Luigi Bodio
1909–1920
Luigi Bodio

Luigi Bodio was one of the “founding fathers” of the ISI and chaired it since 1909. At the time of the first meeting of the ISC, he was president of the Italian Superior Statistical Council and a senator.

Italy
John Arbuthnot
1667-1735
John Arbuthnot

Famous for test of hypothesis of gender ratio

AL-KINDI, THE FATHER OF CRYPTANALYSIS
801-873
Abu Al-Kindi

Father of Cryptanalysis (statistical cryptography)

Hirotugo Akaike
1927 – 2009
Hirotugo Akaike

Famous for model selection

Photo Credits: The Institute of Statistical Mathematics 

The ISI is an international statistical society which provides the community with a place to connect and meet with other statisticians worldwide. More importantly, joining the ISI has enhanced and widened my ability and knowledge in the area that I am passionate about.

Yuanyuan Zhang  Post-Doctoral Researcher  University of Manchester
Yuanyuan Zhang
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Manchester

My perspective as a statistician has been enriched by my interactions with international colleagues since joining ISI. It is a pleasure to connect and collaborate with statisticians from around the world.

John Bailer, University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics Miami University
John Bailer
ISI President (2019-2021), University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Statistics, Miami University

Claudia Cappello

Affiliated with University of Salento, Italy

Claudia Cappello is a researcher in Statistics at the University of Salento. Her research interests are:

  • Space-time covariance modelling,
  • Multivariate Geostatistics for environmental data,
  • Computational aspects of spatial and spatio-temporal modeling and prediction

Sandra De Iaco

Affiliated with University of Salento, Italy

Sandra De Iaco is Full professor in Statistics at the University of Salento. 

Her research interests are: