Re: [ABE-L]: EBEB : Um cruzeiro ao Recife

[Josemar Rodrigues <vjosemar@ufscar.br>]

Caro Dani,

Excelente idÃia do Wolfgang. Sugiro que o prÃximo EBEB seja em um cruzeiro ( a bordo de um navio)  partindo de Santos em direÃÃo ao  Recife para promover ruÃdos bayesianos na teoria assintÃtica. Abs. Josemar
Em 06/06/2013, Ãs 12:33, Dani Gamerman escreveu:

> Ontem, esqueci de mencionar um fato importante a respeito do Wolfgang.
> Ele teve a iniciativa de organizar em 1993 um congresso de EstatÃstica
> Bayesiana. Atà ai nada demais mas... esse congresso foi em um cruzeiro 
> (a bordo de um navio) no Rio Reno. O congresso teve inicio na BasilÃia 
> e terminou em Amsterdam! Naqueles tempos, a comunidade Bayesiana ainda 
> era pequena mas aquele encontro deixou muitas lembranÃas inesquecÃveis 
> em todos que dele participaram.
> 
> Dani
> 
>> Gostaria de aproveitar a mensagem bem colocada do Dani e dizer que 
>> Wolf era um grande amigo meu e me entristece muito saber do seu 
>> falecimento.  Lembro-me da nossa primeira conversa num encontro 
>> internacional Bayesiano, organizado pelo Dani no 2o semestre de 1993,
>> ou seja, 20 anos atras.  Ele se aproximou de mim e perguntou onde 
>> ele poderia ir ver uma opera.  Eu respondi no meu ingles limitado 
>> que talvez no Teatro Municipal.  Dai pra frente nos vimos em varios 
>> encontros internacionais, alem de visita-lo por 2 semanas em 2006 no 
>> Instituto de Estudos Avancados de Viena.  Um artigo seu, nao sei 
>> porque nunca publicado, sobre a escolha do numero de fatores em 
>> "factor analysis serviu de inspiracao para parte de minha tese de 
>> doutorado. Rest in Peace Wolf.
>> 
>> On Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:04:00 -0300, Dani Gamerman wrote
>>> repassando com tristeza...
>>> 
>>> Wolfgang teve contribuiÃÃes importantes para SÃries 
>>> Temporais e Econometria. Ele era amante das coisas do 
>>> Brasil, recebeu alguns de nÃs em seu instituto em Viena 
>>> e esteve numa ESTE.
>>> 
>>> Dani
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded Message -----------
>>> From: jaradniemi <niemi@iastate.edu>
>>> To: news@bayesian.org
>>> Sent: Wed,  5 Jun 2013 10:17:35 -0400 (EDT)
>>> Subject: In Memoriam Wolfgang Polasek
>>> 
>>> (passing the message along)
>>> 
>>> 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 ÃâËI am quite astonished about your 
>>> behaviorÃâË. 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
>>> ------- End of Forwarded Message -------
>>> 
>>> *************************************************
>>> Dani Gamerman
>>> Depto. de MÃtodos EstatÃsticos (DME)
>>> Lab. de Sistemas EstocÃsticos (LSE)
>>> Instituto de MatemÃtica - UFRJ
>>> http://www.dme.ufrj.br/dani
>>> www.statpop.blogspot.com.br
>>> fbook: StatPop, twitter: @blogStatPop
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>> 
>> Hedibert Freitas Lopes, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor                             
>> Department of Statistical Methods
>> Institute of Mathematics
>> Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
> 
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> Dani Gamerman
> Depto. de MÃtodos EstatÃsticos (DME)
> Lab. de Sistemas EstocÃsticos (LSE)
> Instituto de MatemÃtica - UFRJ
> http://www.dme.ufrj.br/dani
> www.statpop.blogspot.com.br
> fbook: StatPop, twitter: @blogStatPop
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