The Bernoulli Society is a

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and t ...

which aims to further the progress of

probability Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an Event (probability theory), event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and ...

and mathematical statistics, founded as part of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...

in 1975. It is named after the

Bernoulli family The Bernoulli family () of Basel was a patrician family, notable for having produced eight mathematically gifted academics who, among them, contributed substantially to the development of mathematics and physics during the early modern period. ...

of mathematicians and scientists whose researchers covered "most areas of scientific knowledge". The society publishes two journals, '' Bernoulli'' and ''

Stochastic Processes and their Applications ''Stochastic Processes and Their Applications'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier for the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability. The editor-in-chief is Sylvie Méléard. The principal focus ...

'', and a newsletter, '' Bernoulli News''. Additionally, it co-sponsors several other journals including '' Electronic Communications in Probability'', '' Electronic Journal of Probability'', ''

Electronic Journal of Statistics The ''Electronic Journal of Statistics'' is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the Bernoulli Society. It covers all aspects of statistics (theoretical, computational, and applie ...

'', ''

Probability Surveys ''Probability Surveys'' is an open-access electronic journal that is jointly sponsored by the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. It publishes review articles on topics of interest in probability theory. Managing Ed ...

'', and ''

Statistics Surveys ''Statistics Surveys'' is an open-access electronic journal, founded in 2007, that is jointly sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the Bernoulli Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statis ...

''.About the Bernoulli Society
retrieved 2014-06-23.

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Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
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