Assoc ProfessorWagner Barreto-Souza
Associate Professor
School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Associate ProfessorSchool of Mathematics and Statistics
- University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Science Centre - North Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
I am an Associate Professor of Statistics at UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics. Before joining UCD, I was a Research Scientist in Statistics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST/KSA) and an Assistant Professor of Statistics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). My research areas are Time Series Analysis, Regression Analysis, Survival Analysis, Econometrics, and Applied Probability. I am also the Deputy Programme Director of the MSc in Data and Computational Science offered by the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Editorial Board Positions
Associate Editor for Journal of Forecasting (May 2025 - present)
Associate Editor for Scandinavian Journal of Statistics (Nov 2024 - present)
Associate Editor for REVSTAT (Jan 2024 - present)
- Current PhD Supervisions
Hang Yin, UCD (main supervisor)
Cillian Jennings, UCD (main supervisor)
Keerthi Venkatesh, UCD (main supervisor)
Laura Craig, UCD (main supervisor)
Valentina Bertiato, UCD (co-supervisor)
Roberto Vasquez, LU (co-supervisor)
Bích Ngô Thị Ngọc, UCD (co-supervisor)
- Concluded PhD Supervisions
Fernanda G.B. Mendes (2022). Ph.D. in Statistics (UFMG-Brazil).
Jussiane N. Gonçalves (2022). Ph.D. in Statistics (UFMG-Brazil).
Gabriela Oliveira (2020). Ph.D. in Statistics (UFMG-Brazil).
Fernando S. Bastos (2018). Ph.D. in Statistics (UFMG-Brazil).
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Deputy Programme Director of the MSc in Data and Computational ScienceUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland13 Sep 2023
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Professor of StatisticsUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ireland2 Jul 2026
- Lecturer/Assistant Professor in StatisticsUniversity College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2022 - 1 Jul 2026
- Research Scientist in StatisticsKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia1 Mar 2020 - 31 Aug 2022
- Assistant Professor of StatisticsUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Department of Statistics, Belo Horizonte, Brazil25 Jun 2013 - 29 Feb 2020
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Sao Paulo