The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and

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

devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...

and

probability Probability is a branch of mathematics and statistics concerning events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an e ...

. 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. At a meeting of the Jubilee Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, statisticians met and formed the agreed statues of the International Statistical ...

. 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'' *'' Annals of Applied Statistics'' *'' Annals of Probability'' *'' Annals of Applied Probability'' *''

Statistical Science ''Statistical Science'' is a review journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. The founding editor was Morris H. DeGroot, who explained the mission of the journal in his 1986 editorial: "A central purpose of ''Statistical Sci ...

'' In addition, it co-sponsors: * '' Electronic Communications in Probability'' * '' Electronic Journal of Probability'' * '' Electronic Journal of Statistics'' * ''

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

'' (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 continuous ...

and the Interface Foundation of North America) * '' Probability Surveys'' (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) There are also some ''affiliated'' journals: * '' Probability and Mathematical Statistics'' (Wrocław University of Technology) * '' Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics'' Furthermore, five journals are ''supported'' by the IMS: * '' Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré'' * ''

Bayesian Analysis Thomas Bayes ( ; c. 1701 – 1761) was an English statistician, philosopher, and Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elde ...

(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 Brazilian commonly refers to: * Brazil, a country * Brazilians, its people * Brazilian Portuguese, its dialect Brazilian may also refer to: * "The Brazilian", a 1986 instrumental music piece by Genesis * Brazilian Café, Baghdad, Iraq (1937) * Bra ...

'' (published by the Brazilian Statistical Association) * '' Stochastic Systems''

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 and data scientists held annually every year since 1840 (usually in August). Billed as "the largest gathering of statisticians held in North Ame ...

(JSM), and sponsors multiple international meetings, for example, Spring Research Conference (SRC).

References

External links

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

Publications

Fellows

Meetings

See also

References

External links