Background
The Islamic Countries Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS) was established during the First Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences held at Lahore on August 27-31, 1988. One of its objectives is to bring together researchers and practitioners in statistical sciences from all over the world and in particular from Islamic Countries through mutual programs. Countries through mutual programs such as conferences.
This year, ISOSS intends to have its 13th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-13) in Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia. (http://www.ipb.ac.id) during 18-21 December, 2014.
HISTORY OF THE CONFERENCE
Since the establishment ISOSS has been regularly organizing biennial conferences in collaboration with educational institutions/universities in various Islamic Countries:
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The First, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Islamic Countries Conferences on Statistical Sciences were held in 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2011 at Lahore (Pakistan).
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The Second and Ninth were held in 1990 and 2007 at Johor Bahru and Shah Alam (Malaysia) in collaboration with the UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, and Malaysian Institute of Statistics, Malaysia.
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The Third was held in 1992 at Rabat (Morocco); and
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The Fifth Conference was arranged in 1996 at Malang (Indonesia) in collaboration with the Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia. On this occasion, an International Workshop on “Recent Development in Applied Statistics” was held on August 21-23, 1996 at Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia to honour Prof. Dr. Munir Ahmad, President ISOSS for his contribution to statistical sciences.
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The Twelfth Conference was organized in 2012 at Doha (Qatar) in collaboration with Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Qatar University.