History

The Bernoulli-IMS World Congresses in Probability and Statistics are held every four years under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the world’s leading scientific societies in the area of Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics. Previous World Congresses have been held in Tashkent (1986), Uppsala (1990), Chapel Hill (1994), Vienna (1996), Guanajuato (2000), Barcelona (2004), Singapore (2008), Istanbul (2012), Toronto (2016) and Seoul (2020).

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The First Bernoulli Society World Congress

Personal reminiscences of the 1st World Congress in Probability and Statistics (Tashkent, 1986) and its pre-history by Professor Klaus Krickeberg, chair of the Scientific Programme Committee of the 1st World Congress, and past President of the Bernoulli Society. 

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