Małgorzata Bogdan is a Polish statistician, a professor of the Mathematical Institute of the

University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

in Poland, and a professor in the Department of Statistics of

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

in Sweden. Her research includes work on

feature selection In machine learning, feature selection is the process of selecting a subset of relevant Feature (machine learning), features (variables, predictors) for use in model construction. Feature selection techniques are used for several reasons: * sim ...

, the

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regularization Regularization may refer to: * Regularization (linguistics) * Regularization (mathematics) * Regularization (physics) * Regularization (solid modeling) * Regularization Law, an Israeli law intended to retroactively legalize settlements See also ...

, and applications in

genomics Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of molecular biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes as well as its hierarchical, ...

statistical finance Statistical finance is the application of econophysics to financial markets. Instead of the normative roots of finance, it uses a positivist framework. It includes exemplars from statistical physics with an emphasis on emergent or collective prope ...

, and

cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe, the cosmos. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', with the meaning of "a speaking of the wo ...

Education and career

Bogdan was a student at the

Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wrocław University of Science and Technology () is a technological university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings and infrastructures dispersed throughout the city, its main facilities are gathered at a central location near Plac Grunwaldzki ...

. She earned a master's degree in applied mathematics in 1992 and completed her Ph.D. in mathematical statistics in 1996, under the supervision of . She continued at the university as an assistant professor from 1997 to 2011, and after completing a

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

in 2009, as an associate professor from 2011 to 2016. In 2015, she moved to the University of Wrocław as an associate professor. Since 2018, she has also been a guest professor at Lund University. In 2020, she was granted the title of professor by the president of Poland.

Recognition

Bogdan was the 2020 recipient of the Hugo Steinhaus Award of the

Polish Mathematical Society The Polish Mathematical Society () is the main professional society of Polish mathematicians and represents Polish mathematics within the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and the International Mathematical Union (IMU). History The society was ...

, one of the three highest prizes of the society, recognizing her lifetime contributions to the applications of mathematics. She was named as a Fellow of the

Institute of Mathematical Statistics The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts ...

in 2024, "for innovative contributions to high-dimensional statistics with a focus on multiple testing and variable selection, insightful connections between Bayesian and Frequentist statistics, and leadership in forging scientific collaborations across geographical areas and fields of study".

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