Blackwell-Rosenbluth awards 2022

Here are the Winners of the j-ISBA Blackwell-Rosenbluth awards 2022, between those based on the time zones UTC-12 to UTC-1 (aka the Americas):

• Sharmistha Guha, Texas A&M University
  Simon Mak, Duke University
  Akihiko Nishimura, Johns Hopkins University

and those based on the time zones UTC+0 to UTC+13 (aka the Americas^c):

• Jeremy Heng, ESSEC Business School, Singapore
  Swapnil Mishra, University of Copenhagen
  Leah South, Queensland University of Technology

Congrats!!! They will all present their webinar on 28 or 29 November at 1pm UTC (Universal Time Coordinate).

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2021 Whova Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis

The website for the incoming ISBA 2021 meeting is now operational and open to all! The program is ready, as well, with short courses starting on 23 June. And the main event on 28 June, with very long days, from 5:15am till 9:30pm in (US) Eastern Time (EDT, ie EST-05:00, UTC-06:00, CET-06:00, IST-9:30, CDT-11:00, JST-13:00, AEST-14:00). The number of registered participants is currently above 1700!, which shows the positive side of having a free on-line event since everyone (with an Internet connection!) interested can participate. On the negative side, namely the limited human interactions and the challenge of staying focussed 24/5, a solution stands in creating local clusters where a group could attend together the sessions. Provided local health policies allow. I am still working on gathering at CIRM, Marseille, if the centre reopens on 27 June. And am happy to broadcast any initiative to this effect.