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2011 IMS Election Results
Elected Officials Profiles
President Elect
 Hans R. Künsch
Professor, Department of Mathematics, Seminar für Statistik, ETH Zürich
Education
PhD, ETH Zürich, 1980
Dipl. Math., ETH Zürich, 1975
Research Interests
- Spatial statistics and random fields: geostatistics,
intrinsic models, image analysis, space-time models
- Time series analysis: long range dependence, bootstrap methods for
dependent data, general state-space models
- Environmental modeling: soil, climate, aquatic systems
- Stochastic simulation
- Robust statistics and model selection
Previous Service to the Profession
- Member Committee to Select Editors 2006-2009 (chair 2008-2009)
- Member Committee on Publications, 2002-2005 (chair 2004-2005)
- Member Council, 2003-2005
- Co-editor, Annals of Statistics, 1998-2000 (together with Jim Berger)
- Associate Editor, Annals of Statistics, 1987-1991 and 1995-1997
Brief Statement
The IMS plays an important and influential role in the development of
statistics and probability through its journals and other publications, its
meetings, the awards and honors it confers, and through the cooperation
with other scientific societies. It has dealt successfully with a number of
challenges like expanding the scope of our publications, becoming a truly
international association and taking the necessary steps to preserve the
financial basis for the future. I am honored and excited to be nominated
for President-Elect. I feel I still have to learn a lot, but I will seek
the support and input from the Executive Committee, the Council, and the
various committees in order to continue the success story of IMS and keep
it going strong.
Web
http://stat.ethz.ch/~kuensch/
Elected Council Members
 Sandrine Dudoit
Professor, Division of Biostatistics and Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley
Education
BSc, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1992
MSc, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1994
PhD, Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
Research Interests
- Loss-based estimation with cross-validation: parametric and non-parametric density estimation and regression, variable selection
- Multiple hypothesis testing
- Exploratory data analysis
- Statistical computing
- Analysis of high-throughput microarray and sequencing data
Previous Service to the Profession
- Associate Editor, Annals of Applied Statistics, Summer 2006 – Present
- Associate Editor, Biology Direct, Spring 2006 – Present
- Associate Editor, Biometrics, July 01, 2009 – December 01, 2009
- Section Editor, BMC Bioinformatics - Transcriptome Analysis, Fall 2009 – Present
- Associate Editor, BMC Bioinformatics, Spring 2005 – Fall 2009
- Associate Editor, Genomics, Summer 2006 – Summer 2010
- Associate Editor, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology
and Bioinformatics, Spring 2004 – Present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Software, Fall 2005 – Fall 2006
- Associate Editor, Statistical Applications in Genetics and
Molecular Biology, Spring 2002 – Present
- Western North American Region (WNAR) of the International
Biometric Society (IBS), Regional Committee Representative, 2004 – 2006
Brief Statement
If elected to the IMS Council, I would promote the IMS's involvement in the following four areas.
(i) Dissemination and sound application of statistical methods to other fields.
Statistical methods have become an integral part of data analysis in fields as diverse as astronomy, genomics, and marketing. Unfortunately, data analysts, who often lack proper statistical training, routinely reinvent the wheel, develop expedient fixes, or apply sophisticated methods without understanding the assumptions underlying their validity. I would support efforts (e.g., courses, conferences, publications) to bridge the gap between methodological and applied aspects of statistics and enhance interdisciplinary research and training. I would also attempt to raise awareness for the value of our profession by developing connections between the IMS and homologous organizations from other disciplines.
(ii) Statistical computing.
I would promote research and training efforts in statistical computing, as this underrated aspect of our profession is a key link between statistical theory and application.
(iii) Reproducible research.
While the ability to reproduce research findings is a rarely disputed principle, it is seldom achieved in practice. I would therefore promote the practice of reproducible research, through, for instance, the use of integrated, dynamic statistical documents that include text, code, data, and software.
(iv) Open access electronic publishing.
In rapidly evolving and increasingly interdisciplinary research and teaching environments, it is essential to have timely and seamless access to research findings in a wide range of disciplines. I would support open access electronic publishing as a vehicle for high-quality and efficient review and the immediate, broad, and economical dissemination and mining of research findings.
Web
http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~sandrine
 Steve Evans
Professor, Statistics and Mathematics (joint appointment), University of California at Berkeley
Education
PhD, University of Cambridge, 1987
B.Sc. (Hons I), University of Sydney, 1983
Research Interests
- Random matrices and probability on algebraic structures
- Random trees and tree-valued stochastic processes
- Measure-valued stochastic processes
- Biodemography and modeling of aging and mortality
- Phylogenetics and phylogenetics based methods in metagenomics
- Phylogenetic methods in historical linguistics
Previous Service to the Profession
- Associate Editor for Stochastic Processes and their Applications
- Associate Editor for Annals of Probability
- Co-chair, year on stochastic analysis, MSRI, Berkeley
- Scientific committee for Seminar on Stochastic Processes
- Associate Editor for Probability Theory and Related Fields
- Core Editor for Probability Surveys
- IMS Fellowship Committee member
Brief Statement
To paraphrase one of my Berkeley colleagues, academic Statistics is in
danger of becoming a run-down inner-city because of flight to the suburbs:
that is, increasing amounts of the interesting and innovative work in
probability and statistics is being done by researchers who don't think of
themselves as ``statisticians'', don't have positions in university
departments of statistics, and don't see the IMS as being the professional
society that caters to their interests. If elected, my goal is to make
the IMS publications and meetings more appealing to this expanding group
while enhancing their quality and financial viability.
Web
http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/users/evans
 Sonia Petrone
Associate Professor of Statistics, Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Milano
Education
PhD in Statistics, University of Trento, 1989
M.Sc, Bocconi University, Milano, 1985
Research Interests
- Bayesian inference and foundations
- Bayesian nonparametrics
- Mixtures and latent variables models
- State space models
Previous Service to the Profession
- Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bayesian Analysis (ISBA),
2002--2004 and 2008--2010
- Editor of Bayesian Analysis
- Member of various Programme Committees, including the ISBA 2010 World Meeting and the series of workshops on Bayesian Nonparametrics and on Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Processes
Brief Statement
IMS has a central role for probability and statistics. I believe it is important to continue the effort in crucial challenges: strengthening the interaction with other scientific communities and applied fields, while keeping the identity and solidity of our disciplines; enhancing the international role of IMS and in particular the collaboration with emerging countries; continuing to pursue electronic access to publications, journals, and books; promoting international but also local educational programs, research, and researchers mobility, in particular in developing countries; keeping attention for diversity. Preserving the high quality of the IMS activities is the underlying, crucial point in addressing these challenges. I would be honored to serve for IMS and work towards these goals.
Web
http://didattica.unibocconi.eu/docenti/cv.php?rif=48897&cognome=PETRONE&nome=SONIA
 Christian P. Robert
Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics for Decision, Université Paris Dauphine
Education
Habilitation in Statistics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 1991
PhD in Statistics, Université de Rouen, 1987
Master in Mathematics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 1985
Master in Statistics and Economics, ENSAE, 1985
Research Interests
- Monte Carlo theory, methodology and application
- Bayesian inférence, theory and foundations
- Stochastic modelling
Previous Service to the Profession
- Member of the IMS council 2003-2005
- Editor of JRSS Series B 2006-2009
- Associate editor of the Annals of Statistics 1996-2006
- Member of the IMS committee on Fellows 2004-2006
- Member of the IMS nominating committee 1997
- Member of the Royal Statistical Society research committee 2001-2009
- President of ISBA 2008
Brief Statement
The profession is currently undergoing major changes whose centrifugal actions could result in a detrimental partition. Through the promotion
of quality publications and meetings, as well as the inclusion of the peripheral elements at all levels of the IMS, my priority actions will be towards preserving "unity in diversity".
Web
http://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/~xian
 Qiwei Yao
Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, London School of Economics and Political Science
Education
PhD in Statistics, 1987, Wuhan University, China
MSc in Statistics, 1984, Southeast University, China
BSc in Mathematics, 1982, Southeast University, China
Research Interests
- Time series analysis
- Dimension reduction and factor modelling
- Nonparametric regression
- Spatio-temporal modelling
- Financial econometrics
Previous Service to the Profession
- Associate editor of Annals of Statistics (2004 -), Statistica Sinica
(2008 - 2011), Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (1998 - 2002),
Journal of Time Series Analysis (2009 - 2010), Australian and New Zealand
Journal of Statistics (2001 - 2007), and Sankhya (2004 - 2007
- Co-Editor of Statistica Sinica (2011 -), Statistics and Its Interface (2007 -
2011), and Journal of the Korean Statistical Society (2008 - 2010).
- Member of the Research Section Committee of the the Royal Statistical Society
(2003 - 2007), Chairman of the Postgraduate Training Program Committee of
the Royal Statistical Society (2006 - 2007), Member of the Board of
Directors of the International Chinese Statistical Association (2003 - 2006).
Brief Statement
Statistics plays ever-increasingly important role in this modern
information age. We, as statisticians, are presented with many opportunities
with challenges. The IMS can and should play a more proactive role in
promoting cross-fertilization between statistics and other disciplines
while retaining our own identity via advancing the core statistical
methodologies and the associated theory. If elected, I will work with
the colleagues to achieve this goal.
Web
http://stats.lse.ac.uk/q.yao/
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