Help us Spread the Word!!! Share with your Friends!!! #TodaysSpecial Birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis @LibraryNational @Indiametdept @ncmrwfmoes @IntStat @ISSA_MOSPI @news_RSE @EdinburghUni @HISTORY @tophistory

You’re still in time to register to IASS Webinar on 27 November, “Mapping population distributions and demographics through geospatial data integration”, 2:00pm – 3:30 pm (CET) by Andrew Tatem, University of Southampton Register us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @unisouthampton @IntStat

SESRIC organized a Webinar on “Modernization of NSOs through Digitalization” on 26 September 2024. The webinar was attended by 7⃣2⃣ participants from the #NSOs of 3⃣4⃣ @OIC_OCI countries. The webinar included comprehensive discussions on current applications, challenges faced, and alternative perspectives from the relevant stakeholders. Experts from @ContactPARIS21, @IntStat, @globalEDGEmsu, @PCBSPalestine, and @tuikbilgi delivered technical presentations covering various aspects of digital transformation and modernization of the #NSOs. #OICStat #digitalization

The IASS congratulates the 2025 recipient of the Waksberg Award, Michael A. Hidiroglou, who will write a review paper for Survey Methodology and present it at Statistics Canada’s International Methodology Symposium www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/… @IntStat

#OTD 1927 Kimiko Bowman b (d 13 Jan 2019) 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @AmStatNews Fellow 1976;@IMS 1987, ISI @IntStat 1978 @AAAS Senior scientist Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Pioneered approximation methods maximum likelihood estimator distributions & divergent series algorithm for large computers /4

Congratulations to Dr. Bhattaraifor organizing a successful IASS-sponsored One-Day Workshop on Current Practices of Sample Design in National Surveys in Nepal, Patan Multiple College, Lalitpur, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 19 July, 2024. Some photos here! @IntStat @NSO_Nepal

At the 4th @IAOS_Stat / @IntStat conference in Mexico City, we asked @gulrich68, Director General of Switzerland’s Federal Statistical Office, what he thinks about the future of National Statistics Systems. Here’s what he had to say:

2/ & insight for the benefit of society” Pioneered probability sampling in survey design & practice, Fellegi says “He was one of very few people whose early applied work made sampling respectable and admired.” Hon Fellow @RoyalStatSoc 1980, @IntStat 1994

At the 4th @IAOS_Stat / @IntStat conference in Mexico City, we asked @gulrich68, Director General of Switzerland’s Federal Statistical Office, what he thinks about the future of National Statistics Systems. Here’s what he had to say:

Don’t forget to register to IASS Webinar next week (31 July), “Leveraging AI for Survey Research”, 2:00pm – 3:30 pm (CEST) by Frauke Kreuter @fraukolos, @LMU_Muenchen and @UofMaryland @JPSMumd @SoDaUMD Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @IntStat

🗣️ Hey @AmstatNews @InstMathStat @IntStat @cwstat @NC_ASA @AmstatComis & anyone else interested: We’re hiring! 📊📈

“Users play a crucial role in the process of production of official statistics. Our agenda is actually shaped by their requirements. That's why every NSO should prioritize their needs.” - @Geostat100's @GogitaTodradze during the 4th @IAOS_Stat / @IntStat conference.

Workshop on Survey Statistics 2024 will be held in Poznań, Poland, in hybrid form, August 26-30, 2024. Keynote speakers: Tiziana Tuoto (Istat), Tomasz Żądło (Univ of Economics in Katowice), Dankmar Böhning (Univ of Southampton) Check for updates wiki.helsinki.fi/xwiki/bin/v… @IntStat

Congratulations to Prof. Nicola Salvati (University of Pisa), the 2024 Hukum Chandra Award winner! He will present his work at the IASS October 2024 Webinar. @IntStat @Unipisa #prize #survey #smallarea

The latest issue of our newsletter, The Survey Statistician no. 90, is available free at isi-iass.org/home/wp-content… Reports and news from around the world of survey methods @IntStat #newsletter #survey

#OTD 1997 Donald W Marquardt d (b 13 Mar 1929) 🇺🇸 @AmStatNews Fellow 1975, @AmStatPresident 1986, elected ISI @IntStat 1989. Best known for the Levenberg-Marquart method of nonlinear estimation. /5

#OTD 2008 Violet R Cane d (b 31 Jan 1916) 🇬🇧 Elected fellow RSS @RoyalStatSoc 1947; ISI @IntStat 1969. Best known for work on sensory perception, Markov chains applied to behavioural sequence data, diffusion & stochastic models. Lecturer in the Cambridge Statistical Laboratory /4

#FEMETRICS Lab, 11 & 12 Nov 2024 @EUI_EU in #Florence #GenderData #SocialPolicy #APPLY => #Travel & #accommodation covered @GlobalStat_eu @SDG2030 @UN_SDG @ECPR @UACES @IPSA @rc3_ipsa @_IPPA_ @IntStat @isi_wsc @iase_isi @iapss @isanet @PolStudiesAssoc @ds4sscc @EUI_Schuman

Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (#NTTS2025) will be held in #Brussels, 11-13 March 2025. Deadline for abstract submission: 30 September 2024. Check for updates cros.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/… @IntStat

IASS Webinar 42 on 31 July, “Leveraging AI for Survey Research”, 2:00pm – 3:30 pm (CEST) by Frauke Kreuter @fraukolos, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich @LMU_Muenchen and University of Maryland @UofMaryland @JPSMumd @SoDaUMD Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @IntStat