JUNE 2020

President’s Message – June 2020: Acting for a Better World

In his June message, ISI President A. John Bailer talks about the role of statistics in coping with the challenges of the world today: “Problems associated with understanding, treating disease and developing vaccines seem very simple when compared to problems associated with racism and prejudice. How can statistics contribute to responses to racism and prejudice in our world?”
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Published 15 June 2020

Join ISI in celebrating the International Year of Women in Statistics and Data Science (#IYWSDS)

The ISI launched the celebration of the International Year of Women in Statistics and Data Science on 12 May with commemorating the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. As first activity, five presentations specially written and recorded for the ISI were made available on the WSC 2021 website.
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Published 12 June 2020

Election of ISI Executive Committee and Council for 2021-2023/2025

The election of ISI Officers for the positions of President-Elect, Vice-Presidents, and Council members will be conducted in late August – early September 2020. The ISI Nominations Committee chaired by Pedro Silva has submitted its report and slate of candidates. Individual ISI members can now propose additional candidates. More »

Published 16 June 2020

COVID-19 Resources

ISI has assembled a number of current resources for statisticians interested in the COVID-19 pandemic, including links to data sources, talks and preprints. More »

Published 12 June 2020

News from the ISI Statistical Capacity Building Committee

Due to a grant from the ISI Statistical Building Committee, NSUK-LISA Stat Lab is holding an online workshop “Towards Consulting Best Practices Technique for Women in Statistics and Data Science in Nigeria” on 20 and 27 June 2020. More »

Published 18 June 2020

International Prize in Statistics - Call for Nominations

Nominations are open for the third edition of the International Prize in Statistics, to be presented at the ISI World Statistics Congress 2021 in The Hague. The closing date for nominations is 15 August 2020. More »

Published 12 June 2020

New! Significance Magazine Volume 17, Issue 3 – June 2020

The latest issue of Significance including free access to articles on Covid-19 is now available to read online.

Published 16 June 2020

Stats+Stories

Published 16 June 2020

Bernoulli Society News June

  • One World Probability Project
  • Schramm Lectures at BS-IMS-WC 2021 and SPA 2022
  • Leif Döring as new Virtual Event Coordinator
  • 2020 Carver Medal awarded to Lynne Billard
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Published 12 June 2020

IAOS News June

  • SJIAOS June 2020 issue is now available and includes articles on the impact of COVID-19 and more
  • SJIAOS Call for papers on the impact of COVID-19 on official statistics
  • Official Statistics platform
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Published 12 June 2020

IASC News June 2020

  • Data Science, Statistics & Visualisation Conference (DSSV 2020) Online
  • Renewed: IASC and Taylor & Francis Affiliate Program continues to provide discounts on book purchases
  • News from the IASC Executive Committee
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Published 12 June 2020

IASS News June 2020

  • COVID-19 Surveillance Surveys
  • Webinar: COVID-19 Surveillance Surveys
  • ISI WSC 2021 Short Courses
  • Conferences
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Published 16 June 2020

ISLP News June 2020

  • The latest ISLP Newsletter is now available!
  • The ISLP Poster Competition 2020-2021 and the Best Cooperative Award have begun. There is still to sign up.
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Published 10 June 2020

News from the Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI)

Read about the latest news from the IASI in the June 2020 newsletter

Published 10 June 2020

News from the International Science Council (ISC)

Read the latest news from the ISC

Published 16 June 2020