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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS SIPS-2235 : 2018 International Prize in Statistics Winner’s Lecture with Live Feed Transmission from Stanford University, USA 08:50-10:00 | Plenary Hall 1
IPS-115 : Statistical & Data Literacy Education for Life 10:30-12:30 | MR#303
ISI Young Statisticians Event 12:30-13:50 | Exhibition Hall ISI Booth #1031
Visitors to the exhibition will be greeted by the Malaysia Pavilion which showcases the best that Malaysia can offer. Discover things to do, places to visit and events to attend in Malaysia. Visitors can also observe how statistics have contributed to the development of the nation in tandem with technological advancements and the emergence of Big Data.
The exhibits at the Pavilion will demonstrate how the statistical institutions’ roles extend beyond number-crunching in the raw. It doesn’t stop there! Visitors will also have the opportunity to observe how data is translated into actionable strategies for the well-being of the nation as well as impactful information that people from all walks of life can relate to. TONIGHT: ISI MEMBERS’ RECEPTION
If you signed up for the ISI Members’ Reception then dress up, get your passport and join us tonight at 18:00 at the Malaysian Petroleum Club in Petronas Twin Towers.
How to get to the reception : The Malaysian Petroleum Club is located at Petronas KLCC Tower 2. Please enter the Suria KLCC shopping mall and follow signs on the ground floor to the Dewan Philharmonic Orchestra, where you will also find the Malaysian Petroleum Club’s reception. After registration at the lobby, you will take the lift to level 42 and follow the signs for MALAYSIA PAVILION the reception to Kiku Hall on level 43. 1 DAILY NEWS DAILY NEWS DAY 2 MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019 #ISIWSC2019 DAY 2 MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019 #ISIWSC2019
The World Stats (WSC) Run 2019 took place yesterday with over 7,000 participants from 46 countries who ran various distances (5KM, 10KM and 21KM) in the name of creating awareness of the ISI WSC 2019.
In an effort to promote better understanding of the role of statistics in a nation’s development amongst the public, infographics of statistics (FunSTATStic) were displayed along the scenic route.
The WSC Run 2019 was jointly organised by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM). In conjunction with the 70th anniversary of DOSM, runners aged 70 and above were also awarded special recognition for their participation WORLD STATS (WSC) RUN 2019 in the run.
The launch of the much anticipated ISI WSC 2019 was officiated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, in a culturally rich Opening Ceremony.
It is Malaysia’s first time hosting this prestigious international event since the first ISI WSC was held 132 years ago and it is an honour for the nation to be at the centre of the convergence of the global statistics community. The ceremony showcased thought-provoking speeches, dazzling traditional performances and the debut of the ISI WSC 2019 theme song “Statistics Bloom in Harmony”, performed by Malaysian songbird, Adibah Noor.
“Statistics is impartial and it is colour blind. It provides truth and does not side with any parties.” OPENING CEREMONY - Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
The Welcome Reception was held following the Opening Ceremony to warmly welcome delegates from over 130 countries around the world.
In keeping with the ISI WSC 2019 theme “Come, Connect, Create”, the reception provided delegates the perfect opportunity to connect ideas, development, interests and people.
Apart from building camaraderie with their peers, delegates had a fun time trying their hand at traditional Malaysian arts and crafts like batik painting, wood carving, songket weaving, pewter smithing and Chinese WELCOME RECEPTION calligraphy.
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OPENING REMARKS
In his opening address, Tun Dr statistics of quality and integrity Mahathir bin Mohamad highlighted to keep users well-informed and the importance of official statistics to ensure an effective check-and- in our daily lives. “It connects us to balance system. Statistics play an what is happening around us since it important role in validating findings helps us to make good decisions and and guiding policy decisions. to lead better lives. Statistics have Official statistics are also crucial to been used in the administration monitoring a nation’s quality of of the state since the 17th century life and well-being as well as to and has evolved into an advanced gauge economic performance and scientific field that spurred the national wealth.” era of evidence-based policies and knowledge-based decision- Also present at the Opening making. “ Ceremony was Minister of Economic Affairs, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin “The ISI WSC 2019, with the theme bin Ali, who in his welcome speech ‘Come, Connect, Create’, is the best said, “As the saying goes, we may platform to advance the application have the best-formulated policies of statistics by converging statistical founded on the most precise knowledge at both regional and statistics but without integrity, national levels and leveraging on transparency and accountability in the expertise of each and every one implementation, the final objectives in this congress for discovery and will not be achieved. Hence, whilst innovation.” statistics are the eyes of the country’s administration, good governance He also stressed the importance strikes at the heart of fulfilling of official statistics, “The goal of the legitimate expectations of the statistical organisations is to produce people.” relevant, objective and accurate
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN STATISTICS OFFICIALLY PRESENTED TO BRADLEY EFRON
The Presidents of the International Prize in Statistics sponsoring societies paid tribute to Bradley Efron, winner of the 2nd Edition of the prize during the Opening Ceremony. ISI President Helen MacGillivray received the prize on his behalf while Prof. Efron addressed the panel and the WSC participants via a video message. The panel was an all-women group for which Prof. Efron noted “It’s a clean sweep for women”. The representatives of the five contributing societies: Helen MacGillivray (International Statistical Institute); Karen Kafadar (American Statistical Association); Deborah Ashby (Royal Statistical Society); Louise Ryan (International Biometric Society); Susan Murphy (Institute of Mathematical Science)
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5 DAILY NEWS DAILY NEWS DAY 2 MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019 #ISIWSC2019 DAY 2 MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019 #ISIWSC2019 How The Scientific Programme Was Put Together
The programme has essentially three organisers, last minute changes, paper phases. First, the Invited Paper Sessions uploads, etc. (IPS) have to be evaluated and selected, which is the main work of the Scientific A final comment: the SPC never met Programme Committee (SPC). Most of physically! Needless to say, after these two the proposals come from the different years of intensive mail exchanges, Yves is associations of the ISI, therefore now looking forward to finally meeting in guaranteeing a wide breath of topics. person many members of his committee! Second, the Special Topics Sessions (STS) are set up. Here the Local Programmme Dr. Yves Grize studied Mathematics at the Committee (LPC) takes the lead and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in is supported by the SPC. Finally, the Zürich (ETH) and Statistics at Cornell Contributed Paper / Poster Sessions University in Ithaca, N.Y., where he got (CPS) are put together by the LPC. his PhD. Yves has been working for over Additionally, a number of committees also 30 years in different industries, such as set up activities such as the short courses telecommunications (AT&T Bell Laboratories), Dr Yves Grize told the Daily News programme, lunch table discussion chemicals and pharmaceuticals (Ciba Geigy, that to be Chairman of the Scientific groups and facilitate the selection of Novartis) and insurance (Baloise Insurance). programme of a conference the size of winners of the Jan Tinbergen prize, just to He is a founding committee member of the the WSC is an extraordinary experience. name a few. Swiss Statistical Association (now SSS) and Particularly gratifying is being part of a past president of ISBIS, the ISI association global scale event: as well as being in Yves would like to thank and underline for Business and Industrial Statistics. permanent contact with scientists from the superb work done by the LPC and the Yves has also been lecturing at different around the world and who all share this great support provided by the conference Swiss universities and is currently adjunct one goal: to make the WSC a success! organising team. These teams handled professor at the University of Applied This is fantastic team work. many interactions with speakers and Sciences in Zurich.
The Local Programme Committee (LPC) and Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) worked closely to build the core scientific programme of the ISI WSC 2019, which involved reviewing and selecting from submissions for the scientific programme. While the SPC is responsible for developing the Invited Paper Sessions (IPS), the LPC prepares the Special Topics Sessions (STS) and Contributed Paper/Poster Sessions (CPS) in coordination with the SPC.
Together with the SPC, the LPC oversees the congress’ call for the submission of the STS proposals and CPS papers. The LPC and the SPC take responsibility for the peer review process of these submissions, and most importantly crafting the congress schedule in order to ensure a broad level of participation. The LPC is led by Chairperson, Rozita Talha along with Co-Chair, Ibrahim Mohamed; Vice Chair I, Siti Haslinda Mohd Din and Vice-Chair II, Daniel Chin Shen Li. It is also supported by a membership panel comprising of expertise from the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia and the Malaysia Institute of Statistics. The diversity of the LPC ensures that a well-balanced, high- quality scientific programme is organised and presented at the congress.
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR STATISTICAL COMPUTING (IASC)
The International Association for Statistical Computing In addition to this conference series, IASC is planning to (http://iasc-isi.org/) aims to promote the theory, methods, and practice establish a new journal: Journal of Data Science, Statistics of statistical computing and to foster interest and knowledge in and Visualisation (JDSSV), to complement the Journal of effective statistical computing and data analytics. The association Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (CSDA) which establishes international contacts among researchers and professionals focuses more on traditional computational statistics. in statistics, data science, computer science, and related areas, at The new JDSSV journal welcomes articles which should universities, organisations, institutions, governments, and the general be orientated towards a very wide scientific audience, public in different countries of the world. and can cover topics such as machine learning and statistical learning, the visualisation and verbalisation of The Association has three regional sections, namely the European data, big data infrastructures and analytics, interactive Regional Section (ERS), the Asian Regional Section (ARS), and the Latin learning, advanced computing, and other important American Regional Section (LARS). Each Section organises its own themes. conferences, with the most recent being the LARS meeting (ICORS- LACSC) which was held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in May 2019. Upcoming For those who are interested in joining or knowing more regional IASC conferences will be held in Hong Kong, China from 2-5 about our Association, you are most welcome to attend December 2019 (organised by IASC-ARS); Mexico City, Mexico in May the IASC President’s Lecture on Wednesday 21 August, 2020 (organised by IASC-LARS); and Bologna, Italy from 25-28 August 8:50-10:00, and the Invited Paper Session “Journal of 2020 (organised by IASC-ERS). Data Science, Statistics and Visualisation” on Friday 23 August, 8:50-10:00, and talk to us before or after the In the era of Big Data, a huge amount of data is being generated sessions. The IASC General Assembly will take place on every day from various channels such as social media, commercial Tuesday, 20 August, 12:30-13:40 in MR#405. transactions, e-commerce, etc. In response to this development, IASC initiated a series of conferences on Data Science, Statistics and Wing Kam Fung (IASC President) Visualisation (DSSV). The conference welcomes contributions to Juergen Symanzik (IASC President-Elect) practical aspects of data science, statistics, and visualisation, and in particular those which are linking and integrating these subject areas. Its last edition took place in Kyoto, Japan, from 13-15 August 2019 as a satellite event to the ISI WSC 2019. The next meeting will be held in IASC’s main goals for the coming period are: Durham, North Carolina, USA, in 2020. • Launch the new journal JDSSV • Engage more people to join our activities • Recruit more members, especially young statisticians • Engage young statisticians via the IASC Data Analysis Competitions • Expand the activities of the newly established LARS section
INVITATION : ISI YOUNG STATISTICIANS EVENT
Today, from 12:30-13:50, the ISI invites all young statisticians to meet, mingle and take selfies at the ISI & WSC 2021 booth. Various ISI representatives, including Permanent Office members, will be there so come and talk to us! Tell us your interests Social Activity of the Fourth Latin American Conference on Statistical and ask us questions, we are looking forward to Computing, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 28-31 May, 2019. spending some time together. Find us at booth number 1031 in the Exhibition Hall.
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MALAYSIA’S HIGHLIGHT WEATHER FORECAST MALAYSIA BY NIGHT Monday August 19 Kuala Lumpur 31 A shower and Sunrise : 7.11 AM t-storm around Sunset : 7.23 PM
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A food haven and gastronomical paradise, Malaysia is definitely on every foodie’s map because of its eclectic blend of spices and flavourful aromas that permeate Wednesday 29 temptingly from hawker stalls on street corners to the plethora of food courts and restaurants. Malaysians travel far and wide to get their culinary fixes and are fiercely loyal to the restaurants that serve up the best version of their favourite dishes. So, it’s not uncommon to hear of Malaysians travelling over 400KM for the weekend to the EMERGENCY CONTACT northern state of Penang for an authentic Char Koay Teow or a plate of Nasi Kandar.
We’ll even wake up at the crack of dawn and venture out to our favourite roadside stall Police & Ambulance serving up packets of Nasi Lemak, just to satisfy our taste buds. A must-try dish of rice cooked in coconut milk and screwpine leaves, Nasi Lemak is theFA6541 unofficial national dish 999 and a staple for many Malaysians. Whilst it may sound like a heavy, hearty meal, TIME Magazine actually rated Nasi Lemak as one of 10 Most Healthy International Breakfasts Fire & Rescue back in 2016. So, fret not and let the dish tickle your tastebuds! 994 Luckily, you won’t need to embark on a foodie road trip across Malaysia to get a taste of “Malaysia’s Wonderful Culture”, because you can enjoy it all on 20 August 2019 Civil Defence at the Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach as you feast on the best of Malaysia by Night. 991 If you haven’t already, you may purchase your tickets now at the Registration Counter, Level 3. From mobile phone
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DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS KL Tourist Police
All ISI WSC 2019 participants should register at the Registration Counter. +603-2149 6590 The counter is open today from 08:00 to 17:00.
KLCC : All in-house telephones Tomorrow’s Events Time 355d95and Venue Women in Statistics 07:30 - 08:50 555 Network Meeting Ten-on-Call, Level 4 KLCC : From mobile phone 07:30 - 08:50 IASS Joint Council MR#402 +603-2333 2888
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