Dimitris N. Politis

Dimitris N. Politis is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics and the Halicioglu Data Science Institute at the University of California, San Diego. He holds the prestigious Halicioglu Data Science Institute Chancellor's Endowed Chair II position and has been affiliated with UCSD since 1997, progressing from Associate Professor to his current distinguished position.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University (1990), along with multiple master's degrees in Statistics, Mathematics, and Computer and Systems Engineering from Stanford and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Professor Politis's research focuses on advanced statistical methodologies, with particular expertise in:

• Time Series and Random Fields analysis
• Computer-Intensive Methods in Statistics
• Resampling and Subsampling for Dependent Observations
• Spatial Statistics and Point Processes
• Nonparametric Spectral and Probability Density Estimation
• Model-free Prediction and Regression
• Information Theory and Signal Processing
• Econometric Analysis of Financial Time Series

His scholarly output includes over 100 journal papers and several influential books, most notably "SUBSAMPLING" (1999), "MODEL-FREE PREDICTION AND REGRESSION" (2015), and "TIME SERIES: A FIRST COURSE WITH BOOTSTRAP STARTER" (2020), which has become a key educational resource in the field.

Professor Politis has received numerous prestigious awards and honors:

• Guggenheim Fellowship (2011)
• Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2011)
• Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2004)
• Distinguished Author Award from the Journal of Time Series Analysis (2020)
• Econometric Theory Multa Scripsit Award (2013)
• Tjalling C. Koopmans Econometric Theory Prize (2012)

He has been principal investigator on numerous NSF and NIH grants, including current funding for "Computer-intensive methods for dependent and complex data" (NSF DMS 24-13718, 2024). Professor Politis has held significant leadership roles, including serving as Chair of the Faculty Council of the Halicioglu Data Science Institute (2019-2023) and Associate Director (Founding) of the Institute (2018-2024).

As a co-founder of the International Society for NonParametric Statistics, Professor Politis has made substantial contributions to the organization of major conferences and workshops in his field, including the First Conference of the International Society for NonParametric Statistics in 2012. His editorial work includes serving as Co-Editor of the Journal of Time Series Analysis since 2013 and Senior Editor for the ACM/IMS Journal of Data Science since 2022.