Dr. Nestor Parolya

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Nestor Parolya is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at TU Delft, where he has been serving since 2019. He previously held a position as a Visiting Professor of Statistics at Heidelberg Mannheim in 2017-2018 and worked as an Assistant Professor of Financial Econometrics at Leibniz University Hannover from 2014 to 2019. Parolya also completed a PostDoc in Statistics at Ruhr University Bochum from 2013 to 2014. He earned his PhD in Economics from Viadrina University in Germany and has a BSc in Mathematics along with an MSc in Statistics from the University of Lviv in Ukraine. His research interests include high-dimensional statistics, random matrix theory, mathematical statistical finance, financial engineering, operations research, and statistical machine learning. Parolya has published extensively in these fields, contributing to journals such as Annals of Statistics, Journal of Machine Learning Research, and the Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. He is recognized for his significant contributions to statistical methodology and its applications, receiving the prestigious Wolfgang Wetzel Award in 2019 for outstanding contributions to the field of statistics.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2019-01-01 — Present

TU Delft • Delft, Netherlands

Teaching and conducting research in statistics.

Visiting Professor

2017-01-01 — 2018-01-01

Heidelberg Mannheim • Germany

Visiting role focusing on statistical methodologies.

Assistant Professor

2014-01-01 — 2019-01-01

Leibniz University Hannover • Germany

Focus on financial econometrics.

PostDoc

2013-01-01 — 2014-01-01

Ruhr University Bochum • Germany

Research in statistics.

Awards

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Wolfgang Wetzel Award

2019-09-10

Requirements for Delft University of Technology

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:154
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in a related field Sufficient credits in key subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Discipline-specific)
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Academic transcript
  • English language certificate
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Motivation letter
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Identity document (Passport)
  • GRE General Test results (for international diplomas)
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