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

mathematical Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

theory and methods in the biosciences, including biostatistics. 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

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, US. Its first president was

Ronald Fisher Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic. For his work in statistics, he has been described as "a genius who ...

and its first secretary was

Chester Ittner Bliss Chester Ittner Bliss (February 1, 1899 – March 14, 1979) was primarily a biologist, who is best known for his contributions to statistics. He was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1899 and died in 1979. He was the first secretary of the International ...

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 i ...

'', the '' Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (JABES)'' jointly 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 ...

, the quarterly newsletter ''Biometric Bulletin'', and the regional journal '' Biometrical Journal'' (formerly ''Biometrische Zeitschrift'').

Past presidents

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