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Swiss Statistical Society - General information
Goals according to the bylaws
The Swiss Statistical Society (SSS, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Statistik,
Société Suisse de Statistique, Società Svizzera di Statistica,
Societad Svizra da Statistica)
propagates application and development of statistics in Switzerland,
represents the interest of professionals working in this field in relation to
practice, research and education and
contributes to the recognition of statistics as a scientific discipline in
its own right.
It fosters contacts between statisticians in administration, business and
institions of research and education.
It supports cooperation between all institutions which deal with such
goals.
The Society edits a bulletin.
It can publish other items, too and can organize meetings.
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Activities
The Society
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edits a bulletin three times a year. The bulletin informs about the
activities and upcoming events in statistics in Switzerland.
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organizes the yearly Swiss Statistical Meeting in autumn,
together with the Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the Conference of
the Regional Statistical Offices (CORSTAT),
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consists of three Sections, which usually organise a further, shorter
meeting each year,
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organises short courses oriented towards practical applications,
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supports a yearly seminar of PhD students.
National and international relations
The Swiss Statistical Society is a member of the
Swiss Academy of Exact Sciences
(Schw. Akademie für Naturwissenschaften) and an associated member of the
Swiss Academy of Human Sciences
(Schw. Akademie für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften).
The Society is a member of the
International Statistical
Institute.
The Society is a member of the association for
"European Courses in Advanced Statistics".
It cooperates with other statistical Societies in Europe, and its president
is a member of the conference of presidents of these Societies.
General Assemblies
- Minutes of the General Assembly 2009 (PDF).
- Invitation to the General Assembly 2008 (PDF)
and its minutes (PDF);
- Invitation to the General Assembly 2007 (PDF)
and its minutes (PDF);
- Invitation to the General Assembly 2006 (PDF);
- Minutes of the General Assembly 2005 (PDF);
- Minutes of the General Assembly 2004 (PDF).
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History
The SSS was founded January 29, 1988, under the name of
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Statistik (SVS).
In its first year, it counted about 100 members. This number increased
steadily to 230 in 1998.
In autumn of that year, the Section of Official Statistics was founded.
This lead to a sudden increase to about 350 individual members and to the
inclusion of corporate members. In spring 2000, the name of the association
was changed to society.
In autumn 2000, the first Swiss Statistical Meeting with support by the SSS
took place in St. Gall. Since then, such Meetings are held yearly.
In 2003, the two sections of "Business and Industry" and "Education and
Research" were founded. Since then, the three sections cover the main
working areas of the members.
The society reached many new members from the private sector.
In spring 2003 and 2004, respectively,
the Swiss Statistical Society became a member of the Swiss Academy of
Exact Sciences (Schw. Akademie für Naturwissenschaften) and assciated
member of the Swiss Academy of Human Sciences
(Schw. Akademie für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften).
In summer 2004, the SSS counted
409 individual and 19 corporate members.
Since its foundation, the following presidents have headed the Society:
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Prof. J. Hüsler, Universität Bern,
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Prof. S. Morgenthaler, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
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Dr. U.S. Gugerli, Sandoz Pharma AG,
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Prof. F. Streit, Université de Genève,
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Dr. Jean-Marie Helbling, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
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Prof. Werner Stahel, ETH Zürich,
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Prof. Andreas Ruckstuhl, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften,
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Dr. Diego Kuonen, CStat CSci, Statoo Consulting, Berne.
A personal note
Prof. Bernhard Flury arrived back in Switzerland in January 1999,
as a professor at the University of Neuchatel.
In July 1999, he died in an accident in the Italian Dolomite mountains.
Here you find
more about this collegue who left us too early.
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Bulletin of the SSS
Editors of the Bulletins
| Bulletin # | Editor
| | 1-11 | Yves Grize
| | 12-17 | Ulrich Gugerli
| | 18-20 | Stephan Morgenthaler
| | 21-30 | Jean-Marie Helbling
| | 31-36 | Werner Stahel
| | 37-58 | Caterina Savi
| | 59-61 | Marcel Baumgartner
| | 62- | Thomas Holzer
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By-laws
The by-laws exist in
German
and in French.
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