Michael Jordan

Inaugural Grace Wahba Lecture

Michael is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Martin Hairer

Wald Lecture

Martin is a Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics of Imperial College London. His main areas of interest are probability theory and analysis, with a particular focus on the analysis of stochastic PDEs.

Hans-Georg Müller

Rietz Lecture

Hans-Georg is a Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California. His areas of interest include statistical methodology and modelling, nonparametric statistics, biostatistics, and data analysis.

Rodrigo Bañuelos

Medallion Lecture

Rodrigo is a Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University. His research is at the interface of probability, harmonic analysis, and spectral theory; three areas that are rich with beautiful problems that are very difficult to solve. 

Vlada Limic

Medallion Lecture

Vlada works at the University of Strasbourg. She conducts research in probability and stochastic processes, studying properties of various stochastic models.

Russell Lyons

IMS/BS Schramm Lecture

Russell is a Professor at at Indiana University. 
His research interests include probability theory on graphs, geometric group theory, combinatorics, statistical mechanics, ergodic theory, and harmonic analysis.