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Statistical Science is becoming increasingly important as a tool for responding to the changes affecting our society. The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) is pursuing new theories and methods to address the difficult problems we face living in the so-called “Information Society” or “Risk Society” as well as conducting research on prediction, knowledge discovery, modeling uncertainty, and risk analysis by solving concrete cases. The ISM aims to combine basic research topics, built around the original ideas of each researcher, with strategically planned topics of immediate worth to society.