Bernhard Klar

Bernhard Klar is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Stochastics within the Department of Mathematics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He maintains an office in Kollegiengebäude Mathematik (20.30) 2.052 and serves as the student advisor for the master's course in Mathematics in Economics.

His primary research interests include:

• Nonparametric Statistics
• Asymptotic Statistics
• Stochastic Orders
• Statistical Forecasting
• Resampling procedures
• Applied Statistics
• Computational Statistics

Dr. Klar's recent publications demonstrate significant contributions to statistical methodology, particularly in robust performance metrics for imbalanced classification problems, tail estimation for heavy-tailed distributions, and correlation analysis. His work bridges theoretical statistics with practical applications in data science and machine learning.

Among his notable professional activities:

• Associate Editor of the Journal of Multivariate Analysis (2007-present)
• Associate Editor of the journal Metrika (2017-present)
• Member of the council of Division V – Physics and Mathematics at KIT
• Member of Konvent der wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter am KIT
• Member of the Senate Commission for Examination Regulations, Selection, and Admission of KIT

Dr. Klar provides statistical consulting services through the Statistical Consulting Service of the Institute of Stochastics and teaches courses including Statistical Learning, Probability and Statistics, and Generalized Regression Models.