Statistics and Data Analysis Group
Prof. Dr. Roland Langrock
Academic career
- Since 10/2015: Professor, Bielefeld University
- 2013-2015: Lecturer, University of St Andrews
- 2011-2013: Postdoc, University of St Andrews
- 2008-2011: PhD in Economics, University of Göttingen
- 2003-2008: Dipl. Math., University of Heidelberg
Personal information
- born 1983 in Hannover
- married, three children
- swimming & cycling enthusiast
Research interests
- doubly stochastic processes (HMMs, SSMs, MMPPs, etc.)
- nonparametric modelling
- statistical ecology
- sports analytics
- financial & economic applications
For a complete list of my publications, please see either my Google Scholar profile (which includes pretty much everything) or my PUB list (which includes only peer-reviewed journal papers).
Book
- Zucchini, W., MacDonald, I.L., Langrock, R. (2016), "Hidden Markov Models for Time Series — An Introduction Using R" (2nd Edition), Chapman and Hall/CRC.
Awards & funding
- Karl Peter Grotemeyer Prize for outstanding achievements and personal engagement in teaching (2016)
- PI within the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network "Economic Policy in Complex Environments" (2021-2025)
- PI within the DFG project "Datengestützte Indikation von Betrug bei Live-Wetten" (2020-2023)
- PI within the CRC-TRR 212 "A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (NC³)" (since 2018)
- Herbert Sichel medal for the best paper published by a member of the South African Statistical Association (2012)
- Florenz Sartorius prize for an outstanding dissertation (2011)
Professional activities
- Director of Teaching ("Studiendekan") in the Department of Business Administration and Economics
- Associate Editor of the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics
- Speaker of the interdisciplinary Centre for Statistics at Bielefeld University
- Member of the Tenure Board at Bielefeld University
- Treasurer of the ZWW ("Zentrum für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung") at Bielefeld University
- Person responsible for the M.Sc. Data Science at Bielefeld University