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Congratulations to the 2022 Class of IMS Fellows

Congratulations to the following ICSA members on being the 2022 class of IMS fellows. The designation of IMS Fellow has been a significant honor for over 85 years. Each Fellow has demonstrated distinction in research in statistics or probability or has demonstrated leadership that has profoundly influenced the field. For detailed information, please refer to […]

Junior Research Award Application for ICSA 2022 China Conference by May 1, 2022

ICSA 2022 China Conference invites applications for Junior Researcher Award. Awardees will be selected from junior researchers who submit their papers for presentations at the conference to be held in hybrid form at Xian University of Finance and Economics, Xian, China during July 1 – 4, 2022.  Students or Junior Researchers who received their degrees no earlier than January […]

Dr. Yuan Shih Chow (1924-2022) — Obituary

–Written by Zhiliang Ying, Columbia University, and Cun-Hui Zhang, Rutgers University Yuan Shih Chow, Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Columbia University, passed away on March 3, 2022 in his hometown in Hubei, China. He suffered a stroke earlier and never recovered. He was 97 years old. He is survived by three daughters, Letitia, Eunice and […]

Congratulations to Dr. Song Xi Chen

ICSA member Song Xi Chen of Peking University has been elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He and other 64 scholars were elected to the academy during the 2021 Assembly of Academicians of CAS held in early November 2021. Chen is elected to the Mathematics and Physics Division. The previous statistics members […]

Dr. Kai Fun Yu – Obituary

Dear ICSA members and friends, With great sadness, ICSA announces the loss of our one of the original ICSA members and the former branch chief of biostatistics at NICHD/NIH, Dr. Kai Fun Yu. On Thursday, July 8, 2021, Kai Fun Yu, loving husband and father of two children passed away at age 70 after a […]

Submit an Invited Session Proposal to 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) through ICSA Sponsorship by September 8, 2021

The 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) will be held in Washington DC, on August 6-12, 2022. Two invited sessions will be allocated for the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA). One of these two sessions will be dedicated for Statistica Sinica. The other one is open for application. The theme for JSM 2022 is “Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation,” but not all sessions have to […]

ICSA EC Condemning Anti-Asian Racism

The International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) Executive Committee strongly condemns all the violence and discrimination perpetrated against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. The March 16’s violent shootings at Atlanta-area on Asian Americans is not a stand-alone event but one of many tragic events against our communities, who have endured the long pain. These violent and deplorable acts reflect in part the unprecedented times fueled by the […]

ASA, KISS, and IISA Statement on Anti-Asian Racism

Our sister societies have also made statements on anti-Asian racism, which can be accessed from the following link: American Statistical Association Statement on Anti-Asian Racism The Korean International Statistical Society (KISS) Statement on Anti-Asian Racism International Indian Statistical Association (IISA) Statement on Anti-Asian Racism

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