Committee on the History of Statistics
Objectives and Expected Products
- Maintain an archive of articles on the history of:
- statistical methodology,
- official statistics,
- statistical computing,
- statistical education,
- survey statistics,
- business & industrial statistics,
- environmetrics,
- probability,
- stochastic processes.
- Document the history of:
- the ISI,
- the ISI Associations,
- national statistical organisations.
- Write new articles in areas of interest to the community.
If you are interested in participating in the committee, please contact the PO liaison below.
Events
WSC 2021 — invited paper session 88
Title: “Betty, Mario, Pilar, Danie and Esther: some important statisticians”.
Much of statistical history research has focused on Europe and North America. In the context of reevaluating the social role of some of the founders of statistics, a request to provide information about researchers outside this part of the world has been made. This session is a small step in that direction. It has five speakers, each providing a short presentation of their respective statistical researchers, with their historical importance.
Chair:
- Alexandra Schmidt, McGill University, Canada.
Speakers:
- Brent Henderson, CSIRO, Australia: Betty Allan, Australia.
- Georg Lindgren, Lund University, Sweden: Mario Wschebor, Uruguay.
- Rosangela Loschi, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Pilar Iglesias, Chile.
- Peter Guttorp, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway.
- Danie Krige, South Africa.
- Thordis Torarinsdottir, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway.
- Esther Samuel-Kahn, Israel.
Links
- Founders of Statistics
- Statistical scientists outside of Europe and North America
- ASA History of Statitics
- History of Statistics section of RSS
Members of the Committee
![Jana Asher](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2024-02/jana-asher.png?itok=YjgaYkzo)
Chair (2022 – 2025)
Jana Asher
United States
![Jozef Olenski](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-03/instructor-nopic.png?itok=xfc0CO4h)
Member (2018 – Present)
Wai Keung Li
Hong Kong, China
![Jozef Olenski](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-03/instructor-nopic.png?itok=xfc0CO4h)
Member (2018 – Present)
Georg Lindgren
Sweden
![Jozef Olenski](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-03/instructor-nopic.png?itok=xfc0CO4h)
Member (2018 – Present)
Laurent Mazliak
France
![Jozef Olenski](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-03/instructor-nopic.png?itok=xfc0CO4h)
Member (2018 – Present)
Glenn Shafer
United States
![Gerrit Stemerdink](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-02/Gerrit%20Stemerdink.jpeg?itok=g8l1DsqF)
Member (2018 – Present)
Gerrit Stemerdink
The Netherlands
![Jean-Louis Bodin](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-07/jean-louis-bodin_0.png?itok=rzQHR0Jg)
Memeber
Jean-Louis Bodin
France
![Olivia van Dijck-Timbol](/sites/default/files/styles/person/public/2023-03/olivia_001.png?itok=ROtBUcQ3)
Liaison with the ISI PO
Olivia van Dijck-Timbol
The Netherlands