Dr. Guenther Walther

Professor

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Biography

Guenther Walther studied mathematics, economics, and computer science at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and received his Ph.D. in Statistics from UC Berkeley in 1994. His research focuses on statistical methodology, detection problems, shape-restricted inference, mixture analysis, and statistical problems in astrophysics and flow cytometry. He has received several honors, including the Terman fellowship, NSF CAREER award, and Distinguished Teaching Award from the Dean of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford. Walther has served on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals, including the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Annals of Statistics, Annals of Applied Statistics, and Statistical Science. Additionally, he was the program co-chair for the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and served on its executive committee from 1998 to 2012.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

Stanford University • Stanford, CA

Teaching and research in Statistics.

Courses

STATS 191 STATS 200 DATASCI 199 STATS 199 STATS 299 STATS 398 STATS 399 STATS 202 PSYCH 10 STATS 160 STATS 60

Requirements for Stanford University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:165
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Overall
Required:4.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from an accredited institution Strong background in mathematics and programming
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.