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In this paper I shall try to sketch some typical aspects of Erich Lehmann's contributions to statistics through his research, his teaching, his service to the profession and his personality.
This is a brief account of the legacy of Ken Wilson in statistical physics, high energy physics, computing and education.
Forecasting has always been at the forefront of decision making and planning. The uncertainty that surrounds the future is both exciting and challenging, with individuals and organisations seeking to minimise risks and maximise utilities.…
This document is written in order to establish a common base ground on which the majority of the relevant research about linear fountain codes can be analyzed and compared. As far as I am concerned, there is no unified approach that…
My personal recollections are presented regarding my interactions with Steven Weinberg and the impact he had in my career from when I was his graduate student until the present.
We report on the life and work of F. Wiener, whom we confused with N. Wiener in a previous article.
Studying water droplets is a rich lesson in fields of fluid dynamics, nonlinear systems, and differential equations. Understanding various physical aspects of raindrops can help us in understanding drop dynamics, rainfall density…
The talk presents the main lines of biography of the prominent physicist and bright personality. Also given is a necessarily brief description of Gribov's scientific work.
This paper is a faithful description of the author's career as a scientist, which often intersected that of Yves Couder. The emphasis of this paper is a true description of how the science that the author has been associated with really…
An informal guide to the history of Heisenberg's matrix mechanics. It is designed for mathematicians with only a minimal background in either physics or geometry, and it is based upon Heisenberg's original arguments.
A brief history, the current state, and future directions of spin mechanics are presented.
In this article, we describe briefly the highlights and various accomplishments in the personal as well as the academic life of Professor Pranab Kumar Sen.
This document is an announcement and preview of a memoir whose full version is available on the Open Math Notes repository of the American Mathematical Society (OMN:202109.111309). In this memoir, I try to provide a fairly comprehensive…
This memoire covers my life history starting with my family's background and their immigration to the US. It continues with my childhood, my early education, and my introduction to science. It then covers my professional research included a…
I review the present state of knowledge concerning transversity distributions and related observables. In particular, I discuss the phenomenology of transverse asymmetries in e p\uparrow, p p\uparrow, p\uparrow p\uparrow and pbar \uparrow…
This article analytically describes the contributions of Keynesian theory in the post-World War I context, by means of a synoptic reading of the bibliographical sources indicated, the Keynesian theory within its own historical and…
Selected events of the scientific biography of Wojtek Dziembowski are briefly described, and several related photos are presented. The full version of the presentation is available at the IAU Symposium 301 webpage.
This talk traces the history of RHIC over the last two decades, reviewing the scientific motivations underlying its design, and the challenges and opportunities the machine presents.
This paper is a top down historical perspective on the several phases in the development of probability from its prehistoric origins to its modern day evolution, as one of the key methodologies in artificial intelligence, data science, and…
A short history of prisms from Lucius Anneus Seneca to George Ravenscroft.