Christian Genest, PhD, PStat
VOX: (514) 398-3818
EDUCATION
BSpSc (1977) U. du Québec à Chicoutimi
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Primary: Multivariate analysis, nonparametric statistics, extreme-value theory
MAIN CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Canada Research Chair in Stochastic Dependence Modeling
Associate Editor, International Statistical Review (2014- )
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
ISI Member (1992), ASA Fellow (1996), IMS Fellow (1997)
Pierre Robillard Award (1984), SSC Distinguished Service Award (1997)
Summa Research Award, Université Laval (1999)
PUBLICATION RECORD
224 publications, including 112 peer-reviewed research articles
TRAINING OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
Completed: 44 MSc, 5 PhD, 8 postdocs
SEMINARS AND TALKS
263 talks and public lectures in 18 countries worldwide
SELECTED PAST RESPONSIBILITIES
President, Statistical Society of Canada, 2007-08
Editor, The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 1998-2000
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McGill University
805, rue Sherbrooke ouest
Montréal (Québec)
Canada H3A 0B9
FAX: (514) 398-3899
EMAIL: cgenest at math dot mcgill dot ca
MSc (1978) U. de Montréal
PhD (1983) U. of British Columbia
Secondary: Applications in actuarial science, finance, and hydrology
Tertiary: History of statistics, scientometry
Director, Institut des sciences mathématiques du Québec
Director, Laboratoire de statistique du Centre de recherches mathématiques
Associate Editor, Journal of Multivariate Analysis (2003- )
ASSQ Honorary Member (2012)
CRM-SSC Prize (1999), SSC Gold Medal (2011)
Professeur étoile, Université Laval (1999, 2003, 2005, 2010)
Google Scholar profile for Christian Genest
Current: 1 MSc (Salem), 4 PhD (Cormier, Côté, Murphy, Schulz), 1 Postdoc (Carey)
President, Association des statisticiennes et statisticiens du Québec, 2005-08
Associate Editor for 10 different journals, e.g.,
Test (2002-04) and Journal of Nonparametric Statistics (2005-08)