[1] The Association was founded as an independent organization in August 2012 by the Astrostatistics Committee and Network[2] of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).
The Association is managed by the IAA Council, composed of representatives from the ISI Astrostatistics Committee and the Astrostatistics Working Groups of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and American Astronomical Society (AAS).
[3] The IAA has its convention in association with the biannual ISI World Statistics Congress.
[1] In April 2014, an independent group was created with the support of the IAA, the Cosmostatistics Initiative (COIN), [4] chaired by Dr. Rafael S. de Souza.
COIN is a worldwide endeavor aimed to create an interdisciplinary community around data-driven problems in Astronomy.