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Welcome to the International Federation of Classification Societies

Founded in 1985, the IFCS is a federation of national, regional, and linguistically-based classification societies. It is a non-profit, non-political scientific organization, whose aims are to further classification research. Amongst other activities, the IFCS organises a biennial conference, publishes a newsletter, and supports the Journal of Classification (JoC) and the journal Advances in Data Analysis and Classification (ADAC).

Hans-Hermann Bock has written a history of the IFCS (PDF file, approx. 9 megabytes). Further information about the activities of the federation can be obtained in its governance documents, or by contacting the IFCS Secretary.

IFCS Flyer (PDF file, approx. 128KB)

The IFCS 2019 will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from August 26-29, 2019. Conference website: http://ifcs2019.gr

Details, including application information, for awards related to IFCS 2019 is available at http://ifcs2019.gr

Information on how to become a member society is in the member societies area.

The Report of the President from the 2017 IFCS Council meeting, which was held in Tokyo, is available here.

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