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Summarized History and Activities

An initial meeting was held at the 1989 ISI Biennial Session in Paris to explore interest in starting a group within the ISI to stimulate and foster interactions among people interested in and involved in industrial statistics. Soon thereafter, the ISI approved the formation of a Working Group on Industrial Statistics, which was chaired by Ram Gnanadesikan. Given the success of the working group in organizing and sponsoring various activities, the ISI approved the formation of a standing committee on Statistics in Industry in 1992. The scope of the committee was broadened to include business statistics and the name was changed to Statistics in Business and Industry (SBI) in 1999. The following people have served as committee chairs:

  • Ram Gnanadesikan (India) 1992 - 1995
  • Vijay Nair (Malaysia/USA) 1995 - 1999
  • Nick Fisher (Australia) 1999 - 2003
  • Bovas Abraham (Canada/India) 2003 - 2005

Past Conferences and Workshops

  • 2007 International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics Azores, Portugal, organized by Bovas Abraham, Franciso Samaniego and Helena Bacelar Nicolu.
  • ISBIS 5 was held in Lima, Peru, from 11-13 January 2006, and was organised by Geoff Vining. Abstracts are available under ISBIS5. Please note that some abstracts are given in both English and Spanish, some only in one language.
  • The Fourth International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS 4), Cairns, Australia, April 13-16, 2005; organized by Nick Fisher and Vijay Nair.
  • The Third International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS 3), Barcelona, Spain, August 21-24, 2003 (jointly with ENBIS); Programme chaired by David Steinberg.
  • Co-sponsored the International Conference 'Statistics in Industry and Business', Cochin, India, Jan 2-5, 2003; organized by Bovas Abraham.
  • Co-sponsored the Third International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR) 2002 in Trondheim, Norway, June, 2002; organized by Bo Lindqvist (Norway).
  • Co-sponsored Second International Symposium on PLS methods, Naples, October 1st-3rd, 2001; organized by Carlo Lauro (Italy).
  • The Second International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS 2), Yokohama, Japan, August, 2001; organized by Chihiro Hirotsu (Japan) and Jeff Wu (USA).
  • Co-sponsored VIII Seminar on Applied Statistics of the Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI), Panama City, 24 -25 July 2001; scientific program chaired by Vijay Nair.
  • Workshops in Design of Experiments, Buenos Aires and Tucuman, Argentina, March 2001 by Bovas Abraham and Vijay Nair (co-sponsored by IASI and ITBA).
  • Co-sponsored the Second International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability - MMR 2000 in Bordeaux, France, July 4-7, 2000; organized by Mikhail Nikulin (France).
  • The First International Symposium on Industrial Statistics (ISIS 1), Linkoping, Stockholm, Sweden, August 19-21, 1999; organized by Bo Bergman (Sweden).
  • Co-sponsored ISI Satellite Meeting to the ISI Istanbul session on "Industrial Statistics: Aims and Computational Aspects", Athens, August 16-17, 1997; organized by C. P. Kitsos (Greece).
  • Co-sponsored the conference on Quality Improvement Through Statistical Methods, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India, December 29, 1996 to January 1, 1997; organized by Bovas Abraham (Canada) and N. Unnikrishnan Nair (India).
  • Co-sponsored the Quality part of the scientific program of the Sydney International Statistical Congress, Sydney, Australia, July 8-12, 1996; organized by Nick Fisher and Ron Sandland (Australia).
  • Co-sponsored Conference on Statistical Methods and Statistical Computing on Quality and Productivity Improvement, Seoul National University, Seoul, S. Korea, August 17-19, 1995 (joint with IASC); organized by Sung H. Park (S. Korea).
  • Conference on Statistics in Industry, Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, July 11-13, 1994; organized by Chihiro Hirotsu (Japan).
  • ISI Satellite Meeting (CHESM-93, Chemometrics and Environmetrics) in Bologna, August 1993, just prior to the ISI Florence Session; with participation from Chemometrics and Environmetrics groups; organized by Nick Fisher (Australia).
  • Workshop on Statistical Process Control, ISI Biennial Session, Cairo, 1991, by Bovas Abraham (Canada).
  • ISI Satellite Meeting on Industrial Statistics, Tel Aviv, Israel, August 1991; organized by David Steinberg (Israel) and Vijay Nair (Malaysia/USA).

Other Activities

  • Special issue of International Statistical Review, co-edited by Vijay Nair and Jeff Wu (1993).
  • Special issue of Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, edited by Chihiro Hirotsu (2002).
  • Invited Sessions at the last several ISI biennial sessions.