David Ginsbourger awarded a titular professorship by the University of Bern

David Ginsbourger, head of the Uncertainty Quantification and Optimal Design group at Idiap Research Institute was awarded a professor title by the University of Bern with effect from February 1st 2018.

Idiap is proud to announce that David Ginsbourger, senior researcher, has been awarded a title of professorship from University of Bern, Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science (IMSV).
Prof. Ginsbourger has been at Idiap since 2015. He has created and is heading the group of Uncertainty Quantification and Optimal Design. David Ginsbourger has been working as a Senior Assistant (from 2010) and then as a Dozent (from his habilitation in 2014) at the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science of the University of Bern.

His main research interests are in stochastic modelling, global optimization and inversion algorithms. With a core expertise in Gaussian process methods and adaptive design of computer experiments, his group is currently involved in collaborations with peers from the fields of statistics, hydrology, climate sciences, mechanical engineering and many more.