The International Biometric Society (IBS) is an international professional and academic society promoting the development and application of

statistical Statistics (from German: ''Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industria ...

and mathematical theory and methods in the

bioscience ''BioScience'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. It was established in 1964 and was preceded by the ''AIBS Bulletin'' (1951–19 ...

s, including

biostatistics Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experime ...

. It sponsors the ''International Biometric Conference (IBC)'', held every two years.

History

The society was founded on September 6, 1947, at the First International Biometric Conference at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US. Its first president was Ronald Fisher and its first secretary was Chester Ittner Bliss.

Regions and networks

The society is organized into (mostly national) ''regions'' and (international) ''networks'', many of which also hold their own conferences.

Publications

It publishes the journal ''

Biometrics Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify in ...

'', the '' Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (JABES)'' jointly with the American Statistical Association, the quarterly newsletter ''Biometric Bulletin'', and the regional journal ''

Biometrical Journal ''Biometrical Journal'' covers statistical methods and their applications in life sciences including medicine, environmental sciences and agriculture. Typical articles contain both, the development of methodology and its application. At present, ar ...

'' (formerly ''Biometrische Zeitschrift'').

Past presidents

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