The ISUP is the oldest training statistics in France: it was founded in 1922 (by the mathematician
Émile Borel) 20 years before the
ENSAE Paris. 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.
Modern history The current headmaster is
Olivier Lopez. Among teachers, traditionally shared with the
University of Paris VI or with some
ESSEC (partner school) or
Dauphine (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),
Gérard Biau (2003 prices young statistician of the
French Society of Statistics). 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. == Notable people from ISUP ==