25th Anniversary

AI EDAM 25th anniversary

When AI EDAM started 25 years ago, AI was a buzz word and it was expected to revolutionize the way engineering design, analysis, and manufacturing (EDAM) were conducted. It did not revolutionize EDAM unfortunately. There was no visible landmark over the past 25 years at least in the EDAM areas. Instead of such “gold medals,” what we now see is numerous steady stepwise improvements that AI techn...

Outcomes Research Consortium's 25th Anniversary.

The 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident

The nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in 1986 is described and a summary of its immediate effects on people and the environment outlined. Then there is a summary of the important parts of the literature on diseases and deaths resulting from radiation and mortalities to date and the way mortality data became increasingly conservative over the years is discussed. Today, there is still uncer...

Editor's note: 25th Anniversary Special Issue

The Statistics and Computing journal gratefully acknowledges the contributions for this special issue, celebrating 25 years of publication. In the past 25 years, the journal has published innovative, distinguished research by leading scholars and professionals. Papers have been read by thousands of researchers world-wide, demonstrating the global importance of this field. The Statistics andComp...

25th Anniversary Edition: Human Dendritic Cell Subsets for Vaccination

The immune system evolved to protect us from microorganisms. The antigen (Ag)-nonspecific innate immunity and Ag-specific adaptive immunity act in concert to eradicate pathogens, through cells, such as macrophages, granulocytes, dendritic cells (DCs), and lymphocytes, and through effector proteins such as cytokines, antimicrobial peptides, complement, and antibodies (1–3). Lymphocytes (T cells,...