NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET

Arvid Næss  Professor of Mathematical Statistics      Department of Mathematical Sciences  Norwegian University of Science and Technology  NO-7491 Trondheim,  Norway  Phone (work)............:  +47-7359-7053  Fax     (work)............:  +47-7359-3524  Phone (home)...........:  +47-7351-1180  Email.......................:  arvidn@math.ntnu.no  Office.......................:  Sentralbygg 2, 11th floor, room 1144,                                       Gløshaugen                                   Private.....................:  Nedre alle 5  (larger map)

• Fall 2007: MA8704 Probability Theory and Asymptotic Techniques (PhD)
  
• Sabbatical during academic year 2006/2007
  
• Spring 2006: TMA4265 Stochastic processes
  
• Fall 2005: TMA4285 Time series models
  
•  Spring 2005: TMA4245 Statistics
  
•  Job-possibilities after studying statistics

Research Interests

• Stochastic analysis, including financial applications
• Stochastic nonlinear and chaotic dynamics 
• Reliability theory 
• Extreme value statistics
  
• Numerical path integration methods
• Response statistics of ocean structures
• Ocean wave statistics
• Statistics of extreme wind conditions
  

Associate Editor

• Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
• Structural Safety
• Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE 
• Ocean Engineering
  
• Applied Ocean Research 
• Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME (2000-2004)

External Projects and Affiliations

• BeMatA-project: Statistics of wave induced nonlinear loads and responses
• Key member of the Centre of Excellence in Ships and Ocean Structures at NTNU (CeSOS). Home page: www.cesos.ntnu.no
  

PhD-students

• Anna Ivanova 
• Hans Christian Karlsen 
• Eirik Mo
• Andreas Sandvik (co-supervisor)

Postdocs

• Oleg Gaidai, CeSOS
  

Various links

• Statlib (Data, Software and News from the Statistics Community
• The R Project for Statistical Computing
  

Misc

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