Pedro Alberto Morettin

Pedro Alberto Morettin (29 June 1942) is a Brazilian statistician, Emeritus professor at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo and holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He also was involved with the Inter American Statistical Institute and the International Statistical Institute.

He is mostly recognized from his works in time series and wavelets analysis.

Education Morettin studied at the Instituto de Educação de Catanduva, where he had a math teacher who inspired him to persuade this career in this field. Later, Morettin enrolled in the University of São Paulo's mathematics program. In 1963, received both bachelor's and licentiate degree. After briefly working as a teacher, Morettin movet to the United States and begun to expand his knowledge of statistics.

He earned a master's degree in statistics in 1971 and his PhD in 1972, both from the University of California, Berkeley. There, he studied and became friend with David Brillinger, a friendship that lasted for 40 years. Morettin describes Brillinger's influence in his career as a researcher in the area of time series.

Career

At the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo (IME-USP) Although his initial degree was in pure mathematics, Morettin expanded his knowledge in statistics and began to teach in this field at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics. which is granted to retired teachers who stood out by their research and teaching activities and have distinguished themselves through contributions to the university. and as president of the Inter American Statistical Institute.

He is a National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Emeritus researcher and was a associated professor at the Centro de Estudos Quantitativos em Economia e Finanças.

Morettin held the position of the International Statistical Institute's vice-President and is still listed as a member.

Legacy Morettin worked extensively with time series, wavelets and statistics applications, with emphasis in its applications in finances, health and physics.

For his contribuitions in his area, Pedro Alberto Morettin became the first Brazilian to received the Mahalobis Award, granted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The award is conceived since 2003 to a statistic originated in a developing country who promoted a research area.

In addition, Morettin has supervised 46 students in master's and doctoral's degree and has authored books that are widely used in basic courses and advanced ones. 2009: Mahalanobis International Award, from the India Government. 2012: honored with a Workshop at Campinas. 2021: Conselho Federal de Estatística's Emeritus Statistic, from the Conselho Regional de Estatística 3ª Região (CONRE-3). 2023: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística da Universidade de São Paulo's Emeritus Professor, from IME-USP.

Works Books

2014: Ondas e Ondaletas: da análise de Fourier à análise de ondaletas de séries temporais.

Articles 1974: Walsh-function analysis of a certain class of time series. 1984: The Levinson Algorithm and Its Applications in Time Series Analysis.