Michael Evans is a Professor of Statistics at the University
of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1977 and
has been employed there ever since with leaves spent at Stanford University and
Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical
Association, he served as Chair of the Department of Statistics from 1992 to 1997,
Interim Chair 2022–2023, and as President of the Statistical Society of Canada
2013–2014. He has served in a number of editorial capacities as follows:
Associate Editor of JASA Theory and Methods 1991–2005, Associate Editor of the
Canadian Journal of Statistics 1999–2006 and 2017-present, Associate Editor of
the journal Bayesian Analysis 2005–2015 and an Editor 2015–2021, Subject matter
Editor for the online journal FACETS (current) and Associate Editor of the New
England Journal of Statistics in Data Science (current). Michael Evans'
research has been concerned with multivariate statistical methodology,
computational statistics, and the foundations of statistics. A current focus of
research is the development of a theory of inference based on an explicit
definition of how to measure statistical evidence and the development of tools
to deal with criticisms of statistical methodology associated with its inherent
subjectivity.
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Short Biography
Michael Evans is a Professor of Statistics at the University
of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1977 and
has been employed there ever since with leaves spent at Stanford University and
Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical
Association, he served as Chair of the Department of Statistics from 1992 to 1997,
Interim Chair 2022–2023, and as President of the Statistical Society of Canada
2013–2014. He has served in a number of editorial capacities as follows:
Associate Editor of JASA Theory and Methods 1991–2005, Associate Editor of the
Canadian Journal of Statistics 1999–2006 and 2017-present, Associate Editor of
the journal Bayesian Analysis 2005–2015 and an Editor 2015–2021, Subject matter
Editor for the online journal FACETS (current) and Associate Editor of the New
England Journal of Statistics in Data Science (current). Michael Evans'
research has been concerned with multivariate statistical methodology,
computational statistics, and the foundations of statistics. A current focus of
research is the development of a theory of inference based on an explicit
definition of how to measure statistical evidence and the development of tools
to deal with criticisms of statistical methodology associated with its inherent
subjectivity.
