The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and

scholarly society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...

and

probability Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an Event (probability theory), event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and ...

. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts of the world. Beginning in 2005, the institute started offering joint membership with the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability as well as with the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...

. The Institute was founded in 1935 with Harry C. Carver and Henry L. Rietz as its two most important supporters. The institute publishes a variety of journals, and holds several international conference every year.

Publications

The Institute publishes five journals: *''

Annals of Statistics The ''Annals of Statistics'' is a peer-reviewed statistics journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. It was started in 1973 as a continuation in part of the '' Annals of Mathematical Statistics (1930)'', which was split into th ...

'' *'' Annals of Applied Statistics'' *''

Annals of Probability The ''Annals of Probability'' is a leading peer-reviewed probability journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, which is the main international society for researchers in the areas probability and statistics. The journal was sta ...

'' *''

Annals of Applied Probability '' The Annals of Applied Probability'' is a leading peer-reviewed mathematics journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, which is the main international society for researchers in probability and statistics. The journal was es ...

'' *'' Statistical Science'' In addition, it co-sponsors: * The ''

Current Index to Statistics The Current Index to Statistics is an online database published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association that contains bibliographic data of articles in statistics, probability, and related fields. It wi ...

'' * ''

Electronic Communications in Probability The ''Electronic Communications in Probability'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Bernoulli Society. The editor-in-chief is Siva Athreya (Indian Statistical Institute). ...

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Electronic Journal of Probability The ''Electronic Journal of Probability'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Bernoulli Society. It covers all aspects of probability theory and the current editor-in-chief ...

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Electronic Journal of Statistics The ''Electronic Journal of Statistics'' is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Bernoulli Society. It covers all aspects of statistics (theoretical, computational, and applie ...

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Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics The ''Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the American Statistical Association. Established in 1992, the journal covers the use of computat ...

'' (A joint publication with the

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, and is the second oldest continuousl ...

and the

Interface Foundation of North America Interface or interfacing may refer to: Academic journals * ''Interface'' (journal), by the Electrochemical Society * '' Interface, Journal of Applied Linguistics'', now merged with ''ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics'' * '' Int ...

) * ''

Probability Surveys ''Probability Surveys'' is an open-access electronic journal that is jointly sponsored by the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. It publishes review articles on topics of interest in probability theory. Managing Edi ...

'' (A joint publication with the

and the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability) * '' Statistics Surveys'' (A joint publication with the American Statistical Association, the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, and the

Statistical Society of Canada The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) (french: Société statistique du Canada) is a professional organization whose mission is to promote the use and development of statistics and probability. Its objectives are * to make the general public aw ...

) There are also some ''affiliated'' journals: * ''

Probability and Mathematical Statistics ''Probability and Mathematical Statistics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering mathematical aspects of the probability theory. It was founded in 1980 as the initiative of the Wrocław probability community led by Kazimierz Urbanik ...

'' (Wrocław University of Technology) * ''

Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

'' Furthermore, five journals are ''supported'' by the IMS: * ''

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré Annals are a concise form of historical writing which record events chronologically, year by year. The equivalent word in Latin and French is ''annales'', which is used untranslated in English in various contexts. List of works with titles contai ...

'' * ''

Bayesian Analysis Bayesian inference is a method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence or information becomes available. Bayesian inference is an important technique in statistics, and e ...

(published by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis) * ''Bernoulli'' (published by the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability) * ''

Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics The ''Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics'' ( pt, Revista Brasileira de Probabilidade e Estatística) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistics. It is published four times a year by the Brazilian ...

'' (published by the

Brazilian Statistical Association Brazilian commonly refers to: * Something of, from or relating to Brazil * Brazilian Portuguese, the dialect of the Portuguese language used mostly in Brazil * Brazilians, the people (citizens) of Brazil, or of Brazilian descent Brazilian may also ...

) * ''

Stochastic Systems In probability theory and related fields, a stochastic () or random process is a mathematical object usually defined as a family of random variables. Stochastic processes are widely used as mathematical models of systems and phenomena that appea ...

Fellows

The IMS selects an annual class of Fellows who have demonstrated distinction in research or leadership in statistics or probability.

Meetings

Meetings gives scholars and practitioners a platform to present research results, disseminate job opportunities and exchange ideas with each other. The IMS holds an annual meeting called

Joint Statistical Meetings The Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) is a professional conference/academic conference for statisticians held annually every year since 1840 (usually in August). Billed as "the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America", JSM has attr ...

(JSM), and sponsors multiple international meetings, for example,

Spring Research Conference The IMS/ASA Spring Research Conference (SRC) is an annual conference sponsored by the American Statistical Association (ASA) Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences (SPES) and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). The goal of the SRC ...

(SRC).

References

External links

* {{Authority control Statistical societies 1935 establishments in the United States

Publications

Fellows

Meetings

See also

References

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