‘I have known Aad for 34 years; I met him at a conference in Amsterdam in 1985 when he was a PhD student in Leiden. This book tries to do three things. Smart, sharp and social; ‘After Aad came to the MI in 2012, our collaboration has further intensified. Fortunately, Aad then became the scientific director of the MI, which meant he could not spend his Spinoza money immediately. Author Amanda King Posted on January 8, 2018 January 13, 2018 Categories department_news, Events, Faculty News, New Research Tags Aad Van der Vaart, casual inference, Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, James Robins, Lingling Li, machine learning, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Subhabrata Sen, Whitney Newey Connect with Us. Introduction. Aad van der Vaart's research is in statistics and probability, as mathematical disciplines and in their applications to other sciences, with an emphasis on statistical models with large parameter spaces. Aad van der Vaart doet onderzoek op het gebied van statistiek en kansrekening, als wiskundige disciplines en toegepast op andere wetenschappen. ‘Aad has been one of the most prominent and influential scholars world-wide in statistics and probability. Aad van der Vaart studied mathematics, philosophy and psychology at the University of Leiden, and received a PhD in mathematics from this university in 1987. Voorpagina Maandag 14 september: dit is vandaag belangrijk. [1], Van der Vaart was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009. 31 maart 2019 30 maart 2019 door Aad van der Vaart. A.W. After appointments in the United States and France, he became a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1997. Aad van der Vaart Leiden University. Frank van der Meulen associate professor applied mathematics aan de TU Delft, promoveerde in 2005 bij Van der Vaart aan de VU: âAad heeft veel betekend voor het toegankelijk maken en verdiepen van asymptotische statistiek. Aad van der Vaart Een grote financiële beslissing als een huis kopen of je hypotheek aanpassen neem je niet elke dag. With his ERC Grant and my IBM-SPSS royalties, Aad and I were able to appoint a growing group of PhD students, postdocs and associate professors. He held positions in College Station, Texas and Paris (not in Texas), held a Miller fellowship in Berkeley, and was visiting professor in Berkeley, Harvard and Seattle. Van der Vaart receives the award for his internationally renowned scientific work on both mathematical and applied statistics. Hij is een van de topwetenschappers in zijn vakgebied, zowel in Nederland als internationaal. [8], In June 2019 van der Vaart was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Pages 401-411. ‘I have known Aad from long before he came to the MI in 2012. Jon Wellner, professor of Statistics at the University of Washington: ‘I have known Aad for 34 years; I met him at a conference in Amsterdam in 1985 when he was a PhD student in Leiden. Aad van der Vaart Statistical science , ISSN 0883-4237, Vol. It is hard to imagine that unanimous institutional support would exist for such an idea. Aad heeft 1 functie op zijn of haar profiel. Er ist Professor für Stochastik an der Universität Leiden.. Aad van der Vaart studierte Mathematik, Philosophie und Psychologie an der Universität Leiden und wurde dort 1987 bei Willem Rutger van Zwet in Mathematik promoviert (Statistical Estimation in Large Parameter Spaces). Aad van der Vaart, Jon Wellner This book provides an account of weak convergence theory and empirical processes and their applications to a wide variety of applications in statistics. Aad van der Vaart studied mathematics, philosophy and psychology at Leiden University, and obtained his PhD there in 1987 on the thesis Statistical estimation in large parameter spaces. [2] He was appointed as professor of Stochastics at Leiden University in 2012. Adrianus Willem "Aad" van der Vaart (born 12 July 1959) is a Dutch professor of Stochastics at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University. He has collaborated with co-authors from biology, biostatistics, genetics, medical imaging, and more.’, ‘Twenty years ago, long before we ever met, word quickly reached me that Aad was developing a new theory for frequentist justifications of modern Bayesian methods, methods which had been the bread and butter of my own research. PDF. Ga naar zoeken Ga naar hoofdinhoud. 29, Nº. More than 200 participants are visiting to listen to 32 speakers, including internationally renowned scholars such as the now 80-year-old American statistician Brad Efron. According to our current on-line database, Aad van der Vaart has 9 students and 10 descendants. Aad W. van der Vaart, Jon A. Wellner. [3] In 2010 he was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, India. [6] He was awarded the prize for his research on mathematical models that help track genes for cancer research. Gegevensformulier voor leden Uw gegevens aanpassen of aanvullen. He also supervised 19 PhD students and was at the cradle of the Leiden Master's degree program in Statistical Sciences. Pages 412-422. ‘But the most important collaboration with Aad was through our Leiden master's programme in Statistical Science for the Life & Behavioral Sciences, later expanded with Data Science. Aad van der Vaart doet onderzoek op het gebied van statistiek en kansrekening, als wiskundige disciplines en toegepast op andere wetenschappen. Since 2015 he is also Scientific Director of that institute. Meer informatie over Aad van der Vaart 15 Geeser-vrijwilligers verzamelden om 9:00 uur bij De Klimop om de toegangswegen tot Gees te ontdoen van vuil. Aad van der Vaart studied mathematics, philosophy and psychology at the University of Leiden, and received a PhD in mathematics from this university in 1987. But it was nevertheless true, and this what characterises the MI. Convolution and Minimax Theorems. [1] He became a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1997. Aad van der Vaart's 206 research works with 11,356 citations and 30,833 reads, including: On the Bernstein-von Mises theorem for the Dirichlet process Where Richard Gill and I were the only statisticians at the MI at one point, a true explosion took place after Aad's arrival. I have been there since 2006 and Aad and I were in a NWO cluster together, for which he visited Leiden every week. Media in category "Aad van der Vaart" This category contains only the following file. Wetenschap Aad W. van der Vaart, Jon A. Wellner. Andre Lucas. You do not recruit potential Spinoza Prize winners through advertising vacancies; almost all of our professors have been scouted at other universities in the Netherlands and abroad. He held positions in College Station, Texas and Paris (not in Texas), held a Miller fellowship in Berkeley, and was visiting professor in Berkeley, Harvard and Seattle. The biggest risk is that he will solve the mathematical problem for you immediately (or within a week).’. As a promotor, he is not someone who schedules an appointment with you every week and asks how things are going; perhaps also because I also had a co-promotor for that. Pages 372-400. Voor veel mensen is het best spannend. We have collaborated on research work in the areas of semiparametric models and empirical processes, resulting in a total of 7 joint papers and a book in 1996, which we are now revising together. Op zaterdag 23 maart was de Landelijke Opschoondag. ‘The MI has become a top institute through constant scouting and good contact with top researchers elsewhere. He is very influential in the development of asymptotics for non-parametric Bayesian methods. Prof.dr. The first part of the book presents a thorough account of stocastic convergence in its various forms. ‘Aad has also done fascinating work in connection with more probabilistic problems and applications of statistical methods in tomography, genetics, and genomics. 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About this book. ‘The collaborations with Aad have been one of the great pleasures and inspirations of my scientific life.’. We welcome any additional information. Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics 3. [1] He earned his PhD at Leiden University in 1987 with a thesis titled: "Statistical estimation in large parameter spaces". Determined, dedicated, and a dear friend.’. In 2008, a steering committee was compiling the curriculum for this new programme. Kokprijs voor het beste Leidse proefschrift van de Leidse wiskundefaculteit en de Van Dantzigprijs, de meest prestigieuze prijs voor jonge Nederlandse statistici. Aad van der Vaart. Since completing his PhD at Leiden University in 1987, he has contributed strikingly fundamental and path-breaking work in many different areas of statistics and probability including empirical processes, semiparametric statistics, likelihood methods for infinite-dimensional models, nonparametric Bayesian statistics, and... the list goes on. Prof.dr. We optimaliseren onze productieschema's dagelijks om te proberen alle producten op voorraad te houden. When Aad also received a Spinoza Prize, the demand for room space seemed to be a major problem for statisticians. For instance, we consider using a Gaussian process Bij van der Aart Diervoeders staat de gezondheid centraal in alles wat we doen. 679-686 Resumen Richard Gill and I were active on behalf of the MI, Aad took part from the Vrije Universiteit. Aad van der Vaart has shaped mathematical statistics through his wide range of contributions including seminal work on empirical processes, likelihood based methods and semiparametric statistics. Adrianus Willem "Aad" van der Vaart (born 12 July 1959) is a Dutch professor of Stochastics at the Mathematical Institute of Leiden University. Contiguity. Rates of contraction of posterior distributions based ⦠He is well known for the Ghosal-Ghosh-van der Vaart theory for nonparametric Bayes. Aad W. van der Vaart, Jon A. Wellner. van der Vaart Telefoon +31 71 527 7130 E-mail avdvaart@math.leidenuniv.nl ORCID iD 0000-0002-8074-2375. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - School of Business and Economics ( email) De Boelelaan 1105 Amsterdam, 1081 HV Netherlands +31 20 598 6039 (Phone) Aad van der Vaart studied mathematics, philosophy and psychology at Leiden University, and obtained his PhD there in 1987 on the thesis Statistical estimation in large parameter spaces. Press, Cambridge. Door veel vragen te stellen krijg ik een goed beeld van de wensen. Aad van der Vaart . Cool, calm, and collected; ‘In 2012 we employed two full-time professors in statistics, out of a total of eight, when such a possibility arose with Aad. S Ghosal, A Van Der Vaart. Van der Vaart has received prizes such as the Van Dantzig Prize for the best Dutch researcher under 40 in statistics or decision-making (2003), an ERC Advanced Grant (2013) and the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands (2015). Cultuur & Media Voetbaltalkshows worden gepresenteerd door kale mannen op leeftijd: een analyse van het genre in vier stellingen. In 2012 he joined the Mathematical Institute (MI) of Leiden University as professor of Stochastics. 4, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Semiparametrics and Causal Inference), págs. Aad Van der Vaart. Aad van der Vaart betekenis & definitie Adrianus Willem van der Vaart is een Nederlands hoogleraar stochastiek, sinds 2012 aan het Mathematisch Instituut van de Universiteit Leiden. Asymptotic Statistics. [5] In 2015 he was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize and received a 2.5 million euro grant. 23 maart: opschoondag Gees. Back Matter. ‘The negotiations with the Faculty Board and Aad's introduction to Leiden's administrative culture are a whole new story, but it all turned out well, and Aad was subsequently awarded an ERC Advanced Grant and a Spinoza.’. Artikelen van Aad van der Vaart koop je eenvoudig online bij bol.com Snel in huis Veelal gratis verzonden. Aad is: Aad van der Vaart studied mathematics, philosophy and psychology at Leiden University, and obtained his PhD there in 1987 on the thesis, Statistical Science for the Life and Behavioural Sciences (MSc), Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter, Statistician Aad van der Vaart Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. His vision of statistical theory as a tool for understanding statistical methods and applications of statistics has been of great importance. We have collaborated on research work in the areas of semiparametric models and empirical processes, resulting in a total of 7 joint papers and a. Edward George, Universal Furniture Professor of Statistics, The Wharton School: Frank van der Meulen, associate professor applied mathematics at TU Delft, obtained his PhD in 2005 with Van der Vaart at the Vrije Universiteit: Jacqueline Meulman, professor of Applied statistics at the MI: Peter Stevenhagen, professor of Mathematics and scientific director of the MI from 2007 to 2015: ‘I can't help but summarise this in a few keywords. Cambridge Univ. A.W. A curriculum vitae of Aad van der Vaart can be found at the bottom of this article. This theory would become a highly influential game changer, spawning a huge body of research that continues to this day by new generations of Bayesians.’, ‘Beyond the wide range of Aad's research work, what I find striking is the clarity of his writing and presentation, the attention to detail in proofs, and his superb taste in the choice of problems. He is also active nationally and internationally in many areas. In September 2009, we started as the first statistics master within a Dutch science faculty.’. [48] van der Vaart, A. W. (1998). Konrad Banachewicz, Andre Lucas and Aad van der Vaart Free University of Amsterdam - Mathematic Department, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - School of Business and Economics and VU University Amsterdam Downloads 10 (622,165) Modeling ⦠AW van der Vaart, JH van Zanten. The Annals of Statistics 37 (5B), 2655-2675, 2009. Actueel Van der Vaart won al op jonge leeftijd diverse belangrijke prijzen, waaronder de C.J. If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form.To submit students of this mathematician, please use the new data form, noting this mathematician's MGP ID of 75590 for the advisor ID. Pages 429-509. But as soon as you ask for help, he makes time and comes up with good ideas. Bekijk het profiel van Aad Van der Vaart op LinkedIn, de grootste professionele community ter wereld. 211: 2009: Posterior convergence rates of Dirichlet mixtures at smooth densities. van der Vaart Mathematical Institute Faculty of Science Leiden University P.O. In my opinion this was a good thing, because Aad is not only an impressive scientist, but also a gifted director. ‘I can't help but summarise this in a few keywords. Aad van der Vaart, hoogleraar Stochastiek aan de Universiteit Leiden, wil de Spinozapremie onder andere gebruiken om de statistiek in Nederland als wetenschappelijke discipline verder op te bouwen. The Annals of Statistics 35 (2), 697-723, 2007. Colleagues talk about his significance for their field and how they got to know him. [7] On being awarded the prize Van der Vaart stated that 2.5 million euro was too much, claiming he could have 35 postdoctoral and Ph.D. students work with the grant. 194: 2007: Needles and straw in a haystack: Posterior concentration for possibly sparse sequences. It is this rare combination of qualities that have made Aad a great leader, who creates such a collaborative and flourishing environment all around him.’, ‘Aad has been of great importance in making asymptotic statistics accessible and deepening them. Bekijk het volledige profiel op LinkedIn om de connecties van Aad en vacatures bij vergelijkbare bedrijven te zien. lekker winkelen zonder zorgen. Ik begeleid mensen graag in zoân periode. [4] He was the recipient of a European Research Council Advanced Grant in 2012. Van der Vaart was born in Vlaardingen on 12 July 1959. aad van der vaart. Deel dit artikel Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Statisticus Aad van der Vaart (1959), hoogleraar Stochastiek aan de Universiteit Leiden, ontving in september 2015 de NWO-Spinozapremie voor zijn werk aan het ontwikkelen van modellen om statistiek te bedrijven op grote databestanden. Finally, he fulfilled and fulfills various administrative functions. [49] van der Vaart, A. W. and van Zanten, J. H. (2008). The collaborations with Aad have been one of the great pleasures and inspirations of my scientific life.’, ‘When I finally did meet Aad, it was wonderful to find out that this ferociously brilliant and deep genius was also a kind, gentle, gracious and unassuming human being. Aad is: After appointments in the United States and France, he became a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1997. (the most recent at the top) In Memoriam Kobus Oosterhoff (1933-2015) An empirical Bayes approach to network recovery using external knowledge: The Bayes Lepski's Method and Credible Bands through Volume of Tubular Neighborhoods The ceremony took place during the reception on the first day of the symposium on the occasion of Van der Vaart's 60th birthday, which takes place in Leiden until 21 June. A third professor of statistics was not included in any strategy plan. Van der Vaart is sinds 2009 lid van de KNAW. Aad van der Vaart FFP CFP® | Rotterdam en omgeving, Nederland | Senior Hypotheekadviseur Nationale Nederlanden bij Nationale-Nederlanden | 370 connecties | Volledig profiel van Aad op LinkedIn en bekijken en connectie maken Aad van der Vaart (* 12.Juli 1959 in Vlaardingen) ist ein niederländischer Mathematiker und Stochastiker. We present an overview of Bayesian methods to estimate functions or high-dimensional parameter vectors, and discuss the validity (or not) of these methods from a non-Bayesian point of view. Dat praten vooral de analisten ons aan. View HarvardBiostatsâs profile on Facebook During a symposium in honour of his 60th birthday, statistician Aad van der Vaart received the royal award of Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands. Op onze productie- distributielocatie hebben we de werkmethoden aangepast aan de richtlijnen van de overheid met betrekking tot sociale afstand. Hij is zeer invloedrijk in het ontwikkelen van asymptotiek voor niet-parametrische Bayesiaanse methoden. 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