Department of Statistics,
    University of Pennsylvania

Faculty In Statistics Department
Standing Faculty
  • Lawrence Brown -- Miers Busch Professor and Professor of Statistics.
    • Statistical decision theory; statistical inference; sequential analysis; nonparametric function estimation; foundations of statistics; sampling theory (census data) .
  • Andreas Buja -- Professor of Statistics.
    • nonparametric forms of regression, classification and multivariate analysis; multidimensional scaling; data visualization
  • Tony Cai -- Dorothy Silberberg Professor and Professor of Statistics .
    • Nonparametric function estimation; High dimensional sparse inference; Large-scale multiple comparisons; Wavelet methodology and applications; Functional data analysis; Statistical decision theory.
  • Dean Foster -- Professor of Statistics .
    • Statistical inference for stochastic processes; game theory; variable selection .
  • Edward George -- Universal Furniture Professor and Professor of Statistics.
    • Hierarchical Modeling; model uncertainty; shrinkage estimation; treed modeling; variable selection; wavelet regression .
  • Shane Jensen -- Assistant Professor of Statistics.
    • Bayesian modeling, bioinformatics, MCMC methods, mixture models, psychology
  • Abba Krieger -- Robert Steinberg Professor; Professor of Statistics and Operations Research, Operations and Information Management, and Marketing.
    • Bootstrap; grouped data; density estimation; observational studies; applied probability; worst case analysis of heuristics; complex sample surveys; applications in the law, operations management and marketing .
  • Mark Low -- Professor of Statistics .
    • Statistical inference; nonparametric function estimation; decision theory .
  • Jon McAuliffe -- Assistant Professor of Statistics
    • Bioinformatics, computational statistics, nonparametric inference, machine learning .
  • Paul Rosenbaum -- Robert G. Putzel Professor; Professor of Statistics .
    • Observational studies; discrete data; biostatistics; psychometrics; quality design .
  • Paul Shaman -- Professor of Statistics .
    • Time series analysis; missing data problems; nonlinear modeling; Bayesian estimation; biostatistics; inversion of Toeplitz matrices .
  • Dylan Small -- Associate Professor of Statistics .
    • Longitudinal data analysis; Instrumental variables regression; Statistical methods for application to problems in economics, medicine and psychology; Monte Carlo methods.
  • Michael Steele -- C.F. Koo Professor; Professor of Statistics and Operations and Information Management .
    • Applications of probability; statistical modeling; mathematical finance; modeling of price processes .
  • Robert Stine -- Professor of Statistics .
    • Computer software design; econometric modeling methodology; statistical analysis; multivariate; statistical computing and graphics; time series analysis and forecasting .
  • Jonathan Stroud -- Assistant Professor of Statistics .
    • MCMC methods; financial econometrics; stochastic volatility models; spatial statistics; spatio-temporal modeling .
  • Mikhail Traskin -- Assistant Professor of Statistics .
  • Abraham Wyner -- Associate Professor of Statistics .
    • Probabilistic modeling; information theory; entropy; data compression; estimation .
  • Elaine Zanutto -- Assistant Professor of Statistics .
    • Survey sampling; imputation for nonresponse; missing data problems .
  • Linda Zhao -- Associate Professor of Statistics .
    • Nonparametric function estimation; survival analysis; bayesian analysis; statistical computing; statistical consulting

Faculty with Secondary Appts

  • Richard Berk -- Professor of Criminology and Statistics .
    • modern regression analysis, program evaluation, research design, and statistical learning procedures.
  • Robert Boruch -- University Trustee Chair Professor of Education and Professor of Statistics .
    • Statistical research and policy; design of controlled field experiments; ethics and data access in surveys; program evaluation; survey research methods; federal evaluation policy .
  • Eric Bradlow -- K.P.Chao Professor, Professor of Marketing and Statistics
    • Bayesian computation; latent variable models; missing data problems .
  • Francis Diebold -- W.P. Carey Professor of Economics, Finance, and Statistics .
    • Econometrics and forecasting; empirical finance; empirical macroeconomics .
  • Daniel Heitjan -- Professor of Biostatisitcs and Statistics .
    • Bayesian statistics, clinical trials, health economics, incomplete data, cancer biostatistics.
  • Richard Landis -- Professor of Biostatistics and Statistics .
    • Statistical methods for repeated measurement and longitudinal categorical data, epidemiological studies, complex sample surveys and applications to cardiovascular and urology research .
  • Robin Pemantle -- Merriam Term Professor of Mathematics and Statistics.
  • Roberto Mariano -- Emeritus Professor of Economics and Statistics .
    • Econometrics, Economic Development, Emerging Capital Markets.
Adjunct & Visiting Faculty  
Affiliated Faculty  
  • Warren J. Ewens
  • Max Mintz
  • Kathryn Szabat
Emeritus Faculty
  • Richard Clelland
  • John de Cani
  • Morris Hamburg
  • Ezra Krendel
  • Edward Lusk
  • Donald Morrison
  • James Pickands

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