María Jesús (Susie) Bayarri García (September 16, 1956 – August 19, 2014) was a Spanish Bayesian statistician who served as president of the

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(1998) and of the Sociedad Española de Biometría (2001–2003).

Education and career

After earning a bachelor's degree in 1976, a master's degree in 1979, and a doctorate in 1984 (in mathematics) from the

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, Bayarri remained at the university as a faculty member for the rest of her career. After the death of her husband in 1984, she became a Fulbright scholar, and frequently visited the US, becoming an adjunct professor at

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Awards and honors

She was elected as a

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of the

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and the

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in 1997, of the

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in 2008, and in the inaugural class of fellows of the

in 2014. Her publications won the 2005

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, and the Jack Youden Prize in 2008.

References

1956 births 2014 deaths People from Valencia Spanish statisticians Women statisticians University of Valencia alumni Academic staff of the University of Valencia Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute Fellows of the American Statistical Association Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics {{Spain-scientist-stub