Prof. Dr. Yaacov Ritov

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMathematical and Applied Statistics,Statistics and Economics
KeywordsEstimation, Semi parametric models

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityJerusalem
InstitutionHebrew University of Jerusalem
InstituteDepartment of Statistics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang HärdleInstitut für Statistik und Ökonometrie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Robert MüllerFakultät IV - Elektrotechnik und Informatik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2008

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Ritov is one of the most influential people in the world in the development of semiparametrics and its evolution into a complete statistical theory. This has led to semiparametrical methods becoming standard tools in applied statistics, for example in econometrics and biometrics. He will be working on inverse problems and sparse problems in economics.