Ph.D. Andrea Krajina graduated in mathematics and computer science at the Department for Mathematics of the University of Osijek. She received her Ph.D. in 2010 at the University in Tilburg in the Netherlands. She worked as a post-doctoral scholar at the EURANDOM Institute (European Institute for Statistics, Probability, Stochastic Operations Research and its Applications) at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, and at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science in Göttingen, Germany. She currently works at the same University as Assistant Professor at the Institute for Mathematical Stochastics.
Andrea's main field of research is the extreme value theory and its various implementations. She has taught several courses in theoretical and applied statistics and probability at the University of Osijek, Tilburg and Göttingen.
Plennary presentation: Modern technologies in research and teaching
At the University of Göttingen the Stud.IP online system has replaced notice board, course web sites, forums, chats and private messaging. Students can use the system to view the course offering, download course materials, get in touch with lecturers or colleagues, check the job offering at the University, the lunch menus at the canteens and other information.
Scientific work also relies on information technology at the University. The extreme value theory deals with probability and statistical modelling of extreme, i.e. (very) rare occurrences, such as destructive earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, stock market crashes or defaults of financial institutions. In case of multidimensional and spatial models, the emphasis is on the interaction between statistical theory and computer capacities.
