HITS researcher becomes Fellow of the American Statistical Association

“Computational Statstics” group leader Prof. Tilmann Gneiting is being named Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) 2017. In this year, the ASA is bestowing its prestigious distinction of Fellow on 62 members for their professional contributions, leadership and commitment to the field of statistical science. This year’s Fellows will be officially recognized at the awards ceremony during the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM 2017) August 1, 2017, in Baltimore.

The ASA has been using the title of “Fellow of the American Statistical Association” as its highest honorary grade of membership for nearly 100 years. Individuals are nominated by their ASA colleagues, and the Committee on Fellows evaluates each candidate’s contributions. Consideration is given to such factors as research, teaching, mentoring, occupation, service to the ASA and the broader community, professional activities and accomplishments in other organizations. “They’ve had a tremendous impact on the way we understand data and interpret the world around us,” notes ASA President Barry Nussbaum about the selected Fellows. Tilmann Gneiting is one of only four scientists outside the USA who receive this honor in 2017.

Prof. Tilmann Gneiting’s research focuses on the theory and practice of forecasting, as well as spatial statistics. He and his team are developing methods for real-time probabilistic weather forecasts amongst other applications. Gneiting cooperates with the German Weather Service and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in Reading, UK. Since November 2013, he has been leading the research group “Computational Statistics” at HITS, and is a professor at the Institute for Stochastics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

About the American Statistical Association

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