Hans-Georg Müller, Ph.D., M.D.

Hans-Georg Müller

Distinguished Professor

  • Statistics
4236 Mathematical Sciences Building
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616

Research Interests

  • Functional Data Analysis
  • Fréchet Analysis of Random Objects: Distributions, Covariances, 
    Networks
  • Applications: Longitudinal Studies, Brain Imaging, Growth and Development, Aging and Longevity

Recent Publications

  • Petersen, A., Müller, H.G. (2019). Fréchet regression for random objects with Euclidean predictors. Annals of Statistics 47, 691-719.
  • Dubey, P., Müller, H.G. (2020). Fréchet change-point detection. Annals of Statistics 48, 3312-3335.
  • Carroll, C., Bhattacharjee, S., Chen, Y., Dubey, P., Fan, J. Gajardo,   A., Zhou, X., Müller, H.G., Wang, J.L. (2021). Time dynamics of COVID-19. Scientific Reports 10, 21040
  • Lin, Z., Müller, H.G. (2021). Total variation regularized Fréchet regression for metric-space valued data. Annals of Statistics 49, 3510-3533.
  • Chen, Y., Lin, Z., Müller, H.G. (2022). Wasserstein regression. J. American Statistical Association, https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2021.1956937
  • Gajardo, Á., Müller, H.G. (2022). Cox process regression. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 68, 1133-1156.
Honors and Awards
  • 2022: Rietz Lecture and Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
  • 2020: Plenary Lecture at the 2020 Shenzhen International Conference on Statistics and Data Science
  • 2020: Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award, UC Davis
  • 2017: Gottfried E Noether Senior Scholar Award, American Statistical Association
  • 2017: Humboldt Research Award, awarded by the Humboldt Foundation
  • 2007: Medallion Lecture at Joint Statistical Meetings
  • 2006: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1995: Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association
  • 1993: Election Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • 1989: Elected Member, International Statistics Institute