Speaker

Salvador Naya

Vice Rector for Science Policy, Research and Transfer. Universidade da Coruña

I am professor in Statistics and Operations Research at the University of A Coruña since 1994. My research lines include Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics, Quality Control, Reliability, Functional Data Analysis and Statistical Methods in Materials Science. I am teaching in the Interuniversity Master in Statistical Techniques (coorganized by the three Galician universities), as well as in the Master in Complex Materials, Thermal Analysis and Rheology (double international degree with the Paris Diderot University and University of A Coruña ), as well as in the master Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree: Sustainable ship and shipping 4.0 (international degree with the University of Napoli Federico II, University of A Coruña and University of Zagreb) and in the Degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from my university. I am a researcher of the MODES group and I am attached to the CITC research Center, both of the University of A Coruña. I am author of more than 130 papers. He has directed 7 doctoral theses and participated in more than 40 research and transfer projects with companies. I have been a delegate of the Student Advice and Promotion Service (SAPE) and Director of the Jorge Juan Catedra. I have been president and co-founder of the “Nerxus Quality Solutions” spin-off. I am an associate editor of several scientific journals and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). He is Prize “Educator of the Year 2013” for the JLM Project and in 2020, along with 3 other colleagues, I was the winner of the SEIO-FBBVA Award in the category of best applied contribution with an impact in the social field, innovation or knowledge transfer in the field of Statistics. Since March 2016, I am the Vice Chancellor for Scientific Policy, Research and Transfer of University of A Coruña.