News

February

• 25 February

  Stat News – February 2021

  Read the latest newsletter of the ISI-Wiley journal Stat including updates on the journal’s editorial board, special issues and news on open access policy.

• 19 February

  Aurel Schubert appointed Chair of ESGAB

  The Council of the European Union appointed ISI Council Member Aurel Schubert to serve as the Chair of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB) starting 1 February 2021.

• 17 February

  Significance Magazine Volume 18, Issue 1 – February 2021

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

• 16 February

  Data Analysis Competition 2021 – Call for Submissions

  The International Association for Statistical Computing invites submissions for the Data Analysis Competition. The focus of the 2021 competition is the analysis of quality-of-life related data.

• 15 February

  JDSSV Special Issue on COVID-19 Visualisation and Modeling

  The journal of Data Science, Statistics and Visualisation is accepting submissions for a special issue on the modeling and visualisation of data about the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

• 15 February

  IASS Course on the Analysis of Survey Data Using R

  Funded by the World Bank and developed by Marcel de Toledo Vieira with the support of the IASS, the course materials are now available online.

• 15 February

  ISI Data Science Working Group Formed

  The working group was launched by co-chairs Juergen Symanzik and Daniel Jeske in order to identify and coordinate opportunities for the ISI and its Associations to help them improve their identity with data science research, education, and outreach. 

• 15 February

  First IASS Francophone Webinar

  The IASS is pleased to announce its first francophone webinar, "The generalized weight share method and its applications", to be held on 26 February 2021.

• 13 February

  2022 COMPSTAT Conference in London postponed

  The 25th International Conference on Computational Statistics, London, UK was rescheduled to 22-25 August 2023 (postponed from August 2022).

• 13 February

  2021 COMPSTAT Conference in Bologna postponed

  The 24th International Conference on Computational Statistics at the University of Bologna, Italy was rescheduled to 23-26 August 2022 (postponed initially from August 2020, and later from August 2021).

• 12 February

  ISBIS Newsletter – Latest issue now available

  A new issue of ISBIS News is now available to read online. 

• 12 February

  Leading Women in Business and Industrial Statistics Webinar Series

  The third installment of this webinar series titled “A statistician reads the news: Statistics and data science challenges in content analytics” will be delivered by Dr. Bonnie Ray on 19 February 2021.

• 12 February

  Fabrizio Ruggeri to speak at a “Meet-the-Editor” Webinar

  ASMBI Editor-in-Chief Fabrizio Ruggeri will speak about ASMBI at an ENBIS webinar on 16 February 2021.

• 12 February

  UNSC 52nd Session Side Event: Modernization of Statistical Systems with GIS

  Join Esri for an in depth discussion exploring some of the key issues on the integration of statistical and geospatial including importance of frameworks such as IGIF and GSGF, use of standards such as SDMX and discussion on dissemination of data.

• 12 February

  ISI and Esri Spatial Thinking Student Competition – Deadline extended to 1 March 2021

  ISI and Esri are sponsoring the 2020/21 Spatial Thinking Student Competition. Entry topics may include statistics and data science or focus on areas of the economy, society, and the environment. Apply now!

• 12 February

  Women in Statistics

  Check out the interactive map created by Esri to learn about distinguished women in statistics.

• 11 February

  Virtual ISI World Statistics Congress 2021 – Call for Contributed Paper/Poster Proposals

  You are invited to submit your abstracts for Contributed Talks/Posters by 22 March 2021.

• 11 February

  ISLP Best Cooperative Award 2021

  The International Statistical Literacy Project is now accepting applications for the  Best Cooperative Award 2021 competition.

• 10 February

  News from the Statistical Journal of the IAOS

  IAOS is pleased to announce the launch of the SJIAOS special supplement on ‘Official Statistics in Africa’.

• 10 February

  Misuse of Statistics: Time to Speak Out – IAOS webinar

  The webinar will be held on 22 February 2021, 9.00 – 11.00 EST and will examine the issues of misuse and false statistics from different perspectives.