The Role of Statisticians: Past, Present, and Future

Abstract

In this big data era, the roles of statisticians in academia and industries and of academic societies such as the Japan Statistical Society are gradually changing. The perspective of statistics seems to become much broader than ever. In this article, based on the author's own experience, activities of statisticians of past several decades are described, which are expected to be worth for rethinking the role that will be played by statisticians of present and coming ages.