Kathrin Spendier models time-dependent processes using stochastic differential equations. She is among the first doctoral students of our FWF doc.funds doctoral school “Modeling -Analysis – Optimization of discrete, continuous, and stochastic systems”.

The Austrian journal “Falter” reports on her research activities at the Institute of Statistics in its issue of 26 May 2021. Read the full article on Falter.at (only available in German).

Kathrin Spendier from the Institute of Statistics at the University of Klagenfurt and member of the Austrian Science Fund FWF doc.funds doctoral school Modeling—Analysis—Optimization is Carinthian of the Day!

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We are pleased to inform you about the successful admission of Postdoc-Ass. Dr. Ercan Sönmez M.Sc. and Mag. Waqas Shabbir M.Phil., M.Sc., B.Sc. to the Young Scientists Mentoring Programs 2020/21.

Both have successfully presented their fields of research and are now being supported with one-to-one mentorings and career coachings.

The Faculty of Technical Sciences would like to honor the outstanding performance of Kathrin Spendier during her studies in Klagenfurt.

On 16 September 2020 she got awarded with the *Best Performer Award* for her great performance during her master’s studies.

Since then Kathrin Spendier continues her great work as a University Assistant and PhD student at the Department of Statistics. We are proud to have her in our team.

On September 8, 2020 Konstantin Posch successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Regularization of Statistical Models with a Focus on Bayesian Methods”.

Congratulations to our young colleague for his excellent research and contribution in the field of Bayesian Statistics.

On the 15 January 2020, the research groups of the Institutes of Mathematics and Statistics gave an insight into their current research. Interested students were also given an overview of which topics are suitable for a bachelor or master thesis.

The student representatives provided coffee and cake, so that discussions on research, course offerings and curriculum could be held in a pleasant atmosphere even after the event.

Lecture slides:

Presentation lectures on 15.1.2020

Dynamic Systems (ad Presentation lectures on 15.1.2020)

Vortrag, gehalten an der Zehnjahresfeier des Instituts für Statistik am 1. Dez. 2017.

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10 Jahre Institut für Statistik an der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

Wann: Freitag, 1. Dezember 2017, 14 s.t. – 18 Uhr

Wo: Hörsaal 10, Mensagebäude, Universitätsstraße 90, Klagenfurt

Feier zum zehnjährigen Bestand des Instituts für Statistik an der Fakultät für Technische Wissenschaften

Programm http://wwwg.uni-klu.ac.at/stochastik.schule/Boro/Veranstaltungen/Stat_10J_Einladung.pdf

Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen! Wenn Sie etwas zu unserer Feier beitragen möchten, nehmen Sie bitte mit uns Kontakt auf.
Manfred Borovcnik und Jürgen Pilz
Vorstand und Stellvertretender Vorstand des Instituts für Statistik

Um Anmeldung wird bis zum 27. November gebeten, jedenfalls wenn Sie am kleinen Buffet, das wir gerne bereitstellen wollen, „mitnaschen“ möchten.

Kontakt: DDipl.-Ing. Johannes Winkler johannes [dot] winkler [at] aau [dot] at

Organisers: Jürgen Pilz (AAU Klagenfurt), Markus Pauly (U Ulm)
Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 11-15 September, 2017

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Rigorosum (Defensio) Firdos Khan
AAU Klagenfurt, N.0.0.7, 27.7.2017, 11.00
The availability of water resources plays an important role for the economy of a country. The nexus of Energy-Food-Water are interlinked and of particular importance in the uncertain environment of developing countries. In Pakistan, agriculture contributes 25 percent to the Gross Domestic Product. … This makes it important to investigate the status of water availability in the Upper Indus Basin under existing emission scenarios. In this study, the future availability of water is projected for the Indus River under the A2, B2, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. …
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Invited Paper Session 153, 61st World Statistics Congress

Marrakech, 16.-21.7.2017

Organiser: Manfred Borovcnik, AAU Klagenfurt
Chair: Delia North, U KwaZulu-Natal
Speakers and discussants:

• Jim Ridgway, Durham U: To SERJ or not to SERJ – That Is the Question (with Apologies to Shakespeare)
• Ayse Aysin Bilgin, Macquarie U, Sydney: Future Directions for the Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ)
• Manfred Borovcnik, AAU Klagenfurt: Status Quo, Current Problems, and Visions for a Change in SERJ’s Strategies to Serve the Needs of a Growing Research Community in Statistics Education

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Festakt, Donau-Universität Krems, 16. 2. 2017, 17.00
Zur Würdigung außerordentlicher Verdienste in Forschung und Lehre.