April 25, 2003, marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, the twentieth century’s foremost contributor to the mathematical and philosophical foundations of probability. The year 2003 was also the 70th anniversary of the publication of Kolmogorov’s Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung. Kolmogorov’s Grundbegriffe put probability’s modern mathematical for...

It is a fitting testimonial to the unique scientific contributions, in the disparate fields of electromagnetic waves and plant life, of Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose FRS that his bust commemorating his 150th Birth Anniversary now stands alongside that of Charles Darwin FRS in the garden of Christ’s College Cambridge. It is also a fitting testimonial that latest developments in the plant sciences fro...

Here we are at the 40th anniversary of the passage of the 1975 Medical Malpractice Act, Act 817.2 How time flies! Act 817 of 1975 lives and the Louisiana State Supreme Court has ruled the current law, a total cap on all damages with its 1984 amendment for unlimited future medical payments as incurred (La. Act 435 of 19843), constitutional in the Butler case previously cited in the 20-year anniv...

Strangely enough, IFLA was itself born during the celebrations of another professional anniversary; that of the (British) Library Association. It was at the 50th anniversary conference, held in Edinburgh, of the second oldest library association in the world, that a resolution was passed which led to the establishment of what we now know and love as IFLA. So it is very appropriate that we retur...

The year 2005 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. This special issue celebrates the anniversary by presenting perspectives on AAAI's history, on the future of AAAI, and on the past and future of artificial intelligence. It highlights the many voices contributing to AAAI by featuring personal remembrances and visions from many people, inclu...

The year 2006 is the 140th anniversary of Mendel’s pathbreaking article. It is appropriate that a journal devoted to genetics begin the year with an article about Mendel and his work. Much has been written about his deep insights and the failure of the biological community to recognize his work. Here, on this anniversary, instead of extolling his success, we present a scholarly account of Mende...

Bulletin | d e c e m b e r Q ua r t e r 2012 Monday marked the 70th anniversary of the commencement of operations of the Bank of Thailand, on 10 December 1942. Conceived under wartime occupation, the Bank has grown to be a key institution in Thailand. It is a pleasure and an honour to come to Bangkok to take part in one in a series of events to mark the anniversary, and I want to thank Governor...

This is the fifth anniversary of the Robocup Rescue Simulation Competitions and the tenth anniversary of the disaster that inspired the Competitions. This is a good time to take stock of what milestones have been achieved and what milestones we should be aiming for. Specifically, this paper looks at the goals that led to the establishment of the competition, the current status of the simulation...

I.N.S.E.R.M. and C.N.R.S. in France. If this description of British universites attracts, as I hope it will, French doctors to the United Kingdom, and they do not know how to make scientific contacts I would suggest that they attend the meetings of British scientific societies-whose quality reflects that of the universities. These societies are well organized, and among the most brilliant meeti...

Digital Discovery celebrates its first anniversary.