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| Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Japan) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| Native name | 統計数理研究所 |
| Established | 1944 |
| Location | Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Type | National research institute |
Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Japan) is a national research institute located in Tachikawa, Tokyo, dedicated to theoretical and applied statistical science. Founded in 1944, it operates within Japan's research ecosystem alongside institutions such as The University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, and Osaka University. The institute engages with international organizations including United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Statistical Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Health Organization, and World Bank.
The institute was established during World War II in 1944, contemporaneous with institutions like Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), National Institute of Genetics, Japanese Association of Statistical Sciences, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. Postwar developments connected it to reconstruction efforts alongside Allied Occupation of Japan and collaborations with scholars at Princeton University, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the Cold War era the institute interacted with projects linked to Science Council of Japan, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), and international conferences such as those organized by International Congress of Mathematicians and International Biometric Society. The late 20th century saw exchanges with Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Max Planck Society, French National Centre for Scientific Research, German Research Foundation, and European Research Council.
The institute's mission aligns it with mathematical and applied research priorities exemplified by organizations like Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Institute of Informatics, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT), and DeepMind. Core research areas intersect with topics featured at NeurIPS, International Conference on Machine Learning, Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, European Conference on Machine Learning, and Asia-Pacific Conference on Machine Learning. Research spans probability theory linked to Paul Lévy and Andrey Kolmogorov, statistical inference echoing work by Jerzy Neyman and Egon Pearson, time series connected to Norbert Wiener, spatial statistics related to Murray Eden, and computational statistics influenced by Bradley Efron, John Tukey, and David Cox.
The institute's governance models mirror structures at National Institutes of Natural Sciences (Japan), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Administrative frameworks interact with Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan), Japan Meteorological Agency, and Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Advisory bodies include panels with representatives from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Keio University, Waseda University, Hokkaido University, and Kobe University.
Divisions host scholars working on topics echoing programs at Center for Research on Adaptive Data Analysis, Laboratory for Computational Statistics, Data Science Center at Tohoku University, and Center for Data Science at University of Tokyo. Centers focus on big data collaborations with Japan Science and Technology Agency, Microsoft Research, Google Research, Amazon Web Services, and IBM Research. Specialized units address bioinformatics alongside National Cancer Center Japan, RIKEN BioResource Center, European Bioinformatics Institute, and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; environmental statistics with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme, and NASA; and social statistics involving OECD, United Nations Development Programme, and Asian Development Bank.
The institute provides postgraduate training and hosts students from universities such as University of Tokyo Faculty of Science, Kyoto University Graduate School, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School, and International Christian University. Programs include joint doctoral supervision with Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI, exchange fellowships with Fulbright Program, Erasmus Mundus, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and summer schools akin to those run by Statistical Society of Canada, Royal Statistical Society, and Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
The institute publishes journals and monographs analogous to Annals of Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Biometrika, Statistical Science, and Journal of Machine Learning Research. Data repositories curate datasets comparable to UCI Machine Learning Repository, Kaggle Datasets, Gene Expression Omnibus, and Global Biodiversity Information Facility. The institute contributes to open data initiatives alongside Open Data Institute, Dryad Digital Repository, Zenodo, and Figshare.
Collaborative partners include national laboratories such as Photon Factory, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, and international centers such as CERN, European Space Agency, National Institutes of Health, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Monetary Fund. Industry partnerships span firms like Fujitsu, NEC Corporation, Hitachi, Toyota Motor Corporation, Sony, and research ventures with Intel, NVIDIA, Facebook (Meta), and Alibaba Group.
Researchers affiliated with the institute have connections or intellectual lineage to figures such as R. A. Fisher, Andrey Kolmogorov, Jerzy Neyman, Egon Pearson, John Tukey, Bradley Efron, David Cox, C. R. Rao, Hideaki Aoyama, Shizuo Kakutani, Kiyosi Itô, and Hirotugu Akaike. Achievements include developments in time series theory that resonate with Box–Jenkins methodology, information criteria related to Akaike Information Criterion, and contributions to spatial analysis akin to methods by Georges Matheron. The institute's work has supported national efforts during events like the Great Hanshin earthquake, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and public health responses comparable to H1N1 pandemic, COVID‑19 pandemic, and vaccination programs coordinated by Gavi.
Category:Research institutes in Japan Category:Statistical organizations