Assoc ProfessorWagner Barreto-Souza

Associate Professor

School of Mathematics and Statistics

  • Associate Professor
    School 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 Science
    University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland13 Sep 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Statistics
    University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Ireland2 Jul 2026
  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Statistics
    University College Dublin, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2022 - 1 Jul 2026
  • Research Scientist in Statistics
    King 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 Statistics
    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Department of Statistics, Belo Horizonte, Brazil25 Jun 2013 - 29 Feb 2020

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Sao Paulo