Victor Michael Panaretos (born 1982) is a Greek mathematical statistician. He is currently Professor and Director at the Institute of Mathematics of the

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(EPFL), where he holds the chair of Mathematical Statistics. Panaretos works at the interface of

nonparametric statistics Nonparametric statistics is the branch of statistics that is not based solely on parametrized families of probability distributions (common examples of parameters are the mean and variance). Nonparametric statistics is based on either being distr ...

, random processes, and

stochastic geometry In mathematics, stochastic geometry is the study of random spatial patterns. At the heart of the subject lies the study of random point patterns. This leads to the theory of spatial point processes, hence notions of Palm conditioning, which exten ...

. He is known for contributions to the

functional data analysis Functional data analysis (FDA) is a branch of statistics that analyses data providing information about curves, surfaces or anything else varying over a continuum. In its most general form, under an FDA framework, each sample element of functional ...

of random functions, operators, and measures. He has published widely in statistical theory and methods as well as in applied probability, and is the author of two books.

Education

Panaretos received his PhD from the

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in 2007, advised by David R. Brillinger. His doctoral thesis was awarded the Erich Lehmann award.

Career and research

After graduation Panaretos took up a faculty position at

(EPFL), becoming the youngest person ever to be appointed to a chair at the institution. He is an elected member of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853. The institute has about 4,000 elected members from gov ...

and a

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of the

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. He was a recipient of a

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

(ERC) Starting Grant Award in 2010, and the 2019

Bernoulli Society The Bernoulli Society is a professional association which aims to further the progress of probability and mathematical statistics, founded as part of the International Statistical Institute in 1975. It is named after the Bernoulli family of mathem ...

Forum Lecturer. An active member of the

and its parent organization, the

, Panaretos has served the probability and statistics community from several posts, notably as the editor of Bernoulli News, a member of the ISI Council, and as

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of the Bernoulli Society. Panaretos has served on the editorial boards of the '' Annals of Statistics'', the ''

Annals of Applied Statistics ''The Annals of Applied Statistics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, covering all areas of statistics, featuring papers in the applied half of this range. It was established in 2007, wit ...

'', ''

Biometrika ''Biometrika'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press for thBiometrika Trust The editor-in-chief is Paul Fearnhead (Lancaster University). The principal focus of this journal is theoretical statistics. It was es ...

'', the '' Electronic Journal of Statistics'', and the '' Journal of the American Statistical Association''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panaretos, Victor 1982 births Greek statisticians 21st-century Greek mathematicians Living people Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Mathematical statisticians