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AMS News
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(January 2001) David Draper was chosen as President-Elect of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
(ISBA). He will serve as President-Elect of ISBA in 2001,
President in 2002, and Past President in 2003.
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(June 2001) AMS announces its schedule of
undergraduate and graduate classes for the academic year 2001-02. A
total of 16 courses will be given to an estimated 1,675 students, including
the following new offerings:
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ENGR 3A, a
precalculus course specially tailored to students in science and
engineering (given by Marshall Sylvan);
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ENGR 156, an
upper-division course on linear statistical models, featuring
regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance methodology
(taught by Bruno Sansó); and
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ENGR 207, a graduate
course on intermediate Bayesian statistical methods (given by
Raquel Prado, using ENGR 206 as a prerequisite).
In addition,
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the autumn 2001 section of ENGR 5 taught by David Draper will involve a number of
innovations, including a case-study orientation;
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ENGR 206, an
introductory graduate course on Bayesian statistics given by
David Draper, is a modified and upgraded version of ENGR 181, first taught (also
by Draper) in Spring 2001.
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(September 2001) AMS welcomes the arrival of two new faculty members:
Assistant Professor Raquel Prado and Visiting Associate Professor Bruno Sansó. Both are
Bayesian statisticians who were until recently at Universidad Simon Bolivar
in Caracas, Venezuela. Raquel's research interests include the analysis of
nonstationary time series, with medical and other applications, and
Bruno's work includes innovative modeling for rainfall prediction at
macro and micro levels (in space and time), together with other
applications in environmental sciences.
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