United States, usually in mainland China, Hong “The IISA is proud to be a new partner com-
Kong, Taiwan, or Singapore. The December 2010 mitted to bringing diversity and enrichment to the
meeting will be in Guangzhou, China. 2009 JSM program, together with all participating
The ICSA’s two invited JSM 2009 sessions are associations,” said Subir Ghosh, IISA president.
“Statistics in Biosciences” on Monday and “Analysis
of Complex and High-Dimensional Data” on
Other New Developments
Tuesday, both organized by the ICSA journal editors.
To further support diversity in ideas and mem-
The ICSA is also cosponsoring many other JSM ses-
bers, the flexibility of the ASA structure allows the
sions, including a roundtable with lunch. The ICSA
formation of new groups as the discipline devel-
will have an information table at the meetings, as well
ops and transforms. Two new sections became
as a membership meeting, during which current and
official on January 1, 2009. They are the Section
potential ICSA members can learn about the associa-
for Statistical Programmers and Analysts and the
tion. For details about the ICSA, visit
www.icsa.org.
Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining.
“The ICSA values the opportunity to be a JSM
Both new sections have program chairs on the JSM
partner. The excitement within the society exceeded
2010 Program Committee, have been allocated one
my expectations, as evidenced by the enthusiastic
invited session each, and have been given the option
participation in JSM 2009, said Jianqing Fan, ICSA
to compete for additional invited sessions.
president. “The ICSA is very pleased to be able to
A special-interest group is the first step toward
contribute directly to the success of the scientific
a new section. At least 25 ASA members who wish
program and to assume more professional respon-
to study a specific topic request approval from the
sibility in promoting and disseminating the theory,
board to form a special-interest group, and gener-
methods, and applications of statistics.”
ally such groups are in existence for three years. A
group is permitted to compete for an invited paper
The International Indian Statistical
session at JSM and hold a meeting during the con-
Association
ference. A special-interest group evolves into a new
The IISA is a nonprofit organization. Its objec-
section with the majority vote of the Council of
tives are to promote education, research, and the
Sections, 100 committed members, a charter, and
application of statistics and probability throughout
a list of officers.
the world, with an emphasis on the Indian sub-
Special-interest groups in existence at this time
continent; to foster the exchange of information
include the following:
and scholarly activities between various countries
and other national and international organizations
— Medical Devices in Statistics
for the development of statistical science; to serve
— Statistics and Volunteerism
the needs of young statisticians; and to encourage
cooperative efforts among members in education,
— Statistics in Business Schools
research, industry, and business. The association’s
— Transportation in Statistics
official journal is Statistical Methodology.
The IISA is organizing a joint statistical meet- The ASA allows for the formation of an “other”
ing in India in January 2010. It will partner with subgroup, which does not readily fit into the chap-
a host of associations, including the ASA, in this ter, section, or committee structures. At this time,
endeavor. Anyone interested in the objectives of the there is one such group in existence: The Caucus
association is welcome to become an IISA member. of Academic Representatives. The flexibility of
Everyone is encouraged to stop by the IISA infor- the ASA to adapt to new interests in statistics is a
mation table during JSM 2009 or visit www.stat. strength of the organization, and allows for all to be
osu.edu/~hnn/IISA.html to learn more. included. We are more than the sum of our parts.
The IISA’s two invited JSM 2009 sessions are “New As always, I welcome your thoughts on this issue,
Developments in Survey Sampling” on Tuesday and as well as any others. Thank you.
“Emerging Statistical Challenges in Cancer Research”
on Wednesday. The IISA is also the cosponsor of sev-
eral sessions and will hold a mixer and reception.
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