I I very much suspect that it will be saved and very much suspect that it will be saved and

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11 Slide Slide Additionally, please download a short movie (25 minutes, about 2

Additionally, please download a short movie (25 minutes, about 250 MB) 50 MB) recorded by the TV Kragujevac, about the world promotion of IESS

recorded by the TV Kragujevac, about the world promotion of IESS, and , and live opinions of statisticians from 6 continents

live opinions of statisticians from 6 continents URL:

URL:

http://www.ekfak.kg.ac.rs/sites/default/files/Download/mlovri c/

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Joseph Hilbe, american philosopher, statistician

Professor, Founder of the Astrostatistics Committee, NASA Ambasador

Your encyclopedia appears to be truly outstanding, Your encyclopedia appears to be truly outstanding, and should be in libraries for a great many years.

and should be in libraries for a great many years.

Actually, a volume like this,

Actually, a volume like this, which has many of the which has many of the leading statisticians of the late 20th and early 21st leading statisticians of the late 20th and early 21st century as contributors

century as contributors ---- will be saved and sold in will be saved and sold in electronic form after the initial

electronic form after the initial hardbookhardbook sales. sales.

I I very much suspect that it will be saved and very much suspect that it will be saved and

used by historians of statistics centuries used by historians of statistics centuries

from now

from now - - perhaps well into the third perhaps well into the third millennium and afterwards

millennium and afterwards

. This volume . This volume

presents a very nice overview of the state of statistical presents a very nice overview of the state of statistical knowledge at the start of the 2nd millennium. Of

knowledge at the start of the 2nd millennium. Of course, we'll never be able to test my thesis, but I'd course, we'll never be able to test my thesis, but I'd put money on it for my long

put money on it for my long-away descendents. -away descendents.

You've done a remarkable job getting everyone You've done a remarkable job getting everyone

together on this project, and having the vision to both together on this project, and having the vision to both initiate it and to see it through to publication. You've initiate it and to see it through to publication. You've done the discipline a great service.

done the discipline a great service.

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Rajko Kuzmanović, President of the Academy of Science of the Republic of Srpska, President of the Republic of Srpska (2008-2010)

This storehouse of the knowledge and wisdom of statisticians from around the world displays the unity of the broad international statistics

community, and

provides a resource of substantial scientific benefit to all nations.

We believe that the Encyclopedia will become the starting point for still further development of

scientific knowledge, and be of influence for many years to come.

At least in our region we feel that time, in the statistics community, will henceforth be

designated as BE or AE | before the Encyclopedia, or after it.

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Dr Niels Peter Thomas, Senior Editor, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany

It is really the most international Statistics It is really the most international Statistics handbook that has ever been published, and handbook that has ever been published, and most possibly, that will ever be published! I most possibly, that will ever be published! I am deeply impressed.

am deeply impressed.

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Madan Lal Puri, Professor, Indiana University, USA

Finally, Professor Miodrag

Finally, Professor Miodrag Lovric'sLovric's

monumental project is coming to a happy monumental project is coming to a happy ending.

ending.

This is

This is Miodrag'sMiodrag's Crowning Crowning Jewel.StatisticsJewel.Statistics community will always be grateful to him for community will always be grateful to him for his services to the profession

his services to the profession

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Toshiimitsu Hamasaki, Professor, Medical Faculty,

Univesity of Osaka, Japan I hope that your great work will I hope that your great work will

contribute to not only the development of contribute to not only the development of statistical science but also the solidarity statistical science but also the solidarity and peace of the world.

and peace of the world.

You have done a great job and deserve a You have done a great job and deserve a

special recognition for it!

I admire your persistence and diligence I admire your persistence and diligence Professor Jan Kmenta

the author of the acclaimed textbook Elements of Econometrics.

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Sir David Cox, UK

Very warm congratulations on Very warm congratulations on

your dedication and skill and your dedication and skill and

hard work in bringing this hard work in bringing this

project to fruition. Many will project to fruition. Many will

be grateful to you for it.

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David Applebaum, Professor, Sheffield University, UK

This is a really fantastic job that This is a really fantastic job that

you have done for the you have done for the

community. It must have been a community. It must have been a truly enormous amount of work truly enormous amount of work

and I am full of admiration for

you. you.

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Tamas Rudas, Professor of Statistics and Head, Hungary

You have made a truly You have made a truly

outstanding achievement and I outstanding achievement and I

am very happy that you asked am very happy that you asked

me to contribute.

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Ali Hadi, Professor, Vice provost, American University in Cairo, Egypt

I congratulate Dr Lovric for the I congratulate Dr Lovric for the publication of this impressive publication of this impressive

Encyclopedia which great impact is yet to Encyclopedia which great impact is yet to come. The encyclopedia containts treasure come. The encyclopedia containts treasure of information of greatest and cutting edge of information of greatest and cutting edge of research. It is therefore expected that of research. It is therefore expected that encyclopedia will have great impact for encyclopedia will have great impact for statistics education, especially in the statistics education, especially in the developing countries.

developing countries.

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1111 Slide Slide Support from all over the world for the Nobel Peace Prize nomina Support from all over the world for the Nobel Peace Prize nominationtion

This is really exiting news! The nomination is a fitting mark of your tremendous

achievement.

Professor David Hand, President of the Royal Professor David Hand, President of the Royal Statistical Society (2008

Statistical Society (2008--2010), 2010), Great BritainGreat Britain

T T his is indeed extraordinary, and his is indeed extraordinary, and should help to raise more general should help to raise more general

awareness of statistics and statisticians!

P P rofessor Xiao rofessor Xiao -- -- Li Meng, Head of Li Meng, Head of the Statistics department,

the Statistics department, University of Harvard,

University of Harvard, USA USA

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This is the most fascinating news that I have heard that you have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2011 for your extraordinary

achievement in bringing out the Statistical

Encyclopedia. You richly deserve this nomination for your superhuman effort in bringing the

statisticians for the world together

Professor Venkatarama Krishnan, USA

It is very wonderful that you as an organizer of the project have been nominated to the 2011 Nobel

Peace Prize! Congratulations!

Professor Efendi Nasibov, Head, Dept. of

Computer Science, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Support from all over the world for the Nobel Peace Prize nomina Support from all over the world for the Nobel Peace Prize nominationtion

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1313 Slide Slide This is extraordinary and stunning, but at the same time ever so well deserved!

Your contribution is a gigantic scientific achievement, plus a remarkable testimony to the power of collaboration and hence, to peace. Whatever comes of it, this is worth a warm word of congratulations!!

Professor Gert Molenberghs, , President of the President of the International Biometric Society (2004

International Biometric Society (2004--2005), 2005), BelgiumBelgium

Congratulations to you for your wonderful work on the project. Your nomination is truly deserved .

Professor,

Professor, Edward MelnickEdward Melnick, , Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, , University, USAUSA

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Congratulations for this well deserved nomination. Your Encyclopedia was

really a great work uniting people from all places.

Professor Basilio de Bragança Pereira, , Brazil

Brazil

Congratulations on this nomination.

It is a well

It is a well--deserved honor.deserved honor.

Professor StSteven Lalley, University of even Lalley, University of Chicago,

Chicago, USAUSA

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I am 100 percent agreeing with the I am 100 percent agreeing with the

decision of Serbian Government of the decision of Serbian Government of the Republic to nominate you for the 2011 Republic to nominate you for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace Prize.

The International Encyclopedia of The International Encyclopedia of

Statistical Science is indeed one of the Statistical Science is indeed one of the largest international scientific projects largest international scientific projects ever conducted.

ever conducted.

Most importantly, it unites scientists from Most importantly, it unites scientists from 105 countries of six continents with

105 countries of six continents with

different political systems and religions.

Professor William Wei, Temple University, Professor William Wei, Temple University, USAUSA

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YourYour achievement is really outstanding, and achievement is really outstanding, and the amount of effort to join the goodwill of the amount of effort to join the goodwill of

so many people from so many countries, so many people from so many countries,

cultures and political and religious options cultures and political and religious options

is remarkable, more so when you observe is remarkable, more so when you observe hate, wilderness and destruction spoiling hate, wilderness and destruction spoiling lliiffe and happiness around the world. I hope e and happiness around the world. I hope

that the Nobel Committee will be sensible to that the Nobel Committee will be sensible to

the importance of your feat.

Professor

Professor Dinis Duarte Ferreira PestanaDinis Duarte Ferreira Pestana, , Portugal

Portugal

Congratulations on your truly significant Congratulations on your truly significant

achievements.

Professor Robert G. Staudte

Professor Robert G. Staudte, La Trobe University, , La Trobe University, Australia

Australia

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I am extremely pleased by the excellent news I am extremely pleased by the excellent news

about the project. Particularly by your about the project. Particularly by your

nomination for the Nobel Prize.

Certainly a great achievement for the Certainly a great achievement for the

world statistical science world statistical science ! !

Professor

Professor Francisco LouzadaFrancisco Louzada, , BrazilBrazil I congratulate you with this very great I congratulate you with this very great proposal!

proposal!

It really is a crown to your work.

I fully subscribe the message in the news I fully subscribe the message in the news paper article: I whole heartedly do believe paper article: I whole heartedly do believe that science and art can help us to cross that science and art can help us to cross borders and make them disappear.

borders and make them disappear.

Professor

Professor Ger Ger Snijkers, Snijkers, The NetherlandThe Netherland

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My reaction to your amazing achievement My reaction to your amazing achievement ---- the great quality and the size of the IESS

the great quality and the size of the IESS ---- is is EXTREME excellence

EXTREME excellence..

You have done a great service to the You have done a great service to the statistical science fields and to the statistical science fields and to the world

world

The whole endeavor and the results are The whole endeavor and the results are beyond words.

beyond words.

TThis is the first time that statisticians his is the first time that statisticians have been nominated (and probably, have been nominated (and probably, unfortunately, the last), which I regard unfortunately, the last), which I regard as the GREAT honor to our science

as the GREAT honor to our science Professor Charles Romesburg

Professor Charles Romesburg, , USAUSA

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I was really excited by the news you

communicated, and I wish you to be selected by Norway people as one of the Nobel Peace prize laureate.

The project is in fact unique in its internationality Professor Yakov Nikitin,

Professor Yakov Nikitin, RussiaRussia

I congratulate you on the nomination and I congratulate you on the nomination and thank for sharing wonderful news.

thank for sharing wonderful news.

Indeed your contribution is remarkable and Indeed your contribution is remarkable and we support you

we support you

Professor Pranesh Kumar,

Professor Pranesh Kumar, CanadaCanada

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2020 Slide Slide This is really a great and outstanding news. All credit goes to you. Many many congratulations on your achievement! You did an outstanding work to make this work (IESS) a great success.

I am so happy and delighted to know that you have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. You

deserve it and I sincerely hope you get it!

Professor Saumen Mandal, Canada

I'm very pleased with your

government's nomination, which has raised

the stature of statisticians world wide Kai Ng, Head of Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Hong Kong University,

China

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It is outstanding to hear that you were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Congratulations!!!

I really hope that this will help to make more governments aware of statistics and statistics education!

Something like your

achievement may happen once in a lifetime to our discipline .

Professor Juergen Symanzik, USA

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You deserve the biggest expression of

congratulations that is possible concerning the

Nobel Prize Nomination. This is a well deserved and wonderful honor. We all know that the world is filled with conflict. The IESS demonstrates that people

from all over the world can peacefully work together on a common productive goal.

Professor Andrew Rosalsky, USA

This is really amazing and very well deserved. Let us all hope that indeed you make it. What a

wonderful treat.

Professor Danny Pfeffermann, Hebrew University, Israel

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2323 Slide Slide I feel proud for cooperating with you in such an

important project for statistical science.

Your nomination for the Nobel 2011 Peace Prize is a fair result of your time and efforts to strengthen and

promote our scientific field.

Professor Christos H. Skiadas, Greece

May I congratulate you for your effort to prepare this book which has been nominated for the Nobel 2011 Peace Prize. Without any reservation, I am proud to say that this book is a great asset for statisticians and mathematicians as well as a great contribution to science.

Professor Abdulbari Bener, Qatar

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It was indeed a monumental effort, bringing together statisticians and probabilists from all over the world, furthering both Statistics and World Cooperation.

You certainly deserve this highest recognition for this effort.

Professor Michael A. Zazanis, Greece

The nomination is fantastic and you really deserve it!

Professor Sara van de Geer, Zürich, Switzerland

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Let's keep fingers and toes crossed for the Nobel Prize!!

Professor Peter Hall, Elected Fellow of the

Australian Academy of Science, and its former Vice-president, Australia

Let me congratulate you on Nobel Peace Prize nomination. It is a great news indeed.

Hopefully you will be awarded as you have done a tremendous work ever!!

Professor Vasily Simchera,

Professor Vasily Simchera, RussiaRussia

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