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The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) is a national research institute that conducts studies relating to theory and applications of statistics and data science. Bringing together many and various researchers engaged in “data-centric science,” including the fields of engineering involving massive data, statistical science, computer science, machine learning, and data mining, it serves as a unique base of research in Japan.

News

2025/11/26: Outline 2025-2026 is published.

2025/09/05: Announcement of Job Openings in Research Positions (Project Associate Professor or Project Assistant Professor or Project Researcher) [Application deadline: 17:00 on 16th January, 2026 (Japan Standard Time)]

2025/09/02: We've released lecture video "From GLM to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling." by Prof. Takuya Kubo.

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The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) is a national research institute that conducts studies relating to theory and applications of statistics and data science. Bringing together many and various researchers engaged in “data-centric science,” including the fields of engineering involving massive data, statistical science, computer science, machine learning, and data mining, it serves as a unique base of research in Japan.

Research Highlights

2025/12/26: Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics Vol. 73, No. 2 is published.

2025/11/19: Assoc. Prof. Han Bao have received an Excellent Presentation Award at IBIS2025

2025/11/06: Dr. Takahiro Kawashima (Visiting Researcher, alumnus of SOKENDAI) received the JSAI Annual Conference Award.

2025/09/29: Research Contributions to the ”Revised Nankai Trough Probabilistic Forecast” Published by the Earthquake Research Headquarters on September 26, 2025

2025/09/08: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics Vol.77, No.5 is published.

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Event

Statistical Mathematics Seminar Series

Statistical Mathematics Seminar Series

2026/01/14: leading-DAT free online lectures "Bayesian Computation for Discontinuous Distributions: Sticky, Boundary Conditions, and Mirror-PDMP"

2026/01/19: Symposium “AI4S 2026: Emerging Horizons in AI for Science Through Machine Learning and Statistical Mathematics”

2026/03/16: International Workshop on Data Science for Inverse Problems and Sensing

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75th Anniversary Celebration

Network of Excellence

School of Statistical Thinking

Graduate Course

The ISM National Character Surveys

Dr. Akaike Memorial