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[画像: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年09月26日: Announcement of Job Openings in Research Positions (Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position in Nonlinear Optimization) [Review begins : 1st October, 2025(Japan Standard Time)]

2025年09月18日: Announcement of Job Openings in Research Positions(Associate Professor) [Application deadline : 10th November, 2025(Japan Standard Time)]

2025年09月05日: 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年09月02日: We've released lecture video "From GLM to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling." by Prof. Takuya Kubo.

[画像: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年11月06日: Dr. Takahiro Kawashima (Visiting Researcher, alumnus of SOKENDAI) received the JSAI Annual Conference Award.

2025年09月29日: Research Contributions to the "Revised Nankai Trough Probabilistic Forecast" Published by the Earthquake Research Headquarters on September 26, 2025

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

2025年06月25日: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics Vol.77, No.4 is published.

2025年06月24日: Project Professor Masahiro Mizuta has received the 2025 Japanese Classification Society Contribution Award

2025年06月17日: Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics Vol. 73, No. 1 is published (Online only from this issue).

2025年06月17日: Professor Nakano has received the Tanakadate Award from SGEPSS.

2025年06月13日: Professor Fujisawa has received the 30th Japan Statistical Society Award from the Japan Statistical Society.

2025年06月11日: Systemic indocyanine green administration to detect bile leakage after liver surgery: a prospective clinical trial, using historical controls "A Novel Approach for Minimizing Postoperative Biliary Complications"

2025年06月05日: A New Horizon in Data-Driven Materials Research Unveiling Scaling Laws Bridging Extensive Computational Databases and Limited Experimental Data

Event

Statistical Mathematics Seminar Series

Statistical Mathematics Seminar Series

2025年11月03日: Mathematics of Risk - 2025

2025年12月01日: CONTO 2025 - Cones: Theory and Optimization

2025年12月10日: Climate Finance & Risk 2025

2026年03月16日: International Workshop on Data Science for Inverse Problems and Sensing

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