Alan Welsh

Alan Welsh is the E.J. Hannan Professor of Statistics at the Australian National University (ANU), affiliated with the Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics. He holds prestigious fellowships from the Australian Academy of Science, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and American Statistical Association. His research focuses on statistical inference, mixed models, robustness, nonparametric methods, ecological monitoring, and survey analysis.

• Education: PhD in Statistics (ANU, 1984) and BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Statistics (University of Sydney, 1981).

Research interests emphasize advanced statistical methodologies with applications in ecology, environmental science, and healthcare. He has authored over 176 publications and secured funding through grants like 'Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry' (2024–2027) and 'Statistical Machine Learning' (2019–2024).

His work spans high-dimensional data analysis, copula-enhanced models for medical imaging (e.g., myopia screening via fundus images), and spatial-temporal modeling of environmental data. He has also contributed to statistical software, notably the 'rpql' and 'mplot' R packages.

• Awards: Moran Medal (1990), Pitman Medal (2012), E.J. Hannan Medal (2019), and Honorary Life Membership (International Biometric Society, 2018).

Welsh has advised numerous research students and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (2012–2015) and Co-Editor of Biometrics (2020–2022). His current projects address challenges in big data analysis, robust estimation, and model selection for complex datasets.