Statistično društvo Slovenije Statistical Society of Slovenia SSS

The Executive Committee

• President: Vanja Erčulj
• Vice-President: Matevž Bren
• Secretary General: Mateja Čuk
• Other members: Barbara Dremelj Ribič, Irena Križman, Lara Lusa and Ema Mišić
   

The Statistical Society of Slovenia wishes to:

• encourage professional activities in the statistical field;
• integrate statistics in Slovenia;
• promote international cooperation;
• to take care of the quality of statistical education;
• take care of the reputation of the statistical profession in public.

The goals of the Association are defined in more detail in the Articles of Association.

News from the Society

A description of the occupation of statistician was prepared. The methodology used is based on the National Standard Classification of Occupations (SKP-08), which follows the concept of the ILO standard. It defines the occupation in relation to the work performed. The methodology covers:
a) who is the statistician (short description)
b) working tasks
c) work tools, accessories and materials
d) products and services
e) knowledge and skills
f) psycho-physical abilities
g) interests, essential qualities and values
h) conditions for employability
i) education
j) related occupations.
More information visit:  link.
 
The Statistical Society of Slovenia submitted to the Ministry of Justice a proposal for inclusion of the statistics expertise in the list of professional areas of judiciary expertise. The initiative was well received by the responsible authorities and statistician was included among the court experts.

Preparations for the 8th European Statistical Competition (ESC) for upper secondary school pupils have begun. The competition is organized by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS) in collaboration with Eurostat and Slovenian statistical Society. Our members cooperate as educators of mentors and pupils as well as reviewers of the assignments. We are looking forward to the national stage of the competition. More information can be found here: 8th ESC in Slovenia.

YoungStatS project started in 2020 as part of the Young Statisticians Europe initiative. On April 22, 2024 we organized the 3rd joint webinar with New Researchers Group of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Young Data Science Researcher Seminar Zürich. The webinar featured three presentations that were delivered by Max Simchowitz (MIT), Mohammad Lotfollahi (University of Cambridge) and Zhijing Jin (Max Planck Institute and ETH Zürich), and benefited from feedback provided by Prof Nicolai Meinshausen (ETH Zürich).

Statistical blog of the young section of the Slovenian statistical society, Udomačena statistika, was enriched with several new contributions in the recent three months. New efforts have been made to attract new members and contributors, students of postgraduate and doctoral study of statistics. The young section is very active on social media (managing its own Facebook group as well as X account), informing young statisticians and the general public about new statistics-related job offers, upcoming statistical events and conferences.

President of the Statistical Society of Slovenia was an invited speaker at the opening of the exhibition on the 80th anniversary of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Billboards, placed along the Ljubljanica river bank, present official information about Slovenia in a visitor-friendly manner and attract not only Slovenian but also foreign visitors of Ljubljana.