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<h2 id="specialized-associations">Specialized associations</h2> <p>ISI serves as an umbrella for seven specialized Associations:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bernoulli_Society_for_Mathematical_Statistics_and_Probability/1uemCfPW">Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability</a> (BS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Association_for_Statistical_Computing/Hh449Kek">International Association for Statistical Computing</a> (IASC)</li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Association_for_Official_Statistics/q3698Su2">International Association for Official Statistics</a> (IAOS)</li> <li>International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/International_Association_for_Statistical_Education/8B4SJ0Hd">International Association for Statistical Education</a> (IASE)</li> <li>International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS)</li> <li>The International Environmetrics Society (TIES)</li></ul> <h2 id="committees">Committees</h2> <p>ISI Committees fall under one of three categories: operational, special interest, and outreach. </p><p>Current <i>Special Interest Groups</i> are: </p> <ul><li>Agricultural sciences</li> <li><a href="/facts/Astrostatistics/hnTro7FA">Astrostatistics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/History_of_statistics/T9JKS9J1">History of statistics</a></li> <li>Professional ethics<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>Promotion of statistics in the life sciences</li> <li>Risk analysis</li> <li>Sports statistics</li> <li>Statistics of travel and tourism</li> <li>Women in statistics</li></ul> <h2 id="journals">Journals</h2> <p>ISI publishes the following journals: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Bulletin_of_the_International_Statistical_Institute/Xx44WFDy">Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute</a></i></li> <li><i>International Statistical Review</i></li> <li><i>Statistical Theory and Method Abstracts</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Bernoulli_(journal)/1uemCfPW">Bernoulli</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Computational_Statistics_%2526_Data_Analysis/KEATzPGn">Computational Statistics & Data Analysis</a></i></li> <li><i>Statistics Education Research Journal</i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Statistics_Surveys/erxRvNwU">Statistics Surveys</a></i></li></ul> <h2 id="karl-pearson-prize">Karl Pearson Prize</h2> <p>The Karl Pearson Prize was commenced by the ISI in 2013 to acknowledge contributions, which must be a research article or book published within the last three decades, on statistical theory, methodology, practice, or applications. The prize was named after English statistician <a href="/facts/Karl_Pearson/fXB7GT5Q">Karl Pearson</a>. It is bestowed biennially at the ISI World Statistics Congress. The winner of the prize receives 5,000 euros and gives the Karl Pearson Lecture.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Peter_McCullagh/GWv03UXR">Peter McCullagh</a> and <a href="/facts/John_Nelder/28u4s8J9">John Nelder</a> were the winners of the inaugural Karl Pearson Prize "for their monograph Generalized Linear Models (1983)".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="presidents-of-isi">Presidents of ISI</h2> <p>The organization has had thirty-eight presidents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> The current president is <a href="/facts/Xuming_He/Q5RUhvxW">Xuming He</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>1885 – 1899: Sir <a href="/facts/Rawson_W._Rawson/4uJLPRwg">Rawson W. Rawson</a> (<a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL"></a>)</li> <li>1899 – 1908: Karl von Inama-Sternegg [de] (<a href="/facts/Austria-Hungary/9WPUPj0W"></a>)</li> <li>1909 – 1920: <a href="/facts/Luigi_Bodio/Bd49nDQp">Luigi Bodio</a> (<a href="/facts/Kingdom_of_Italy/X5hxYBvF"></a>)</li> <li>1923 – 1931: Albert Delatour [fr] (<a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a>)</li> <li>1931 – 1936: Friedrich Zahn [de] (<a href="/facts/Weimar_Republic/LYYS66ad"></a>//<a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo"></a>)</li> <li>1936 – 1947: Armand Julin (<a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j"></a>)</li> <li>1947 – 1947: <a href="/facts/Walter_Francis_Willcox/By1Ma7mG">Walter Francis Willcox</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>1947 – 1953: <a href="/facts/Stuart_A._Rice_(statistician)/IfgaWYbt">Stuart A. Rice</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>1953 – 1960: <a href="/facts/Georges_Darmois/AYghGQKY">Georges Darmois</a> (<a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a>)</li> <li>1960 – 1963: <a href="/facts/Marcello_Boldrini/Lm9q5KxI">Marcello Boldrini</a> (<a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF"></a>)</li> <li>1963 – 1967: Sir <a href="/facts/Harry_Campion/f69eItF9">Harry Campion</a> (<a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL"></a>)</li> <li>1967 – 1971: <a href="/facts/William_Gemmell_Cochran/XAUEqpw6">William Gemmell Cochran</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>1971 – 1975: <a href="/facts/Petter_Jakob_Bjerve/7P2lUQNS">Petter Jakob Bjerve</a> (<a href="/facts/Norway/wlDRKRTR"></a>)</li> <li>1975 – 1977: Milos Macura (<a href="/facts/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia/PXRlHx9q"></a>)</li> <li>1977 – 1979: <a href="/facts/Calyampudi_Radhakrishna_Rao/SxnbA5YV">Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao</a> (<a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a>)</li> <li>1979 – 1981: <a href="/facts/Edmond_Malinvaud/0aVqXKVl">Edmond Malinvaud</a> (<a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a>)</li> <li>1981 – 1983: Enrique Cansado (<a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx"></a>)</li> <li>1983 – 1985: <a href="/facts/James_Durbin/kz8vxCXs">James Durbin</a> (<a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL"></a>)</li> <li>1985 – 1987: Sigeiti Moriguti (<a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT"></a>)</li> <li>1987 – 1989: <a href="/facts/Ivan_Fellegi/sJznQlxL">Ivan P. Fellegi</a> (<a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc"></a>)</li> <li>1989 – 1991: <a href="/facts/Gunnar_Kulldorff/4FDDM9gd">Gunnar Kulldorff</a> (<a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj"></a>)</li> <li>1991 – 1993: <a href="/facts/Frederick_Mosteller/LdkVt2Tj">Frederick Mosteller</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>1993 – 1995: <a href="/facts/Jayanta_Kumar_Ghosh/NfDTBJ5Y">Jayanta Kumar Ghosh</a> (<a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM"></a>)</li> <li>1995 – 1997: Sir <a href="/facts/David_R._Cox/RM7agpV5">David R. Cox</a> (<a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL"></a>)</li> <li>1997 – 1999: <a href="/facts/Willem_van_Zwet/MwDQpBWY">Willem R. van Zwet</a> (<a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT"></a>)</li> <li>1999 – 2001: Jean-Louis Bodin (<a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3"></a>)</li> <li>2001 – 2003: <a href="/facts/Dennis_Trewin/Nae6sqBI">Dennis Trewin</a> (<a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a>)</li> <li>2003 – 2005: <a href="/facts/Stephen_M._Stigler/VyCKqbS6">Stephen M. Stigler</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>2005 – 2007: <a href="/facts/Niels_Keiding/2ztWlPMM">Niels Keiding</a> (<a href="/facts/Denmark/KVtykzsw"></a>)</li> <li>2007 – 2009: <a href="/facts/Denise_Lievesley/gbHps1xu">Denise A. Lievesley</a> (<a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL"></a>)</li> <li>2009 – 2011: <a href="/facts/Jozef_Teugels/BDXGRftC">Jozef L. Teugels</a> (<a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j"></a>)</li> <li>2011 – 2013: Jae Chang Lee (<a href="/facts/Korea/cj2kDBzc"></a>)</li> <li>2013 – 2015: <a href="/facts/Vijayan_Nair/D3j6PrT9">Vijayan Nair</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>2015 – 2017: Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva (<a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL"></a>)</li> <li>2017 – 2019: <a href="/facts/Helen_MacGillivray/nD9L86UX">Helen MacGillivray</a> (<a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq"></a>)</li> <li>2019 – 2021: <a href="/facts/John_Bailer/29qIQopn">A. John Bailer</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li> <li>2021 – 2023: Steve Penneck (<a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2"></a>)</li> <li>2023 – 2025: <a href="/facts/Xuming_He/Q5RUhvxW">Xuming He</a> (<a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5"></a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="notable-members">Notable members</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Horatio_C._Burchard/0R6Yy1nM">Horatio C. Burchard</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/R._G._D._Allen/QdykoBbk">R. G. D. Allen</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Statistical_Society_of_Belgium/30yzUSbV">Royal Statistical Society of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pablo_Ferrari/Br86ImCG">Pablo Ferrari</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_Nations_Statistical_Commission/LJ0tTcot">United Nations Statistical Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Health_Organization/YNN3bgug">World Health Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands/crCVwfPD">Beatrix of the Netherlands</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://isi-web.org/">International Statistical Institute</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100928160137/http://isi-web.org/about/history">History</a>. Stephen Stigler, International Statistical Institute.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1J1yK-OGCkhyA8eEtIEXMA">International Statistical Institute</a>, <a href="/facts/YouTube/db276jst">YouTube</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Campion, H. (1949). "International Statistics". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 112 (2): 105–143. doi:10.2307/2981137. ISSN 0035-9238. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2981137?casa_token=qOioN23WrsUAAAAA:jaZEf9GBSYcg9m0XW3JRl4QAQcRywVQNxZZ6NL9oE3qBopmn0V1DTkjo_DqQo5IS-qCwGDtuzmW50XDiRoyE269R-1Hpdq6vEqC2AhgsKaPsTVBtTwHx&seq=5" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/2981137?casa_token=qOioN23WrsUAAAAA:jaZEf9GBSYcg9m0XW3JRl4QAQcRywVQNxZZ6NL9oE3qBopmn0V1DTkjo_DqQo5IS-qCwGDtuzmW50XDiRoyE269R-1Hpdq6vEqC2AhgsKaPsTVBtTwHx&seq=5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Nixon, J. W. (1960). "A History of the International Statistical Institute, 1885-1960" (PDF). International Statistical Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on Sep 5, 2021. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053608/https://www.isi-web.org/images/publ/J.W.Nixon.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053608/https://www.isi-web.org/images/publ/J.W.Nixon.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"World Statistics Congresses". International Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170510070827/https://www.isi-web.org/index.php/activities/world-statistics-congresses" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170510070827/https://www.isi-web.org/index.php/activities/world-statistics-congresses</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Campion, H. (1949). "International Statistics". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 112 (2): 105–143. doi:10.2307/2981137. ISSN 0035-9238. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2981137?casa_token=qOioN23WrsUAAAAA:jaZEf9GBSYcg9m0XW3JRl4QAQcRywVQNxZZ6NL9oE3qBopmn0V1DTkjo_DqQo5IS-qCwGDtuzmW50XDiRoyE269R-1Hpdq6vEqC2AhgsKaPsTVBtTwHx&seq=5" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/2981137?casa_token=qOioN23WrsUAAAAA:jaZEf9GBSYcg9m0XW3JRl4QAQcRywVQNxZZ6NL9oE3qBopmn0V1DTkjo_DqQo5IS-qCwGDtuzmW50XDiRoyE269R-1Hpdq6vEqC2AhgsKaPsTVBtTwHx&seq=5</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Associations". ISI. Archived from the original on Oct 30, 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191030151241/https://www.isi-web.org/index.php/portfolio" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20191030151241/https://www.isi-web.org/index.php/portfolio</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Mr. Shigeru Kawasaki became new President of the IAOS". Statistics Bureau of Japan. September 30, 2013. Archived 2018-06-28 at the Wayback Machine. <a href="http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/news/1958.html" target="_blank">http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/news/1958.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Advisory Board on Ethics". ISI. Archived from the original on Dec 6, 2023. <a href="https://www.isi-web.org/advisory-board-ethics" target="_blank">https://www.isi-web.org/advisory-board-ethics</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"The Karl Pearson Prize for Contemporary Research Contribution". International Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141108110336/http://www.isi-web.org/726" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141108110336/http://www.isi-web.org/726</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"The inaugural Karl Pearson Prize". The International Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141108080421/http://www.isi-web.org/8736" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141108080421/http://www.isi-web.org/8736</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"ISI presidents". International Statistical Institute. Retrieved June 21, 2023. <a href="https://www.isi-web.org/isi-presidents" target="_blank">https://www.isi-web.org/isi-presidents</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"History". International Statistical Institute. Retrieved June 21, 2023. <a href="https://www.isi-web.org/history" target="_blank">https://www.isi-web.org/history</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Queen Beatrix at jubilee conference of the International Statistical Institute. Netherland National Archive. Photograph collection. <a href="/wiki/File:Koningin_Beatrix_bij_jubileumcongres_van_het_International_Statistical_Institute,_Bestanddeelnr_933-3963.jpg" target="_blank">/wiki/File:Koningin_Beatrix_bij_jubileumcongres_van_het_International_Statistical_Institute,_Bestanddeelnr_933-3963.jpg</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>