This volume is composed of peer-reviewed papers that have developed from the First Conference
of the International Society for Non Parametric Statistics (ISNPS). This inaugural conference
took place in Chalkidiki Greece June 15-19 2012. It was organized with the co-sponsorship of
the IMS the ISI and other organizations. M.G. Akritas S.N. Lahiri and D.N. Politis are the
first executive committee members of ISNPS and the editors of this volume. ISNPS has a
distinguished Advisory Committee that includes Professors R.Beran P.Bickel R. Carroll D.
Cook P. Hall R. Johnson B. Lindsay E. Parzen P. Robinson M. Rosenblatt G. Roussas T.
SubbaRao and G. Wahba. The Charting Committee of ISNPS consists of more than 50 prominent
researchers from all over the world.The chapters in this volume bring forth recent advances and
trends in several areas of nonparametric statistics. In this way the volume facilitates the
exchange of research ideas promotes collaboration among researchers from all over the world
and contributes to the further development of the field. The conference program included over
250 talks including special invited talks plenary talks and contributed talks on all areas of
nonparametric statistics. Out of these talks some of the most pertinent ones have been
refereed and developed into chapters that share both research and developments in the field.
