Statistics and Data Science

Group of the Italian Statistical Society

The SIS group Statistics and Data Science aims at fostering the statistical skills in the scientific research and teaching in the context of Data Science. Its goals are

1. to constitute a reference within the SIS on Data Science themes with the aim of establishing contacts, interactions, and systematic relationships with other national and international statistical societies and with other academic and non-academic communities interested in Data Science from different perspectives;
2. to promote and coordinate, through research projects and workshops, theoretical and applied research with emphasis on the role of Statistics in Data Science;
3. to promote contributions and specialized sessions on Data Science topics within the institutional events of SIS;
4. to support those who promote, coordinate, or participate in the development of Data Science training programs at any level and in particular in the universities and to promote the organization of courses, schools, or tutorials within workshops;
5. to promote the dissemination of the scientific activities of its members, and of work and research opportunities in Data Science.