the probability community. This edition of the EBP will honor Professor Maria Eulália Vares and celebrate her career spanning more than 40 years, during which she has stood out as one of the leaders of our community and has made invaluable and essential contributions to the development of Probability in Brazil and to its international recognition. For more information, please check the event webpage. European Meeting of Statisticians 2026 August 24–28, 2026 The 35th European Meeting of Statisticians will take place in August 2026, hosted by Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. The EMS, sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. It serves as a central forum where statisticians from all regions come together to share ideas and discuss the latest advances across the wide spectrum of statistics and probability theory. Check the conference website for further details. The Bernoulli Society General Assembly will take place during the EMS in Lugano. Reliable Engineering Computing 2026 September 2–5, 2026 The 11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing will take place in September 2026, hosted by the International Meeting Center (IBZ) in Dortmund, Germany. Organized under the auspices of the Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical Science of the Bernoulli Society, this vibrant forum welcomes engineers and scientists from academia and industry to share insights, showcase advancements, and engage in meaningful discussions on emerging methods and challenges in the field. Check the website for further details. ISI World Statistics Congress 2027 July 11–15, 2027 The 66th ISI World Statistics Congress will be held in July 2027 in Lusaka, Zambia. 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. Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. The submission system is open for invited paper session proposals! ________________________________________ 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 e-Briefs Issue 69, February 2026
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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 March 30. ________________________________________ General News New Appointments We are delighted to announce several new appointments to key roles within the Bernoulli Society, effective January 1, 2026. Po-Ling Loh (University of Cambridge, UK) has succeeded Sebastian Engelke as the Membership Secretary, Claudia Kirch (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany) has taken on the role of Treasurer, succeeding Johan Segers, and Rongfeng Sun (NUS, Singapore) has become the new Chair of the Conferences on Stochastic Processes, taking over from Panki Kim. We extend our heartfelt thanks to all outgoing officers for their invaluable contributions and wish the newly appointed members every success in their roles! Nominations for the Latin American Regional Committee/SLAPEM According to the statutes of the Latin American Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society and the Latin American Society of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (SLAPEM), four of the eight members of the committee will step down in April 2026. The current committee members nominate the following candidates for renewal:
As the number of candidates is equal to the number of vacant places, all candidates shall be considered elected. The new members’ term shall begin on April 1, 2026, for a period of four years. Special Issue in Memory of Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen The Bernoulli Society is pleased to inform its members that the first issue of Bernoulli in 2026 features a collection of survey papers dedicated to the scientific legacy of Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen, highlighting his exceptional contributions to statistics, probability, and the development of our society. The surveys cover several of his major research areas and commemorate his profound influence on our field. We hope you will enjoy and benefit from this insightful and inspiring issue. David G. Kendall Award for Young Researchers – Recipients The winner of the 2025 David G. Kendall Award for Young Researchers is Wei Qian (University of Hong Kong, China). The committee also extends an honorable mention to Samuel Johnston (King's College London, UK), and Emma Horton (University of Warwick, UK). We wish them continued success! More details about this award can be found here. Wolfgang Doeblin Prize – Extension of the Call for Nominations The Bernoulli Society announces that the deadline for nominations for the 2026 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize has been extended. Nominations will now be accepted until February 28, 2026. 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 2026. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics – Call for Nominations Nominations for the 2026 Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics are open. The prize recognises the author(s) of an influential survey publication in statistics that addresses an area of active or emerging importance and has demonstrated significant impact. The article must appear in a peer-reviewed journal or book, in either print or electronic format. Nomination materials should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 15, 2026. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. Jean-Pierre Demailly Prize for Open Science in Mathematics – Call for Applications The French learned societies of mathematics (SMF), applied and industrial mathematics (SMAI), and statistics (SFdS), together with the Epijournal de Géométrie Algébrique, are launching the second edition of the Jean-Pierre Demailly Prize for Open Science in Mathematics, named after the algebraic geometrician Jean-Pierre Demailly. The call for applications is open until March 8, 2026 (midnight, Paris time). For further details, please visit the prize webpage here. Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics – Call for Nominations Nominations are open for the 2026 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 28, 2026, on the website here which contains all information about the prize and nomination procedure. Sad News The Bernoulli Society was saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Volker Mammitzsch on September 23, 2025, and of Professor Klaus Krickeberg on November 27, 2025. Professor Mammitzsch served as Membership Secretary of the Society from 1994 to 2007 and contributed significantly to the organisation of major scientific meetings, including the 16th European Meeting of Statisticians held in Marburg in 1984. Professor Krickeberg served as President of the Society from 1977 to 1979 and played a crucial role in its international development, contributing to the establishment of regional committees in Latin America and East Asia and leading the organisation of the first Bernoulli Society World Congress in Tashkent in 1986. Our Society mourns the loss of two distinguished members who made lasting contributions to its growth and international reach. Our sincere condolences go to their families, friends, and colleagues. Warning: Phishing Attempt In the last months a phishing attempt is underway, targeting members of our Society. The author poses as the Society's president or a Society's officer, 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.. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics 2026 March 2–6, 2026 The 17th Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM) will be held in March 2026, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The congress, promoted by the Latin American Society of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (SLAPEM) and the Latin American Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main event in these fields in the region. It occurs every two/three years and attracts researchers and students from the most important Latin American centers. It has already been organized in Venezuela, Uruguay, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Check the conference website for further details. The SLAPEM General Assembly will take place on March 5, 2026, during the CLAPEM in Montevideo. Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2026 June 14–20, 2026 The 45th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications will be held in June 2026 on the beautiful campus of Cornell University, USA. 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. As part of the scientific highlights, there will be the following special lectures:
Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference.
7th IMS Asia Pacific Rim Meeting (IMS-APRM) June 13-16, 2026 The seventh Institute of Mathematical Statistics Asia Pacific Rim Meeting (IMS-APRM) will be held in Hong Kong from June 13–16, 2026, hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, bringing together researchers from Asia, the Pacific Rim, and around the world to promote scientific exchange and collaboration in statistics; the program will feature keynote lectures, panel discussions, and workshops covering theoretical advances, innovative methodologies, and practical applications, offering participants valuable opportunities for discussion, networking, and partnership building.
European Young Statisticians Meeting 2026 July 7–10, 2026 Vilnius, Lithuania The 25th European Young Statisticians Meeting will take place in July 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The EYSMs 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. European Meeting of Statisticians 2026 August 24–28, 2026 The 35th European Meeting of Statisticians will take place in August 2026, hosted by Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. The EMS, sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. It serves as a central forum where statisticians from all regions come together to share ideas and discuss the latest advances across the wide spectrum of statistics and probability theory. Check the conference website for further details. The Bernoulli Society General Assembly will take place during the EMS in Lugano. Reliable Engineering Computing 2026 September 2–5, 2026 The 11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing will take place in July 2026, hosted by the International Meeting Center (IBZ) in Dortmund, Germany. Organized under the auspices of the Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical Science of the Bernoulli Society, this vibrant forum welcomes engineers and scientists from academia and industry to share insights, showcase advancements, and engage in meaningful discussions on emerging methods and challenges in the field. Check the website for further details. ISI World Statistics Congress 2027 July 11–15, 2027 The 66th ISI World Statistics Congress will be held in July 2027 in Lusaka, Zambia. 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. The submission system is open for invited paper session proposals! Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. ________________________________________ Job Offers Professor or Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Statistics – ETH Zurich The Department of Mathematics at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position at the Seminar for Statistics. Applications are welcome from candidates in all areas of Statistics and Data Science, broadly defined. The application deadline is February 22, 2026. For further details, including application instructions, please consult the official 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. Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://www.bernoullisociety.org/index.php/publications/bernoulli-news e-Briefs Issue 70, April 2026
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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 May 30. ________________________________________ General News New Researcher Award in Mathematical Statistics – Call for Applications The Bernoulli Society welcomes applications to the 2027 New Researcher Award. Eligible candidates are active researchers in Mathematical Statistics who obtained the PhD degree on or after June 30, 2021, 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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by June 30, 2026. More details on this award can be found here. Willem van Zwet Medal – Call for Nominations A call for nominations for the Willem van Zwet Medal is now open. This biennial Bernoulli Society Medal aims to recognise special service to the Bernoulli Society. The Medal is in honour of Willem van Zwet, who served the Bernoulli Society and its aims in many special ways. The previous awardees were Maria Eulalia Vares (2021), Thomas Mikosch (2023) and Herold Dehling (2025). Nominations should be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and should be signed by two members of the Bernoulli Society. The deadline for submissions of nominations is September 30, 2026. For more details, both of eligibility for the award and of what is needed for the nomination, please visit the webpage here. Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics – Call for Nominations Nominations for the 2026 Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics are open. The prize recognises the author(s) of an influential survey publication in statistics that addresses an area of active or emerging importance and has demonstrated significant impact. The article must appear in a peer-reviewed journal or book, in either print or electronic format. Nomination materials should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 15, 2026. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. Warning: Phishing Attempt In the last months a phishing attempt is underway, targeting members of our Society. The author poses as the Society's president or a Society's officer, 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.. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society Stochastic Processes and their Applications 2026 June 14–20, 2026 The 45th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications will be held in June 2026 on the beautiful campus of Cornell University, USA. 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. As part of the scientific highlights, there will be the following special lectures:
Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. European Young Statisticians Meeting 2026 July 7–10, 2026 The 25th European Young Statisticians Meeting will take place in July 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The EYSMs 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. Joint Conference on Statistics and Data Science 2026 July 11–13, 2026 The Bernoulli Society, as a co-sponsor of the conference, warmly encourages everyone to participate in the 4th Joint Conference on Statistics and Data Science, which will take place in July 2026 in Guiyang, China. Jointly organized by the Chinese Association for Applied Statistics, Probability and Statistics Society of China, Association for Industrial Statistics Teaching, Business Statistics Society of China, China Medical Association's Biostatistics Division and IMS-China, since its inaugural meeting in 2023, JCSDS has become one of the world's largest gatherings in statistics and data science. JCSDS 2026 will be staged together with the IMS-China biannual meeting with special sessions dedicated to former IMS President Late Professor Peter Hall to mark his 10-year passing from us. All details on submission, registration, deadlines, accommodation, and updates are available on the official conference website. Brazilian School of Probability 2026 August 3–7, 2026 The XXIX Brazilian School of Probability (EBP) will be held in August at Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas - CBPF, Urca, Rio de Janeiro. It is a long-standing international event that has been held annually since its inception in 1997. It serves as a prominent forum for the exchange of ideas among researchers and students from Brazil and abroad, fostering scholarly interaction and the dissemination of knowledge within the probability community. This edition of the EBP will honor Professor Maria Eulália Vares and celebrate her career spanning more than 40 years, during which she has stood out as one of the leaders of our community and has made invaluable and essential contributions to the development of Probability in Brazil and to its international recognition. For more information, please check the event webpage. European Meeting of Statisticians 2026 August 24–28, 2026 The 35th European Meeting of Statisticians will take place in August 2026, hosted by Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. The EMS, sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. It serves as a central forum where statisticians from all regions come together to share ideas and discuss the latest advances across the wide spectrum of statistics and probability theory. Check the conference website for further details. The Bernoulli Society General Assembly will take place during the EMS in Lugano. Reliable Engineering Computing 2026 September 2–5, 2026 The 11th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing will take place in July 2026, hosted by the International Meeting Center (IBZ) in Dortmund, Germany. Organized under the auspices of the Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical Science of the Bernoulli Society, this vibrant forum welcomes engineers and scientists from academia and industry to share insights, showcase advancements, and engage in meaningful discussions on emerging methods and challenges in the field. Check the website for further details. ISI World Statistics Congress 2027 July 11–15, 2027 The 66th ISI World Statistics Congress will be held in July 2027 in Lusaka, Zambia. 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. The submission system is open for invited paper session proposals! 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 Ele Issue 67, September 2025
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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 30. ________________________________________ General News Transfer of the Bernoulli Book and New Appointments During the General Assembly on July 14, 2025, Victor M. Panaretos formally handed over the presidency. The Bernoulli Book, symbolizing the presidency, was presented to Nancy Reid, who officially assumed the position of President of the Bernoulli Society for the years 2025–2027. Maria-Eulalia Vares (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) became the new President-Elect (2025–2027), and six Ordinary Council Members (2025–2029) were introduced: Heather Battey (Imperial College London, UK), Jian Ding (Peking University, China), Florencia Leonardi (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Victor Rivero (CIMAT, Mexico), Amandine Veber (Université Paris Cité, France), and Johanna Ziegel (ETH Zurich, Switzerland). We extend our sincere thanks to past President Victor M. Panaretos for his dedicated leadership and service to the Society in recent years. President-Elect and Council Members – Call for Nominations At the General Assembly of the Bernoulli Society, held on July 14, 2025, a Nominating Committee was established. It consists of: Maria-Eulalia Vares, Nancy Reid, Mark Podolskij, Corina Constantinescu, Panki Kim, Matthias Faes, Gesine Reinert, Małgorzata Bogdan, Ajay Jasra, Inés Armendáriz, Jeff Yao (non-voting). The task of the Committee is to make nominations for the office of President-Elect (2027–2029) and six Ordinary Council Members (2027–2031). All members of the Bernoulli Society are invited to submit names of possible candidates (with basic information and the web address) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by December 15, 2025. Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics – Call for Nominations Nominations for the 2026 Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Statistics are now open. The prize recognises the author(s) of an influential survey publication in statistics that addresses an area of active or emerging importance and has demonstrated significant impact. The article must appear in a peer-reviewed journal or book, in either print or electronic format. Nomination materials should be emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by July 15, 2026. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. Wolfgang Doeblin Prize – Call for Nominations The Bernoulli Society welcomes nominations for the 2026 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 2026. Each nomination should be sent by January 31, 2026. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. Aranda-Ordaz Prize for Best Theses in Probability and Statistics – Call for Nominations The Francisco Aranda-Ordaz Award is bestowed on one thesis in probability and one thesis in statistics written by students who completed their PhD at a Latin American institution, or in a joint program with a Latin American institution. Theses defended during the period of March 2023 to September 2025 are eligible for consideration in this edition of the Award. Awardees will be invited to attend the XVII CLAPEM to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, March 2–6, 2026, to present their work in a Special Invited Session. Nominations should be sent in electronic form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 31, 2025. For more details, please visit the prize webpage here. European Meeting of Statisticians – Call for Host Proposals With EMS 2026 in Lugano approaching, we invite those interested in hosting EMS 2029 to submit proposals. For detailed guidance on requirements, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Finalized proposals are due by October 30, 2025. New ISI Membership System – Important Information for Bernoulli Society Members We are pleased to inform you that ISI has launched a new membership system – Odoo. This new platform replaces the former ISI Webshop, which is no longer used. You can access the new system via the ISI website or directly at https://isi-portal.odoo.com. Detailed instructions on how to access and use the platform can be found here: How to Use the Membership System. If you have any problems, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Warning: Phishing Attempt In the last months a phishing attempt is underway, targeting members of our Society. The author poses 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.. ________________________________________ Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society 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. As part of the scientific highlights, the Bernoulli Society will feature several special lectures:
Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference. Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics 2026 March 2–6, 2026 The 17th Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics will be held in March 2026, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The congress, promoted by the Latin American Society of Probability and Mathematical Statistics and the Latin American Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main event in these fields in the region. It occurs every two/three years and attracts researchers and students from the most important Latin American centers. It has already been organized in Venezuela, Uruguay, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Peru, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Check the conference website for further details. European Meeting of Statisticians 2026 August 24–28, 2026 The 35th European Meeting of Statisticians will take place in August 2026, hosted by Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. The EMS, sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. It serves as a central forum where statisticians from all regions come together to share ideas and discuss the latest advances across the wide spectrum of statistics and probability theory. Check the conference website for further details. ________________________________________ Job Offers Postdoc Position in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes – São Paulo State The Stochastic Systems Modeling project in São Paulo state is recruiting one post-doctoral research fellows in the fields of Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes. The project is spread across four universities (USP, UNICAMP, UFSCar, UFABC) and the main research lines include percolation and interacting random walks, population dynamics and genetic models, information propagation models, characterizers in dynamical systems and inference, and modeling and inference in complex systems. This is a two-year positions, renewable for a third year, funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation through grant 23/13453-5. Applications should be submitted via this form by October 15, 2025, and must include a cover letter, a short CV, and a research statement. Two confidential reference letters should be submitted via this form by the same deadline. For those without access to Google, materials may be sent directly to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ________________________________________ 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 Subcategoriese-Briefs Article Count: 64 |