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Personal profile
Biography
Rob J Hyndman is a Professor of Statistics and Head of the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics.
His academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. He is an accredited statistician with the Statistical Society of Australia.
Rob has researched and consulted with a wide range of business, industry and government clients. His most recent work includes demand forecasting for the electricity industry, estimating life expectancy for the Australian indigenous population, and forecasting Australian tourism demand.
He is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and a member of the International Institute of Forecasters, International Association for Statistical Computing, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Statistical Society of Australia. He was editor-in-chief of International Journal of Forecasting from 2005-2018.
Rob has received several awards for his research including the 2007 Moran Medal from the Australian Academy of Science. He has also been a recipient of the Dean's Award for excellence in innovation and external collaboration (2010), the HP Innovation Research Award (2010), the Vice Chancellor's Award for Postgraduate Supervision (2008) and the Dean's award for excellence in research (2008).
Rob's research interests include forecasting, time series analysis, computational statistics, and exploratory data analysis. He has also supervised more than 25 PhD and Masters students, with current projects including energy analytics, data visualization, hierarchical forecasting, anomaly detection and time series forecasting.
External positions
Director, International Institute of Forecasters
2005 → 2018Research area keywords
- Business Analytics
- Machine Learning
- Forecasting
- Demography
- Computational Statistics
- Time Series
Network
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Projects
Revolutionising water-quality monitoring in the information age
Mengersen, K., Hyndman, R., Peterson, E., McGree, J., Turner, R., Maxwell, P., Liquet, B. & Jones, J.
1/08/19 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
Advisian Digital, Proof of Concept for Application of Advanced Short Term Power Generation Forecasting Technology for Wind and Solar Farms
Nitchov, T., Marshment, D., Bergmeir, C., Brown, S., Danka, G., Vahid-Araghi, F., Miller, B., Hyndman, R., Ben Taieb, S., Salehi, M. & Khalilpour, K.
28/05/19 → 6/01/21
Project: Research
ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers of Big Data, Big Models, New Insights
Hall, P., Bartlett, P., Bean, N., Burrage, K., DeGier, J., Delaigle, A., Forrester, P., Geweke, J., Kohn, R., Kroese, D., Mengersen, K., Pettit, A., Pollett, P., Roughan, M., Ryan, L., Taylor, P., Turner, I., Wand, M., Garoni, T., Smith-Miles, K. A., Caley, M., Churches, T., Elazar, D., Gupta, A., Harch, B., Tam, S., Weegberg, K., Willinger, W. & Hyndman, R.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University – Internal Department Contribution, University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology , University of Adelaide, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland , University of Technology Sydney, Monash University – Internal University Contribution, Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution, Monash University – Internal School Contribution, VicRoads
1/01/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Research Output
A brief history of forecasting competitions
Hyndman, R. J., Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Forecasting. 36, 1, p. 7-14 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7
Citations
(Scopus)
A new tidy data structure to support exploration and modeling of temporal data
Wang, E., Cook, D. & Hyndman, R. J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Calendar-based graphics for visualizing people’s daily schedules
Wang, E., Cook, D. & Hyndman, R. J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
FFORMA: Feature-based forecast model averaging
Montero-Manso, P., Athanasopoulos, G., Hyndman, R. J. & Talagala, T. S., Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Forecasting. 36, 1, p. 86-92 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
10
Citations
(Scopus)
Forecasting in social settings: the state of the art
Makridakis, S., Hyndman, R. J. & Petropoulos, F., Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Forecasting. 36, 1, p. 15-28 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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