Paris Institute of Statistics

Paris Institute of Statistics
Motto	L'excellence statistique
Motto in English	The statistical excellence
Type	Grande Ecole
Established	1922 by Émile Borel
Director	Olivier Lopez
Students	From 120 to 150
Location	Paris, France
Campus	Jussieu
Affiliations	Institute of Actuaries of France, Sorbonne University
Website	www.isup.upmc.fr

Institut de Statistiques de l'Université de Paris (ISUP, roughly translated as "Paris Institute of Statistics" or literally to "Institute of Statistics of the University of Paris") is a graduate school of statistics based in Paris, in the fifth arrondissement. It offers specializations in (finance and insurance), Biostatistics as well as industry and services. The ISUP is considered as one of the most prestigious centers of learning of statistics in France, reflected in the number of job offers received regularly, the strength of its alumni network, and wages offered to its students out of school, which place it in the "top 15-ranked" French Grandes Ecoles Founded in 1922 by the mathematician Émile Borel, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious schools for statistics in France. The institute is currently affiliated to Sorbonne University and located on the campus of Jussieu.

History[]

Émile Borel, founder of ISUP (1922)

Origin[]

The ISUP is the oldest training statistics in France: it was founded in 1922 (by the mathematician Émile Borel) 20 years before the ENSAE and 72 years before the . At the end of the Great War, Émile Borel, one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, was appointed to the Chair of Probability and Mathematical Physics at the University of Paris. So at this time, there is almost no teaching of statistics and the idea of applying mathematics to any specific field arouses contempt "real" mathematicians. Borel is confident that in economy - in Insurance, in particular - there is a demand. This intuition is the basis for the creation of the ISUP 1922. During the thirty years that followed, under the leadership of mathematical leaders, ISUP will initiate the introduction in France, the teaching of statistics and industrial applications, management or Operational Research.

Notable people from ISUP[]

Émile Borel, Academician, fondator and first director
Maurice Allais, Nobel Prize for Economics 1988, professor at l'ISUP during 21 years
Georges Darmois, Academician, former director
Daniel Dugué, Academician, former director, author for Encyclopædia Universalis (Calculation of probability)
Jean-Paul Benzécri, Normalien, professor at ISUP, initiator of Data analysis
, Polytechnician, then student at ISUP, director of l'INED
Paul Deheuvels, Academician, currently professor
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former Director of International Monetary Fund, former student.
, Director of economy magazine Enjeux-Les Echos.
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist, progenitor of Ecological economics, former student.

The ISUP today[]

The current headmaster is . Among teachers, traditionally shared with the University of Paris VI or with some ESSEC (partner school) or (other actuarial school), several have a worldwide reputation for their research. These include Jean Jacod (the Franco-German Science Award 2008), Paul Deheuvels (a member of the Academy of Sciences), (2003 prices young statistician of the ). On its website, the administration announced that it received 1,064 job offers in 2007, it represents more than 20 offers per student. The average compensation for hiring students ISUP makes the ISUP among major French schools that offer the best remuneration.

Programs[]

ISUP is a 3-year academic.

Core[]

Optimization (mathematics)
Measure Theory
Integration theory
Probability
Data Analysis 'Univariate and multivariate'
Statistics
Software
Economics
Stochastic processes
Linear regression models
Econometrics
Inferential statistics
Corporate finance
Time series analysis
Sampling theory
Non-parametric statistical
Segmentation and classification

Actuarial Sciences[]

Financial Mathematics
Insurance Mathematics
Stochastic Calculus in finance
Modern Portfolio Theory
Insurance Regulation
General insurance
Life-insurance
Reinsurance
Accounting
Pension Fund

Biostatistic[]

Industry risks[]

Research[]

LSTA[]

Most teachers take part in scientific research in the areas of statistics, most often at the Laboratory of theoretical and applied statistics (LSTA). It is a major laboratory of research in statistics thanks to the number and impact of publications. It has 8 professors (including a member of the Academy of Sciences), 10 Lecturers, 20 external and 80 doctoral and post-doctoral students.