Fw: In Memoriam Wolfgang Polasek

["Dani Gamerman" <dani@im.ufrj.br>]

repassando com tristeza...

Wolfgang teve contribuições importantes para Séries 
Temporais e Econometria. Ele era amante das coisas do 
Brasil, recebeu alguns de nós em seu instituto em Viena 
e esteve numa ESTE.

Dani

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IN MEMORIAM WOLFGANG POLASEK
Wolfgang Polasek died on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

It is our sad duty to inform the members of the Austrian economics
community that Wolfgang Polasek passed away after a severe illness. He
started his scientific career as an assistant at the Institute for
Advanced Studies and the University of Vienna. He acquired his PhD in
statistics in 1976 (his advisor was Franz Ferschl) and lectureship
(Habilitation) in econometrics and Bayesian statistics in 1982 at the
University of Vienna. From 1982 to 2002 he worked as a full professor
at the University of Basel and thereafter as a senior researcher at
the Institute for Advanced Studies. As part of his scientific
activities, he worked as a guest researcher and gave courses in many
leading universities in Europe, America and Asia (Southern California,
Tokyo, British Columbia, UCLA, Canterbury in New Zealand, Santa
Barbara, Humboldt University, Purdue, Melbourne etc.). He was much
influenced by his joint work with Ed Leamer, UCLA. He was a prolific
writer with numerous publications, including outstanding successes
such as publications in Econometrica and Journal of the American
Statistical Association. In his later career, he also worked on more
policy related topics such as regional economics, traffic and
infrastructure, or deregulation. The Institute for Advanced Studies is
grateful for his many contributions in teaching, basic and applied
research.
Wolfgang Polasek was well integrated in the international community
and cultivated personal relationships with many leading researchers.
He enjoyed organizing events, bringing people together and was an
enthusiastic host. He was a critical and sometimes even inconvenient
colleague and seminar organizer. He liked to scout new talents and
promote younger researchers, but also insisted on discipline and
courtesy. If somebody left a seminar early, he risked to get an Email
â??I am quite astonished about your behaviorâ??. These positive
contributions will dominate our memory of Wolfgang Polasek.
Wolfgang Polasek leaves his wife Hanka, three children and three  
grandchildren.
The memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, June 6, at 12:45,
Hietzinger Friedhof.

Prof. Christian Keuschnigg und Prof. Manfred Deistler, Wien, 30. Mai 2013
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Lab. de Sistemas Estocásticos (LSE)
Instituto de Matemática - UFRJ
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