Peter Winker

Professor, Department of Economics at University Of Giessen

Peter Winker is Professor at the Department of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Giessen, Germany, where he teaches statistics and econometrics. His research is focused on computational methods in statistics and econometrics, in particular heuristic optimization methods in modeling and estimation. He is the coordinator of the EU funded Marie-Curie research and training network COMISEF. He is managing editor of the Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik) and Associate Editor of Computational Statistics and Data Analysis.