Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Stephen Fienberg

Born: November 27, 1942
Died: December 14, 2016 (aged 74)
Bio: Stephen Elliott Fienberg was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Statistics, the Machine Learning Department, Heinz College, and Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University.
Known for:
- A Survey of Statistical Network Models (2010)
- R.A. Fisher: An Appreciation (1980)