Honorary Doctorate for Peter Bühlmann
The Université catholique de Louvain has awarded Professor Peter Bühlmann with the Doctor Honoris Causa.
Vincent Blondel, Rector UCL, and Doctor Honoris Causa Peter Bühlmann
Peter Bühlmann has received the honorary doctor for his achievements in the fields of mathematical statistics, machine learning and high-dimensional data analysis. Furthermore, he has also "contributed to solving pertinent problems in the application of his fundamental research to the fields of biology and bio-medicine, in particular, in genetics and bioinformatics". The ceremony was part of the workshop on external page Data Sciences held in Louvain-la-Neuve.
Peter Bühlmann has been full professor at the Seminar for Statistics (SfS) since 2004 and Chair of the Department of Mathematics since 2013.