The International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) was founded during the 41st Session of 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 ...
(ISI) in 1977, as a Section of the ISI.
The objectives of the association are to foster worldwide interest in effective statistical computing and to exchange technical knowledge through international contacts and meetings between statisticians, computing professionals, organizations, institutions, governments and the general public.
The association is affiliated with the
International Federation for Information Processing
The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of computing to conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing.
Established in 196 ...
(IFIP). It publishes the journal called ''
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
''Computational Statistics & Data Analysis'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on and applications of computational statistics
Computational statistics, or statistical computing, is the bond between statistics and ...
'' (CSDA) and ''Statistical Software Newsletter (CSDA SSN).''
CSDA Statistical Software Newsletter
.
;Past presidents:
*Mervin E. Muller
Mervin Edgar Muller (1 June 1928 – 3 December 2018) was an American computer scientist and mathematician. The Box–Muller transform is named after him.
Biography
Muller was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on 1 June 1928, as one of four sons to ...
(USA) 1977–1979
* Sir Maurice Kendall (UK) and Wilfried J. Dixon (USA) 1979–1981
* Ramanathan Gnanadesikan (India) 1981–1983
*Svein Nordbotten (Norway) 1983–1985
*Klaus Neumann (GDR) 1985–1987
*Masashi Okamoto (Japan) 1987–1989
* John M. Chambers (USA) 1989–1991
*Norbert Victor (Germany) 1991–1993
*Natale Carlo Lauro (Italy) 1993–1995
*Murray A. Cameron (Australia) 1995–1997
*Edward J. Wegman
Edward Wegman is an American statistician and was a professor of statistics at George Mason University until his retirement in 2018. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, a Senior Membe ...
(USA) 1997–1999
*Lutz Edler (Germany) 1999–2001
*Jae C. Lee (Korea) 2001–2003
*Stanley P. Azen (USA) 2003–2005
*Gilbert Saporta (France) 2005–2007
*Jaromir Antoch (France) 2007–2009
*Yutaka Tanaka
Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yutaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*豊, "bountiful"
*裕, "affluence"
*穣, "fertile"
*温, "warmth"
The name can also be written in hiragana ゆ� ...
(Japan) 2009–2011
* Karen Kafadar (USA) 2011–2013
* Paula Brito (Portugal) 2013–2015
* Patrick Groenen (Netherlands) 2015–2017
* Wing Kam Fung (Hong Kong) 2017–2019
* Jürgen Symanzik (USA) 2019-2021
;Current president:
* Christophe Croux (France) 2021-2023
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External links
International Association for Statistical Computing
IASC home page
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Journal home page
International Statistical Institute