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International Association for Statistical Computing

The International Association for Statistical Computing[http://www.iasc-isi.org/ About IASC] was founded during the 41st Session of the International Statistical Institute in 1977, as a section of the ISI.{{cite book|title=Proceedings of the 41st session of the International Statistical Institute (Actes de la 41ème session [de l'Institut international de statistique)

|year=1977|location=New Delhi|author=International Statistical Institute, Congress| series=Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MyIdHQAACAAJ|publisher=International Statistical Institute}} Books 1–3 Invited papers. 4 v. Articles in English and French.

The objectives of the association are to foster worldwide interest in effective statistical computing and to exchange technical knowledge through international contacts and meetings between statisticians, computing professionals, organizations, institutions, governments and the general public.

The association is affiliated with the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). It publishes the journal called Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (CSDA)[http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computational-statistics-and-data-analysis/#description Computational Statistics & Data Analysis journal home page).] and Statistical Software Newsletter (CSDA SSN).[http://www.csdassn.org/softlist.cfm CSDA Statistical Software Newsletter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120015153/http://www.csdassn.org/softlist.cfm |date=2011-11-20 }}.

;Past presidents:

  • Mervin E. Muller (USA) 1977–1979
  • Sir Maurice Kendall (UK) and Wilfried J. Dixon (USA) 1979–1981
  • Ramanathan Gnanadesikan (India) 1981–1983
  • Svein Nordbotten (Norway) 1983–1985
  • Klaus Neumann (GDR) 1985–1987
  • Masashi Okamoto (Japan) 1987–1989
  • John M. Chambers (USA) 1989–1991
  • Norbert Victor (Germany) 1991–1993
  • Natale Carlo Lauro (Italy) 1993–1995
  • Murray A. Cameron (Australia) 1995–1997
  • Edward J. Wegman (USA) 1997–1999
  • Lutz Edler (Germany) 1999–2001
  • Jae C. Lee (Korea) 2001–2003
  • Stanley P. Azen (USA) 2003–2005
  • Gilbert Saporta (France) 2005–2007
  • Jaromir Antoch (France) 2007–2009
  • Yutaka Tanaka (Japan) 2009–2011
  • Karen Kafadar (USA) 2011–2013
  • Paula Brito (Portugal) 2013–2015
  • Patrick Groenen (Netherlands) 2015–2017
  • Wing Kam Fung (Hong Kong) 2017–2019
  • Jürgen Symanzik (USA) 2019-2021

;Current president:

  • Christophe Croux (France) 2021-2023

Data Analysis Competition

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|+Results of previous competitions

!Year

!Result

2013{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2013 |title=Data Analysis Competition (2013 edition) |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2013/02/03/data-analysis-competition-2013-edition/ |website=IASC-ISI |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}

|Winner 1:

  • Authors: Kim, C., and Choi, S. (University of Florida)
  • Title: [https://iasc-isi.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/kim-poster.pdf Marginal Structural Models for Causal effects of Higher Education Rates on Cancer Mortality Rates: Should we make our society highly educated?]

Winner 2:

  • Authors: Takagishi, M., Hirotsuru, K., Mitsuhiro, M., Kusaka, T., and Yadohisa, H. (Doshisha University)
  • Title: [https://iasc-isi.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/Takagishi-poster.pdf Educational feature extraction across nations using UNdata]
2014{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2014 |title=Data Analysis Competition (2014 edition)|website=IASC-ISI |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2014/01/17/data-analysis-competition-2014-edition/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}

|Winner:

2015{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2015 |title=Data Analysis Competition (2015 edition) |website=IASC-ISI |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2015/02/01/data-analysis-competition-2015-edition/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}

|Winner:

2021{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2020 |title=Call of the Data Analysis Competition (2021 edition) |website=IASC-ISI |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2020/09/10/data-analysis-competition-2021-edition/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=May 26, 2021 |title=Results of the IASC Data Analysis Competition 2021 |website=IASC-ISI |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2021/05/26/results-of-the-iasc-data-analysis-competition-2021/ |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}

|1st Place:

2nd Place:

  • Author: G. Zammarchi
  • Title: Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Italy’s country reputation: a sentiment analysis approach

3rd Place:

  • Author: S. A Kharroubi
  • Title: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212109921000522 A Bayesian nonparametric approach for modelling health-related quality of life data]{{Cite journal |last=Kharroubi |first=Samer A. |date=2022-01-01 |title=A Bayesian Nonparametric Approach for Modeling SF-6D Health State Utility Scores |journal=Value in Health Regional Issues |volume=27 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1016/j.vhri.2021.02.004 |pmid=34784542 |issn=2212-1099|doi-access=free }}

Honorable Mention:

  1. Chih-Ling Chen, Qian-Wu Liao, H. Dahmani: HIV with antiretroviral therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. S. Gurria, A. Brito, J. Esteban Borja, J. Fullaondo, Y. Abdel Nasser: Factors that influence the GPA of high school students
2023{{Cite web |date=October 11, 2022 |title=Call of the Data Analysis Competition 2023 |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2022/10/11/call-of-the-data-analysis-competition-2023/ |website=IASC-ISI |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Results of the IASC Data Analysis Competition 2023 |url=https://iasc-isi.org/2023/04/21/results-of-the-iasc-data-analysis-competition-2023/ |website=IASC-ISI |access-date=2023-04-29 |language=en-US}}

|1st Place:

  • Authors: Zoë-Mae Adams and Johané Nienkemper-Swanepoel (Stellenbosch University)
  • Title: [https://iasc-isi.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Visualising_opinions_on_COVID_19_pandemic_updated.png Visualising opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic]

2nd Place:

  • Authors: Cheng, Weilin; Liu, Hengyuan; Mo, Kathy (University of California, Davis); Tian, Sida and Yuan, Li (University of Michigan)
  • Title: [https://h5n1.gd.edu.kg/ 2022-2023 H5N1 bird flu modeling and prediction in the United States]{{Cite web |title=2022-2023 H5N1 Bird Flu Modeling and Prediction in the United States |url=https://h5n1.gd.edu.kg/ |access-date=2023-11-25 |website=h5n1.gd.edu.kg |language=en}}

3rd Place:

  • Authors: Marcelo Bourguignon (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte), Diego I. Gallardo (University of Atacama) and Helton Saulo (University of Brasília)
  • Title: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.04428 A parametric quantile beta regression for modeling case fatality rates of COVID-19]{{Cite arXiv |last1=Bourguignon |first1=Marcelo |last2=Gallardo |first2=Diego I. |last3=Saulo |first3=Helton |date=2021-10-09 |title=A parametric quantile beta regression for modeling case fatality rates of COVID-19 |class=stat.ME |eprint=2110.04428v1 |language=en}}

Honorable Mention:

  1. Stefanie Bienert and Christopher Patzanovsky (Hasselt University): New York City shooting incidents, a wicked challenge
  2. Olalekan J. Akintande (University of Ibadan): Japa Syndrome: The new normal of abnormality in Nigeria

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External links

  • [http://www.iasc-isi.org/ International Association for Statistical Computing] IASC home page
  • [http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computational-statistics-and-data-analysis/ Computational Statistics & Data Analysis] Journal home page

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