The Federation of European National Statistical Societies
About Us
The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible. The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
News
- FENStatS endorses ESAC's position toward the Data ActThe European Commission gathers feedback from the "Data Act" to be presented to the European Parliament and Council to feed into the legislative debate.
- YS Webinar: Theory and Methods for Inference in Multi-armed Bandit Problems
The eleventh “One World webinar” organized by YoungStatS will take place on May 11th, 2022
- EuADS Summer School “Data Science for Social Media”Social media analysis is an important tool in current and future data-driven research in various fields. This Summer School discusses its potential, limitations, knowledge transfer of methods and ideas.
- YS Webinar: Selection of Priors in Bayesian Structural Equation ModelingThe tenth “One World webinar” organized by YoungStatS will take place on April 20th, 2022
- In Memoriam: Niels Keiding (1944-2022)Danish biostatistics' grand old man, professor Niels Keiding, passed away in the beginning of March 2022.
- Statements on Ukrainian SituationFENStatS shares organisations' statements and concerns about the situation currently taking place in Ukraine.
The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible.
Objectives and activities
- The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible.
- The Federation proposes actions to the European Commission, other European institutions and supplementary donors to secure funds for projects in research and education in statistics. Furthermore, FENStatS prepares and presents projects that cater to research and education needs in statistics and requires its delegates to serve in panels and committee where funding is decided.
- The Federation supports the immersion of doctorate and post-doctorate students in statistics in international research networks, and actively cooperates with ECAS (European Courses in Advanced Statistics).
- The Federation collaborates with international statistical associations and in particular with the ISI (International Statistical Institute) and European Societies with statistical interests such as ENBIS (European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics).
- The Federation of European Statistical National Societies is web-based, with interactions and management mainly via the Internet; services, news and newsletters are made available on the Internet.
- The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the Members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
- The Federation encourages crossed participations in national events to increase international exchanges of experiences and research and to organise joint meetings on specific topics of interest for at least two European Member Societies.