News

12 March

BS-IMS-WC 2021 in Probability and Statistics

The 10th Bernoulli-IMS World Congress (BS-IMS-WC) in Probability and Statistics will be held virtually from 19-23 July 2021.

12 March

TIES 2021 Conference

The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) is pleased to announce that the postponed 29h TIES-GRASPA 2021 conference will be held online later this year.

11 March

In Memoriam: Donald A.S. Fraser

We regret to announce the passing of ISI Elected Member Dr. Donald A.S. Fraser on 21 December 2020.

11 March

Side Event of the 52nd Session of UNSC ”Modernization of Statistical Systems with GIS” - Recording now available

The recording of the UN Statistical Commission Side Event: Modernization of Statistical Systems with GIS is now available. Hear from guest speakers from the UAE FCSC, Australian Bureau of Statistics, and DANE.

11 March

News from the ISI Statistical Capacity Building Committee

Read about the launch of a new online course on data science and the Committee’s partnership with the West Africa Young Statisticians Association.

10 March

Volunteers sought for hosting an Outreach Tea for girls and their parents

The International Year of Women in Statistics and Data Science Working Group is looking for volunteers to host an outreach “tea” in your local area to introduce girls and their parents to careers in statistics and data science.

9 March

Mathematics Education for the Future Conference postponed to August 2022

Due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the 16th international conference of the Mathematics Education for the Future project has been postponed from 2021 to 2022.

9 March

Zoom Seminar on Teaching During Pandemic

The Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences (TSHS) of the American Statistical Association is presenting a free Zoom webinar on "Teaching statistics online during the pandemic – sharing experiences from multiple continents".

9 March

ICOTS 11 Preparations: Survey on possible dates

The timing of ICOTS 11, the 11th International Conference on Teaching Statistics, is under consideration. IASE members are invited to express their timing preferences.

9 March

Stat special issue on 'Statistical Network Analysis'

Stat invites submissions for its special issue "Statistical Network Analysis" (co-editors: Ji Zhu and Helen Zhang).

8 March

ISLP: Best Cooperative Award 2021

The International Statistical Literacy Project welcomes applications for the Best Cooperative Award 2021. Enter the competition by the end of March for a chance to win 1000 euros prize money!

8 March

JDSSV first issue available soon

The International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) is pleased to announce that the first issue of the Journal of Data Science, Statistics, and Visualisation (JDSSV) will become available online before the summer 2021.

2 March

The RSS Guy Medal in Silver awarded to Håvard Rue

The Guy Medal in Silver is awarded to an ISI Elected Member Håvard Rue for his substantial and significant contributions in the area of efficient and scalable computational techniques for the data analysts’ toolbox.

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.