ENBIS-26 Conference

Session

Greenfield challenge

Sep 8, 2026, 5:00 PM

Conveners

Greenfield challenge

• Winfried Theis (Kufuu Consultancy)

149. An Academic Year Dedicated to George E. P. Box at the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics in Barcelona

Lluis Marco-Almagro (UPC Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya | BarcelonaTech)

9/8/26, 5:00 PM

Every year, the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) dedicates the academic year to a prominent scholar. Traditionally, the chosen figure has been a mathematician, reflecting the Faculty’s stronger tendency to recognise mathematicians rather than statisticians.

Nevertheless, our proposal to dedicate the 2023–2024 academic year...