Peter Guttorp Explained

Peter Guttorp is a statistician, born in Sweden, with most of his career in the United States. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Washington[1] and professor at the Norwegian Computing Center.[2] Most of his work is in stochastic modeling of scientific data in hematology, geosciences, and climatology, with particular focus on spatial and spatio-temporal approaches. He has also worked in the history of statistics.

Guttorp received a journalist exam from the Stockholm School of Journalism in 1969, and a PhD in Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1980.[3] He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Lund University in 2009.[4]

Guttorp is a fellow of the American Statistical Association,[5] and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.[6] He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute[7] and served on its executive committee as vice president from 2017 to 2021.[8] He was president of the International Environmetric Society from 2002 to 2004.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: People, Department of Statistics, University of Washington.
  2. Web site: Peter Guttorp. 2021-07-13. NR. en-US.
  3. Web site: Peter Malte Guttorp Department of Statistics. 2021-07-13. statistics.berkeley.edu.
  4. Web site: Hedersdoktorer genom åren. 2021-07-13. Lunds tekniska högskola. sv.
  5. Web site: ASA Fellows List. 2021-02-23. www.amstat.org.
  6. Web site: Institute of Mathematical Statistics Honored IMS Fellows. 2021-02-23. en.
  7. Web site: ISI Elected Members - ISI. 2021-02-23. www.isi-web.org.
  8. Web site: Executive Committee - ISI. 2021-07-13. www.isi-web.org.
  9. Web site: "The reason I do statistics is I'm interested in so many different things": An interview with Peter Guttorp. 2021-07-13. Stats & Data Science Views. en-GB.