Société Française de Statistique

What Société Française de Statistique does

The Société Française de Statistique (SFdS) is a nonprofit French learned society (société savante) headquartered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, dedicated to advancing the discipline of statistics across academia, industry, and government. It operates as a membership-based professional community, organizing the annual Journées de Statistique conference, statistical workshops (Ateliers Statistiques), public engagement debates (Café de la Statistique), and educational programs including the European Statistics competition for high-school students and the Maths C pour L outreach initiative.

Its core intellectual surface is structured around 15 Specialized Groups (Groupes Spécialisés) covering domains from biopharmacy and health, biostatistics, and environment to Bayesian statistics, machine learning and AI (MALIA), surveys, sports statistics, and the socio-history of probability. The society publishes the Journal de la SFdS, Revue Statistique et Enseignement, and Revue Statistique et Société, administers prizes and grants (including the Prix SFdS-ENSAI and the Prix Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh for African mathematicians), maintains an expert directory (Annuaire des Experts), and runs the MédiaStat public communication program to improve statistical literacy.

SFdS is funded through individual membership dues, conference and workshop registration fees, publication subscriptions, and institutional sponsorships; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is community-led rather than commercial, relying on direct membership, its website (sfds.asso.fr), email newsletters, social media, and partnerships with international statistical societies (FENStatS, RSS, SSC), French mathematical societies (SMF, SMAI), and public research bodies (CNRS, INRAE, INED, IHP). The society has also adopted an eco-responsibility charter and a charter against discrimination and sexual/gender-based violence, formalizing ethical commitments across all its activities.

Name

Société Française de Statistique

Legal name

Société Française de Statistique

Website

https://sfds.asso.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Société Française de Statistique (SFdS) is a French nonprofit learned society headquartered in Paris that serves statisticians, data scientists, and researchers across academia, industry, and government through conferences, workshops, publications, and 15 specialized working groups.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees for individual statisticians, researchers, and professionals joining the society to access its network, publications, and events.
2. Conference and Event Registration Fees: Revenue from organizing and hosting major conferences such as the annual Journées de Statistique, specialized workshops, and the 'Cafés de la Statistique' public debate series.
3. Publications: Revenue from publishing the Journal de la SFdS and other statistical publications and proceedings.

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Core offering

SFdS is a nonprofit learned society that organizes and delivers professional services for the French statistical community. Its core offerings include the annual Journées de Statistique conference, Ateliers Statistiques training workshops, Cafés de la Statistique public debates, academic publications (Journal de la SFdS and associated revues), 15 thematic Groupes Spécialisés covering domains from biopharmacy to machine learning, an expert directory, awards/grants, and an educational European statistics competition. Activities are anchored at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris and governed by an elected Council.

Product overview

The Société Française de Statistique (SFdS) is a professional society for statistics in France, not a software product company. Its offerings consist of professional services including: the annual Journées de Statistique (JdS) conference, Ateliers Statistiques training workshops, Café de la Statistique public engagement events, academic publications (Journal de la SFdS, Revue Statistique et Enseignement, Revue Statistique et Société), awards and grants (Prix SFdS-ENSAI, Prix Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh), specialized working groups (Groupes Spécialisés) covering domains from biopharmacy to sports statistics, an expert directory (Annuaire des Experts), and educational competitions. These are service offerings of a professional association, not a commercial software product.

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Products and services

• Journées de Statistique (JdS)
• Ateliers Statistiques
• Café de la Statistique
• Publications (Journal de la SFdS, Revue Statistique et Enseignement, Revue Statistique et Société)
• Prix et Bourses (Prizes and Grants)
• Groupes Spécialisés (GS)
• Annuaire des Experts
• Compétition Européenne de Statistiques

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• FENStatS (Fédération Européenne des Sociétés Nationales de Statistique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS is a member of FENStatS, the European Federation of National Statistical Societies, which coordinates statistical societies across Europe. SFdS co-organizes international events with FENStatS, including joint conferences that bring together statisticians from multiple countries.
• Royal Statistical Society (RSS, UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS co-organizes international conferences with the British Royal Statistical Society, including the conference 'From Biostatistics to AI in Health' held at CNAM Paris.
• Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS collaborates with the Canadian Statistical Society on joint conferences and international statistical events.
• Société Mathématique de France (SMF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS collaborates closely with the French Mathematical Society on shared activities including the Forum Entreprises & Mathématiques (FEM), summer schools, and joint statements on mathematics education policy.
• Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS works with SMAI on joint initiatives including the Forum Entreprises & Mathématiques, summer schools, and programs promoting mathematics among young people.
• Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS is headquartered at the Institut Henri Poincaré and organizes many events at this premier mathematics research institute in Paris.
• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS collaborates with CNRS on research activities, joint statements on academic freedom, and events. The society supports CNRS initiatives on mathematics and statistics research.
• INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS partners with INRAE, particularly through its Agro-Industry specialized group, for conferences and events in agricultural statistics.
• Femmes & MathématiquesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS partners with the association Femmes & Mathématiques on initiatives promoting gender equality in mathematics and statistics, including joint statements and the Maths C pour L program.
• Société Française de Biométrie (SFB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS co-organizes the annual Biostatistics conferences with the French Biometrics Society and the GDR 'Statistique et Santé'.
• INED (Institut national d'études démographiques)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSFdS collaborates with INED on demographic statistics topics, including joint seminars and public events featuring INED researchers.

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Recent moves6 records

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Direct peers

• Royal Statistical Society: The UK's national learned society for statistics, co-organizing conferences with SFdS (e.g., 'From Biostatistics to AI in Health'). Directly comparable membership-based model, journals, and working groups serving statisticians in academia, government, and industry.
• Statistical Society of Canada: Canada's national statistics society and an explicit partner of SFdS for joint international events. Operates a similar membership, conference (SSC Annual Meeting), and publication model for the Canadian statistical community.

Emerging players

• Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles: French society for applied and industrial mathematics, co-organizing FEM with SFdS and SMF. Comparable association structure with overlapping industry-facing programming in statistics, optimization, and data science.
• Société Française de Biométrie: French biostatistics society that co-organizes the annual Biostatistics conferences with SFdS and the GDR 'Statistique et Santé'. Directly comparable mission focused on a specialized vertical of statistics.
• Société Mathématique de France: France's national mathematical society and a close partner of SFdS on FEM, summer schools, and joint policy statements on math education. Comparable membership/conference model with overlapping audiences among French mathematicians and statisticians.

Broad incumbents

• International Statistical Institute: Global umbrella organization for statisticians, hosting the ISI World Statistics Congress. SFdS participates through FENStatS and individual members, making ISI a natural overarching peer in the international statistical society ecosystem.
• American Statistical Association: The largest national statistical society in the US, offering membership, conferences (JSM), publications (JASA), and sections analogous to SFdS' Groupes Spécialisés. Comparable function and offering mix at significantly greater scale.

Others

• FENStatS (Fédération Européenne des Sociétés Nationales de Statistique): European federation of national statistical societies of which SFdS is a member. Comparable as an umbrella coordinating body that runs the European Statistics Competition and accreditations referenced on SFdS' site.

Regional players

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics: US-based international society for mathematical and theoretical statistics publishing leading journals (Annals of Statistics, etc.) that overlap with SFdS' mathematical statistics and Bayesian groups. Comparable scholarly society serving an overlapping researcher audience.
• International Biometric Society: Global society for biostatistics and biometrics with regional groups that overlap with SFdS' Biopharmacie et Santé group. Comparable in offering conferences and journals focused on statistical applications in life sciences.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

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