Pentti Juhani Saikkonen (born 12 February 1952) is a
Finnish statistician
A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors.
It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...
specializing in
time series analysis.
Since 2004 he is a professor of statistics at the
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...
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A native of
Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
, Saikkonen attended the University of Helsinki, where he earned his
licentiate in 1981, and his doctorate in 1986.
Selected publications
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References
External links
Website at the University of Helsinki
1952 births
Living people
Finnish statisticians
Time series econometricians
University of Helsinki alumni
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