RSS History Section

We organise meetings on data, statisticians & ideas from the past.
The views expressed are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the @RoyalStatSoc

[RSS History Section @HistoryofStats]

You can join our AGM today, 11:50-12:00. Information and booking: https://t.co/dWzVUYL3LL

[RSS Celebrating Diversity @RSSDiversity]

Very proud to mark the immense contributions to the field of these great minds despite the many hurdles they faced #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth
Thanks @HistoryofStats @HOS_ASA for their help!

[Mario Cortina Borja🇪🇺 @cortina_borja]

@StA_Maths_Stats Young Professor of the Day -Augustus De Morgan was appointed the first Professor of Mathematics at @ucl in 1828, aged 21. He wrote (though never published nor completed it) a volume on "The Elements of Statistics" in 1827 - see https://t.co/5XU9TvSNpd

@HistoryofStats @HOS_ASA

[Mario Cortina Borja🇪🇺 @cortina_borja]

@sktywagner @StA_Maths_Stats @HistoryofStats @Jo_Lam_ Exactly! Among many important papers that Box wrote/co-authored my favourite is An analysis of transformations, with David Cox in JRSS-B, 1964. A very profound paper leading to eg the LMS method for growth standards...
https://t.co/Ht6LVKKw9z

[RSS Celebrating Diversity @RSSDiversity]

We thoroughly enjoyed #IDWSDS2024, many thanks @cwstat for the great organisation!✨
Read about our joint session with @HistoryofStats & other @RoyalStatSoc contributions: https://t.co/QkqLmI3hOX

[RSS History Section @HistoryofStats]

@RSSDiversity @cwstat @HOS_ASA @Altea_Lorenzo @ebmilanzi Great session co-organised with @RSSDiversity! Thanks @cwstat, speakers & audience #IDWSDS2024

[RSS Celebrating Diversity @RSSDiversity]

@cwstat @HOS_ASA @HistoryofStats We had a great time, thanks so much @cwstat for organising a fantastic event and many thanks to our presenters Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA & @Altea_Lorenzo, as well as our supportive audience (more photos below, with thanks to colleague @ebmilanzi!)
https://t.co/TZFYazEVCR

[Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science @cwstat]

Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA starts #S51 🌟The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics 🌟 #IDWSDS2024 #WomenInStats #HistoryOfStats
This session is jointly organised by @RSSDiversity & @HistoryofStats

[ASA History of Statistics Special Interest Group @HOS_ASA]

100 years ago today Maurice Quenouille 🇬🇧b 1924 (d 12 Dec 1973) Fellow @RoyalStatSoc 1945, IMS 1952, ISI 1964. Best known for jackknife resampling 1956 (John Tukey gave it the cool name in 1958). 1/5

[Mario Cortina Borja🇪🇺 @cortina_borja]

John Nelder FRS was born 100 years ago today. President of the @RoyalStatSoc 1985-6. A conversation with @stephensenn is here https://t.co/5olRzcMPX2 his important paper with RWM Wedderburn: https://t.co/LfvA6Qpuyz
My copy of McCullagh & Nelder's GLM text:

[RSS History Section @HistoryofStats]

We're hosting a session with @RSSDiversity tomorrow @cwstat #IDWSDS2024!
🎙Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA @UF & @Altea_Lorenzo @BioSScotland
🌟The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics🌟
📅 October 8th
⏰19:30 - 20:00 UTC (20:30-21:00 UK time).
https://t.co/whAwGvUUTY

[Altea Lorenzo @Altea_Lorenzo]

Ready for #glasgowAIethics on #AdaLovelaceDay and fittingly, our paper on lessons from the history of statistics for a more inclusive, open AI is just published @signmagazine https://t.co/7wPlqZ7LJd

[ASA History of Statistics Special Interest Group @HOS_ASA]

#OTD 1912 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw b (d 10 Aug 2014) 🇬🇧DBE 1971, 1st F President Manchester Statistical Society 1981-3 (& member for 70 years, 1944-2014); IMA President 1978-1979. Best known as a mathematician, she used statistics to influence government policy 1/4

[Significance @signmagazine]

Wishing a happy International Day of Older Persons to all our older readers and contributors.

Look out for our special issue on old age in January 2025, in which we'll focus on statistical work in this area and statisticians aged 80+.

#IDOP2024

[RSS Celebrating Diversity @RSSDiversity]

Great session co-organised with @HistoryofStats @RoyalStatSoc #RSS2024Conf #WomenInStats

[RSS History Section @HistoryofStats]

You still have time to register for our online talk "The Flawed Genius of William Playfair" by David Bellhouse (Western University, Canada)
📅Monday 08 July 2024
⏰3.00PM - 4.00PM
Further info and booking: https://t.co/UlQSD4OtVO

[RSS History Section @HistoryofStats]

@cortina_borja @StA_Maths_Stats @mathshistory @snezanalawrence @UniofGreenwich Thanks for sharing Mario!

[ASA History of Statistics Special Interest Group @HOS_ASA]

3/Refs
Cane VR. J Royal Stat Soc B 1959, 21(1), 36–49
Cane VR & Armitage P Nature 1957, 1404–1405
Gandy R, Lorenzo-Arribas A, Startup R. Significance 2022 https://t.co/VXDR5pNnaX
Lorenzo-Arribas A. J Royal Stat Soc A, 2022, 185 (4), 2278–2281. https://t.co/SmUa1BhrwJ

[ASA History of Statistics Special Interest Group @HOS_ASA]

2/ 1st F Professor of Mathematical Statistics U Manchester 1961. During WWII she was a Bletchley Park codebreaker. In 1952 she discussed with Alan Turing the “possibility of constructing, at least theoretically, a machine whose operation resembles that of a human brain”

[ASA History of Statistics Special Interest Group @HOS_ASA]

#OTD 2008 Violet R Cane d (b 31 Jan 1916) 🇬🇧 Elected fellow RSS @RoyalStatSoc 1947; ISI @IntStat 1969. Best known for work on sensory perception, Markov chains applied to behavioural sequence data, diffusion & stochastic models. Lecturer in the Cambridge Statistical Laboratory /4