Inge Koch

Inge Koch serves as Adjunct Professor and head of Statistics and Data Science in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the School of Physics, Maths and Computing, The University of Western Australia (UWA), a position she commenced in early 2019.

Her research centers on multivariate and high-dimensional data analysis with specific expertise in:

• Dimension reduction and feature extraction methodologies
• Clustering and classification algorithms
• Sparsity-constrained statistical models
• Applications in medical imaging (flow cytometry, cancer proteomics), neuroimaging (fMRI signal processing), and astronomy (source detection)

Recent publications reveal a methodological focus on advancing statistical techniques for pattern recognition in complex datasets, bridging theoretical statistics with real-world applications across biomedical and astronomical domains while maintaining strong educational research components.

Koch supervises graduate students and actively shapes academic discourse through leadership roles including chairing the UWA Data Science Forum and organizing the Statistics Seminar Series. Her prior tenure as Executive Director of the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (2015-2019) featured leadership of the BHP-funded CHOOSEMATHS initiative promoting women's participation in STEM fields.