Congratulations to Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun, winners of the 2018 Turing Award.

Dr. Shirley Mills is the recipient of the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award 2019. 

Take a look at the new and improved SSC Awards web page and be inspired to nominate a deserving statistician for an award!

Dr. Ivan P. Fellegi, a member of the SSC, has received the Public Service of Canada Awards of Excellence for his outstanding career.
 

Come and celebrate the Statistical Society of Ottawa’s 50th anniversary!

The SSC will hold an offsite reception on Tuesday, July 31st, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm at Steamworks Brewpub.

"Born on Friday the Thirteenth: The Curious World of Probabilities"
by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Professor of Statistics, University of Toronto

The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Sciences announced the establishment of two lectureships named after women: The Elizabeth L. Scott Lecture, and the F.N. David Lecture. The lectures will be given in alternate years at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings beginning in 2019.

The SSC signed onto the letter in support of PRIS to Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló along with 46 other organizations.  

See following link for full article: https://royalsociety.org/news/2018/05/distinguished-scientists-elected-fellows-royal-society-2018/