News

2 December

President’s Message

Many thanks Ada!

1 December

Director’s Message

Time to say goodbye … But not yet

18 November

IASC-LARS announces double School for 2022

The fourth IASC-LARS School on Computational Statistics and Data Science “Deep neural networks: Fundamentals, computational, mathematical aspects and advances” and the EBEB School “Bayesian Survival Analysis with BUGS” will be offered in virtual format on 14 -15 March 2022.

18 November

IASC Webinar on Environmental Statistics and Statistical Computing

The webinar is organized by the African Members Group of IASC and will take place on 17 December 2021.

17 November

LACSC 2022 and EBEB 2022 Virtual Meeting

The 6th Latin American Conference on Statistical Computing (LACSC 2022) will be held in São Carlos, Brazil, on 16-18 March 2022. It is jointly organized with the 16th Brazilian Meeting of Bayesian Statistics (EBEB 2022).

16 November

IASS Webinar Series

Join one of the webinars organized by the International Association of Survey Statisticians from November 2021 – January 2022. Participation is free of charge.  

16 November

Stats+Stories: A podcast about the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics

Listen to the latest episodes with Joel Best, Caitlin Augustin & Matt Brems, and Sander van der Linden.

16 November

42nd Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Previously scheduled for July 2021, the conference will take place on 27 June – 1 July 2022 at Wuhan University, China.

15 November

SJIAOS and Official Statistics Platform

Find out about the December 2021 issue of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS and the related discussion on the Official Statistics discussion platform.

15 November

2022 COPSS Awards

The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) seeks nominations for its 2022 awards to be presented at the 2022 JSM in Washington D.C., 6-11 August 2022.

12 November

2022 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize

This Bernoulli Society Prize is awarded for outstanding research in the field of probability theory. Nominations for the 2022 edition of the award can be submitted by 30 December 2021.

12 November

2022 IAOS Prize for Young Statisticians

This international prize is awarded for the best paper in the field of official statistics written by a young statistician. Apply by 11 February 2022 for a chance to win a trip to an international conference.

12 November

ISLP: Call for newsletter submissions

The deadline for submissions for the next International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) newsletter is 28 November 2021.

11 November

IAOS 2022 Conference – Krakow, Poland, 26 - 28 April 2022

Proposals for contributed papers close on 30 November 2021.

10 November

ICOTS 11, 11-16 September 2022, Rosario , Argentina

The main topics of the conference are available and submission of abstract proposals is open until 17 December 2021.

6 November

TIES Abdel El-Shaarawi Early Investigator Award 2022

TIES welcomes nominations for the 2022 edition of the Abdel El-Shaarawi Early Investigator Award. The deadline for submissions is 15 February 2022.

5 November

Esri Community for National Statistics Organizations

Join Esri’s Community site for National Statistics Organizations. Get access to articles, view webinar recordings, download documents, and network with other community members.

3 November

Official Statistics Modernization | GIS CURRICULUM

This new learn site from Esri contains hands-on tutorials to help official statistics agencies modernize their population and housing census workflows. Covering every stage of the census process, these tutorials teach you how to plan your work, conduct field data collection, monitor your operations, and disseminate your authoritative data, all using ArcGIS.

2 November

In Memoriam: Moffat Nyoni

We regret to announce that Mr Moffat Nyoni, ISI Elected member and former National Statistician of Zimbabwe, passed away on 29 October 2021.

29 October

Stat Special Issue on “Statistical Collaboration and Consulting”

The journal Stat is known for its quality papers and speedy review process, with most accepted papers published within 30 days of submission. For its special issue, Stat welcomes submissions on innovations in statistical collaboration and consulting.