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e-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
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