Dr Theofanis Sapatinas
Professor of Statistics
Chairman

Location: Room 066 (University Campus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Buiding, New Wing)
Postal Address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, CY 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone: 00-357-22894413
Fax: 00-357-22895072
Email: T.Sapatinas@ucy.ac.cy or fanis@ucy.ac.cy

Academic Qualifications:

PhD in Statistics (Awarded: February 1994), Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
MSc in Statistics (Awarded: June 1991), Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
BSc in Mathematics (Awarded: November 1989), Department of Mathematics, University of Athens, Greece

Appointments:

01/11/2010 - Today: Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Cyprus, Cyprus
01/10/2005 - 31/10/2010: Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Cyprus, Cyprus
15/01/2001 - 30/09/2005: Assistant Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Cyprus, Cyprus
01/08/1998 - 31/12/2000: Lecturer in Statistics in the (former) Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (current School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science) at the University of Kent, United Kingdom
01/02/1996 - 31/05/1998: Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom
01/10/1993 - 31/01/1996: Research Associate in the (former) Department of Mathematical Statistics and Operational Research (current School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics ) at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Editorial Duties:

Associate Editor of the Annals of Statistics (1st January 2007 - 31st December 2009).
Associate Editor of the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (1st January 2012 - ).

Research Interests:

Wavelets in Statistics and Time Series Analysis
Nonparametric Curve Estimation and Related Problems
Nonparametric and Semiparametric Volatility Estimation
Functional Time Series Prediction
Functional Mixed-Effects Models
Characterizations and Structural Properties of Probability Distributions

Professional Associations:

Publications, Software and Seminars:

Courses to be Taught in 2011-2012:

Fall September

(MAS 361) Probability Theory (Undergraduate Course)
(MAS 660) Probability Theory (Postgraduate Course)

Spring September

(MAS 469) Topics in Probability-Statistics II (Undergraduate Course)

Office Hours (for Students)

Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00

Useful Links:

Current Collaborators:

Felix Abramovich, Anestis Antoniadis, Jeremie Bigot, Yuri Ingster, Efstathios Paparoditis, Marianna Pensky, Damodar Shanbhag, Irina Suslina.

Last update: 5th December 2011

Department of Mathematics and Statistics | University of Cyprus

Dr Theofanis Sapatinas Professor of Statistics Chairman