I am Professor of Statistics in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University. This site contains a lot of my writings, and information about my statistical research and other interests.

Administrative responsibilities

• Director, Monash University Business and Economic Forecasting Unit.
• Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Forecasting.
• Director, International Institute of Forecasters
• Previously (2001-2004) Theory & Methods Editor for the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics.
• Editor of the NEP forecasting report
• Member of the Scientific Program Advisory Group for the Statistical Society of Australia.
• Member of the Scaling committee, Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre. This committee is responsible for producing the ENTER for VCE students. Any questions about the ENTER or VCE should be directed to Merspi (where I am a moderator).

Memberships

I am a member of the following organizations

• International Institute of Forecasters
• International Statistical Institute
• International Association for Statistical Computing
• American Statistical Association
• Statistical Society of Australia
• Australian Population Association
• T_EX Users Group

Trivia

My Erdös number is 3 in two different ways.

• via Peter Brockwell / Kai-Lai Chung / Paul Erdös
• via J. Keith Ord / Peter C Fishburn / Paul Erdös