EVENTS SPONSORED AND CO-SPONSORED BY BERNOULLI SOCIETY
RECENT ISSUES OF OFFICIAL AND SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS
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.
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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..
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Events Sponsored and Co-Sponsored by Bernoulli Society ________________________________________
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:
BS/IMS Schramm Lecture: Roland Bauerschmidt (New York University, USA)
IMS Medallion Award & Lecture: Philip Ernst (Imperial College London, UK)
IMS Medallion Award & Lecture: Marcel Nutz (Columbia University, USA)
Refer to the conference website for any updates, as well as for further details on the conference.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications ________________________________________
37th, 2014 Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 28 - August 1
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Chatterjee US
Bovier, A. DE
2
Comets FR
Corwin, I. US
3
Ferrari (chair of LOC) AR
Erdoes, L. AT
4
Fontes BR
Galves, A. BR
5
Funaki JP
Garban, Ch. FR
6
Goldschmidt UK
Hairer, M. UK
Levy
7
Guionnet US
Jara, M. BR
8
den Hollander NL
Kozma, G. IL
9
Komorowski PL
Lubetzky, E. US
10
Martinelli I
Meleard, S. FR
11
Martinez CL
Nualart, D. US
IMS Medallion
12
Olla (chair) FR
Otto, F. DE
13
Velenik CH
Sasamoto, T. JP
14
Zeitouni IL
Sheffield, S. US
15
Toninelli, F. FR
16
Toth, B. HU/UK
36th,2013 Boulder, Colorado, USA, July 29 - August 2
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Mufa Chen CN
Ben Arous, G. US
Levy
2
Evans US
Benjamini, I. IL
Schramm
3
Kaspi IL
Chen, Z-Q. US
4
Khoshnevisan US
Doney, R. UK
5
Le Gall FR
Duminil-Copin, H. CH
6
Lalley (chair) US
Ferrari, P. AR
7
Landim BR
Funaki, T. JP
8
Lawler US
Golden, K. US
BS Open Lecture
9
Popovici US
Kaimanovich, V. CA
10
Quastel CA
O'Connell, N. UK
Doob
11
Shigekawa JP
Osada, H. JP
Ito
12
Toth HU
Quastel, J. CA
13
Tracy US
Ramanan, K. US
14
Woess AT
Shao, Q-M. CN
15
Veber, A. FR
16
Virag, B. CA
IMS Medallion
17
Zeitouni, O. IL/US
35th,2011 Oaxaca, Mexico, June 19-25
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Benjamini, I. IL
IMS Medallion
2
Flandoli, F. IT
3
Adderio-Berry, L. CA
4
Angel, O. CA
5
Berestycki, N. UK
6
Bodineau, T. FR
7
Burdzy, K. US
8
Carmona, R. US
9
Eisenbaum, N. FR
Ito
10
Fontes, L-R. BR
11
Goldschmidt, Ch. UK
12
Gorostiza, L. MX
13
Guionnet, A. FR
14
Ioffe, D. IL
15
Kyprianou, A. UK
16
Le Gall, J-F. FR
Levy
17
Luczak, M. UK
18
Peng, S.G. CN
19
Tracy, C. US
20
Williams, R. US
Doob
34th,2010 Osaka, Japan, September 6-10
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Atar, R. IL
2
Biskup, M. US
3
Hairer, M. UK
4
Hino, M. JP
5
Jacod, J. FR
6
Jeanblanc, M. FR
7
Khoshnevisan, D. US
8
Kumagai, T. JP
9
Landim, C. BR
Levy
10
Lawler, G. US
Doob
11
Lyons, T. UK
IMS Medallion
12
McKean, H. US
Ito Memorial
13
Miermont, G. FR
14
Rogers, Ch. UK
15
Seppalainen, T. US
16
Sturm, K.-T. DE
17
Tang, S. CN
18
Taylor, J. US
19
Watanabe, S. JP
Ito Memorial
20
Wilson, D. US
33rd,2009 Berlin, Germany, July 27-31
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Smirnov, S. CH
2
Baik, Y. US
3
Chatterjee, S. US
4
Delbaen, F. CH
5
Dembo, A. US
Levy
6
Hamadene, S. FR
7
Klupperberg, C. DE
IMS Medallion
8
Martin, J. UK
9
Martinez, S. CL
10
Mathieu, P. FR
11
Mattingly, J. US
12
Mörters, P. UK
13
Perkins, E. CA
14
Reinert, G. UK
15
Saloff-Coste, L. US
16
Schied, A. DE
17
Slade, G. CA
IMS Medallion
18
Takeda, M. JP
19
Wakolbinger, A. DE
20
Wang, F-Y. CN
32nd, 2007 Champaign-Urbana, Illinois USA, August 5-11
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Bodineau, T. FR
2
Meleard, S. FR
3
Osada, H. JP
4
Sheffield, S. US
5
Slade, G. CA
6
Tracy, C. US
7
Barlow, M. CA
Levy
8
De la Pena, V. US
IMS Medallion
9
Fang, S. FR
10
Jarai, A. CA
11
Lai, T. L. US
12
Lyons, R. US
IMS Medallion
13
Mandelbaum, A. IL
14
Möhle, M. DE
15
Nualart, D. US
16
Olivier, Y. FR
17
Rolles, S. DE
18
Sidoravicius, V. BR
19
Yao, D. US
20
Yor, M. FR
Doob
31st,2006 Paris, France, July 17-21
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Durrett, R. US
IMS Medallion
2
El Karoui, N. FR
3
Vares, M-E. BR
4
Virag, B. CA
5
Follmer, H. DE
Levy
6
Fournier, N. FR
7
Kesten, H. US
8
Ledoux, M. FR
IMS Medallion
9
Li, Z. H. CN
10
Meyn, S. US
11
Mikosch, T. AT
12
Mossel, E. US
13
San Martin, J. CL
14
Sanz Sole, M. SP
15
Speed, T. US
16
Villani, C. FR
30th,2005 Santa Barbara, California, USA
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Landim, C. BR
2
Taylor, J. US
3
Toth, B. HU
4
Bertoin, J. FR
Levy
5
Deift, P. US
6
Duffie, D. US
7
Englander, J. US
8
Gantert, N. DE
9
Glynn, P. US
10
Le Gall, J-F. FR
IMS Medallion
11
Limic, V. CA
12
Mytnik, L. IL
13
Sznitman, A-S. CH
IMS Medallion
14
Warnaw, T. US
15
Yosida, N. JP
29th,2003 Angra dos Reis, Brazil
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Bovier, A. DE
2
Burdzy, K. US
3
Ferrari, P. BR
4
Ioffe, D. IL
5
Burton, R. US
6
den Hollander, F. NL
7
Guionnet, A. FR
8
Norris, J. UK
9
Zeitouni, O. IL
28th,2002 Melbourne, Australia
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Ma, Z.-M. CN
2
Borisov, S. RU
3
del Moral, P. FR
4
Embrechts, P. CH
5
Etheridge, A. UK
6
Haggstrom, O. SE
7
Hall, P. AU
8
Johansson, K. SE
9
Neuts, M. US
10
Ozaki, T. JP
11
Protter, P. FR
12
Siegmund, S. US
13
Smith, L. UK
14
Taylor, G. AU
15
Taylor, P. AU
27th,2001 Cambridge, England
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Asmussen, S. SE
2
Ben Arous, G. CH
3
Bramson, M. US
4
Cerf, R. FR
5
Cruzeiro, A-B. PT
6
Diaconis, P. US
7
Evanse, S. US
8
Fouque, J-P. US
9
Korshunov, D. RU
10
Kotoyiannis, I. US
11
Lifshits, M. RU
12
Lyons, T. UK
13
Peres, Y. US
14
Puhalskii, A. US
15
Sznitman, A-S. CH
16
Werner, W. FR
17
Williams, R. U
26th,1999 Beijing, China
Scientific Program Committee
List of named and invited Plenary Lecturers
1
Chen, L.H.Y. SG
2
Chung, D.M. KR
3
Dai, J. US
4
Ferrari, P. BR
5
Fukushima, M. JP
6
Kurtz, T.G. US
7
Lu, Y.G. IT
8
Mountford, T.S. US
9
Øksendal, B. NO
10
Peng, S.G. CN
11
Qian, M.P. CN
12
Roeckner, M. DE
13
Sheu, S.J. TW
14
Shiryaev, A.N. RU
2023: QIYANG HAN (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey), who delivered the Kendall Lecture at the RSS Annual International Conference (Brighton, 2-5 September 2024).
2021: Ewain Gwynne, University of Chicago who delivered the Kendall Lecture during the RSS International Conference 2022, September 12-15, 2022 in Aberdeen.
The Bernoulli Society was created through a gradual process between the years 1973‐75, becoming a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1975. Thus, it was deemed statistically very fitting to celebrate its 50 years in 2024, taking and "average”. In the months leading to 2024, there was a fair amount of discussion amongst our officers and members about how to best commemorate the Society’s 50 years. In the end, the consensus was to opt for something modest but thoughtful, rather than a separate big event. This manifested in a few different ways.
First and foremost, there was special celebratory event that took place in Bochum, during our 11th World Congress. The event kicked off with a commemorative video, including testimonials from Presidents and Scientific Secretaries. This was followed by a Presidential Address, by Victor M. Panaretos, and a speech by Past President Wilfrid S. Kendall, who provided a critical overview of the Society’s “second 25 years”,
A second project to mark our Golden Jubilee involved recording interviews with the Society’s Presidents, Scientific Secretaries, van Zwet Medal winners over the years. Through a sustained effort lasting over a year, several interviews were conducted and recorded, including insights and perspectives on the Society.
All the videos mentioned above can be found below in sequence.
Bernoulli@50 Commemorative
Bernoulli Society Presidential Address, 11th World Congress
Reflections on the Second 25 years of the Bernoulli Society by Prof. Wilfrid Kendall
Interviews
Interview with Prof. Victor Pérez-Abreu and Prof. Eulalia Vares
Interview with Prof. Song-Xi Chen
Interview with Prof. Richard Gill
Interview with Prof. Peter Jagers
Interview with Prof. Wilfrid Kendall
Interview with Prof. Enno Mammen
Interview with Prof. Thomas Mikosch
Interview with Prof. Victor Panaretos
Interview with Prof. Nancy Reid
Interview with Prof. Jef Teugels
Interview with Prof. Ed Waymire
A major challenge in many modern economic, epidemiological, ecological and biological questions is to understand the randomness in the network structure of the entities they study. Although analysis of data on networks goes back to at least the 1930s, the importance of statistical network modelling for many areas of substantial science has become more pronounced since the turn of the century. This Committee on Statistical Network Science (CSNS) will focus on promoting and fostering research in statistical and probabilistic network analysis, in the wider sense. This remit includes graphical models, random graph models as well complex functional network models.
Committee Members:
(Chair) Gesine Reinert (University of Oxford, UK), Professor of Statistics. Editor-in-chief for SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics.
Vladimir Batagelj (University of Ljubljana, Slowenia), Professor Emeritus Of Mathematics, is known for his work in discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimization, particularly analysis of social networks and other large networks.
Anuška Ferligoj (University of Ljubljana, Slowenia), Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Emeritus, is an elected member of the European Academy of Sociology and International Statistical Institute, and has been a member of boards of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, International Federation of Classification Societies, and International Sociological Association.
Claire Gormley (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland), co-director of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training (CRT) in Foundations of Data Science.
Sarika Jalan (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India), Complex Systems Lab. Professor Salan is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational Science and Executive Member of the Complex Systems Society.
Goeran Kauermann (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany), Chair of Applied Statistics in Social Sciences, Economics and Business.
Eric D. Kolaczyk (Boston University, USA), Professor of Statistics, Director, Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing.
Clelia Di Serio (Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, and San Raffaele Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy), Professor in Statistics.
Ernst C. Wit (Università della Svizzera Lugano, Switzerland) Professor of Statistics and Data Science.
Some video links
Can we use network models to shed new light on global arms trading? Using statistical network models to understand the driving forces in arms trading in the last decades and today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxzJ9RFSCJ0
Can we improve social support for the elderly during COVID-19? This research highlights which groups of elderly people have either non-existent or insufficient social support during the COVID-19 pandemic and are therefore more vulnerable. For these elderly people, sustainable care policy planning and crisis intervention planning should be organised especially for future waves of the coronavirus and other pandemics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIWuBvA6NI
Normal or not? How to detect anomalies in networks Complex interactions such as financial transactions or links between computers can often be visualised as networks. Anomalies in such networks may indicate deviant behaviour. How can we detect such anomalies? In this video we shall encounter a statistical test called Monte Carlo test to address this issue. The Monte Carlo test can also be applied in many other scenarios. https://sciani.com/portfolio/normal-or-not-how-to-detect-anomalies-in-networks/
Sometimes, correlation does imply causation You often hear “correlation does not imply causation” in order to warn the listener about spurious relationships that may be observed in everyday life. The number of homicides seems to correlate with ice cream sales, but clearly this is not a causal relationship. Given that all we can see in real life are mere correlations, can we ever be sure of causality? This video will describe a network inspired definition of causality in order to derive a method, known as the PC algorithm, to detect causal interactions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLxQfi194c
https://www.newton.ac.uk/seminar/20160826102010401 Dr. Silvia Fierascu, "Applying network science to political problems. A conceptual and analytical framework for understanding and predicting corruption risks in business-political networks
