This is a PIMS-ICMS Joint Event. It will be held in-person at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada from December 9-12, 2025.

The workshop will explore how legacies of past data practices continue to inform the present. Data science today is inextricably bound to digital technologies of analysis. Similarly, the paper tools that originated in the 19th century informed the collection, analysis, and communication of data. Even as the paper tools have been replaced by modern machines, many of the associated practices remain. Against the ever-increasing pace of novel standards in speed, efficiency, and computational power, it is imperative carefully and critically to examine the persistent traces of historical precedents and benchmarks in processes of data collection and analysis. In light of the continuing impact of the history of statistics and data science on its current practices, participants will consider how historical insight informs contemporary practices and principles.

You can find out more about the event on the PIMS website