Ingrid Kristine Glad (born 1965) is a Norwegian statistician whose research topics have included

nonparametric regression Nonparametric regression is a category of regression analysis in which the predictor does not take a predetermined form but is constructed according to information derived from the data. That is, no parametric form is assumed for the relationship ...

, DNA microarray data, and image processing. She is a professor of statistics and data science at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

Education and career

Glad was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

. After rebelling against her family by preferring mathematics to language, Glad studied physics and statistics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. She is married to statistician

Arnoldo Frigessi Arnoldo Frigessi di Rattalma (born 1959) is an Italian statistician based in Norway, where he is a professor at the Department of Biostatistics (now called Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology) with the Institute of Basic Medical Researc ...

, and followed Frigessi to Italy for postdoctoral research before returning to Norway for her position at the University of Oslo. As a teenager she worked a stint on a cargo ship, and her later research has also included using statistics to prevent shipping disasters. In 2022 Glad and Frigessi obtained the founding for the center of excellence (SFF) Integreat.

Recognition

Glad is an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. She was elected to the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

in 2019.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glad, Ingrid Kristine 1965 births Living people Norwegian statisticians Women statisticians Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters