Appointment of two Full Professors at SB
17.12.18 – At its meeting of 12-13 December 2018, the ETH Board has appointed one new Full Professor, Prof. Sofia Olhede, and promoted Prof. Victor Panaretos as Full Professor of the School of Basic Sciences (SB).
Professor Sofia Olhede was named as Full Professor of Statistics from the 1st of April 2019
Sofia Olhede is an internationally acclaimed expert on stochastic modeling and statistical inference from time series, as well as spatial data analysis and data network analysis. Her work, for which she has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, is of fundamental importance to the development of the statistical sciences and has had a substantial influence on numerous areas of application, such as oceanography, ecology, neuroscience and finance. Sofia Olhede will make significant contributions to strategic projects at EPFL and boost the international reputation of the Federal Institute.
Sofia Olhede is an internationally acclaimed expert on stochastic modeling and statistical inference from time series, as well as spatial data analysis and data network analysis. Her work, for which she has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant, is of fundamental importance to the development of the statistical sciences and has had a substantial influence on numerous areas of application, such as oceanography, ecology, neuroscience and finance. Sofia Olhede will make significant contributions to strategic projects at EPFL and boost the international reputation of the Federal Institute.
Professor Victor Panaretos was named as Full Professor of Statistics from the 1st of January 2019
Victor Panaretos is one of the world’s top specialists in functional data analysis – an area of statistics which concentrates on the analysis of objects as functions of infinite dimension. He has won numerous awards, including an ERC Starting Grant. His research area requires the use of very advanced mathematical and geometrical methods and a broad spectrum of probability theory. Victor Panaretos has made highly acclaimed contributions to the spectral analysis of function series and the statistical analysis of non-standardised data classes. His results are used for modelling epidemics, for example.
Victor Panaretos is one of the world’s top specialists in functional data analysis – an area of statistics which concentrates on the analysis of objects as functions of infinite dimension. He has won numerous awards, including an ERC Starting Grant. His research area requires the use of very advanced mathematical and geometrical methods and a broad spectrum of probability theory. Victor Panaretos has made highly acclaimed contributions to the spectral analysis of function series and the statistical analysis of non-standardised data classes. His results are used for modelling epidemics, for example.