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The conference in Honour of Søren Asmussen – “New Frontiers in Applied Probability” is to be held at Sandbjerg Estate, Sønderborg, Denmark, 1-5 August, 2011 and registration is now possible via the website http://www.thiele.au.dk/events/conferences/2011/asmussen.
The publishing company Elsevier and the journal Stochastic Processes and Their Applications - An Official Journal of the Bernoulli Society - support the conference with two Elsevier Travel Grants. Each grant amounts to 500 Euros. The grants were awarded to the following young researchers:
Leonardo Rojas-Nandayapa (University of Queensland)
Olivier Wintenberger (University Paris Dauphine).
Thomas Mikosch, Copenhagen
The journal Stochastic Processes and Their Applications awards the 2011 Itô Prize to a paper published in 2009 or 2010, recognizing a significant contribution to the advancement of the theory or applications of stochastic processes. The prize honors the memory and celebrates the legacy of Professor Kiyosi Itô and his vast and seminal contributions to probability theory. The prize consists of a monetary award of 5000$ and an invited lecture presenting the paper.
The 2011 winning article was selected by the Editorial Board of the journal:
Nathalie Eisenbaum and Haya Kaspi, On permanental processes, SPA, 119 (5), 1401-1415
The Editorial Board of SPA congratulates Haya and Nathalie. The Itô Prize Ceremony and the Itô Lecture are part of the Scientific Program of the 35th Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (19-24 June, 2011, Oaxaca, Mexico).
Thomas Mikosch, Copenhagen
The increase in both the breadth and the mathematical technicality of many areas of specialization in probability and statistics can be mitigated by expertly written survey articles that will communicate an historic perspective on the successes, failures, and general health of important areas, as well as provide young researchers with a point of entry to the frontiers of a given field. To acknowledge the general importance of such efforts, the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability is pleased to announce the establishment of “The Bernoulli Prize for an Outstanding Survey Article in Probability or Mathematical Statistics”. A prize of Euro 1000 and an official certificate will be awarded biennially, alternating between the respective areas of mathematical statistics and probability. Awards will be made by recommendations of a prize committee appointed by the Bernoulli Council, based on nominations solicited by the prize committee from the general membership. Look for future calls for nominations in Bernoulli Newsletter, Bernoulli E-Briefs, ISI Newsletter, and on Bernoulli and ISI web sites.
Edward Waymire, President-Elect