The Department of Statistics seeks applications for a Preceptor in Statistics. The appointment, which will be associated with undergraduate statistics courses, is expected to begin on July 1, 2017. For complete position description, required qualifications, and to apply, go to: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/7450
Congratulations go to Madeleine Straubel for her outstanding service as Administrative Coordinator; handling faculty support, office management, department events, and most recently department website with competence, efficiency, meticulous attention to detail, and great follow-through, while demonstrating good humor, professionalism, and superb judgment.
The Dean's Distinction Award is given to eligible FAS and SEAS staff members who are nominated by faculty and staff members based on their exceptional...
From the Royal Statistical Society announcement: “The 2017 Guy Medal in Silver is awarded to Neil Shephard for his seminal paper "Non-Gaussian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck-based models and some of their uses in financial economics" written jointly with Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen, and read to the Society in 2001, exemplifying his highly influential contributions across Statistics, Econometrics and Finance, including particle filtering, stochastic volatility models and the statistical analysis of high-frequency data.”
Neil Shephard is Professor of Economics and Statistics, in the...
