In Memory: Robert F. Wheeler (1940–77)

Editor: Robert F. Klie

On the Cover (from left to right): 1. SEM images of Ni nanoflower growth. (see F. Lagunas el al., page 57); 2. The trigger board experiment before being placed in the magnet. There is the trigger board, telescope board, test board, and ROCs.(see E. Stachura et al., page 48); 3. Scanning fluorescence phase microscope images of copper nanofiber mat(see Chan et al., page 43).

Robert F. Coleman 1954–2014

1 Biography Robert F. Coleman, an extraordinarily original and creative mathematician who has had a profound influence on modern number theory and arithmetic geometry, died of a sudden heart attack in El Cerrito, CA, on the morning of March 24, 2014. He is survived by his wife Tessa, his sister Rosalind, and brother Mark, his nephew Jeffrey, and niece Elise, and his service dog Julep. The depth...

Robert U. Muller—In memory

“Extremely direct” is the essence of Bob Muller’s signature style. His journey toward his intensive focused study of place cells was anything but direct, veering from experimental psychology through membrane biophysics and ending in the temporal lobe. Bob was a New Yorker. Born in Queens in 1942, he went through New York City public schools, Stuyvesant High School (where he was classmate of Lyn...

Pioneers in Medical Imaging: Honoring the Memory of Robert F. Wagner.

Stochastic Permanent Breaks by Robert F . Engle

1 This paper aims to bridge the gap between processes where shocks are permanent and those with transitory shocks by formulating a process in which the long run impact of each innovation is time varying and stochastic. Frequent transitory shocks are supplemented by occasional permanent shifts. The stochastic permanent breaks (STOPBREAK) process is based on the premise that a shock is more likel...