We are pleased to announce that on March 12, 2025 - as part of the celebrations of the Dies Academicus 2025 at the University of Vienna - the certificate for promotio sub auspiciis was presented to Nicolai Amann (member Department of Statistics and Operations Research).
Nicolai Amann obtained his secondary school-leaving certificate at the Joseph Haydn upper secondary school in Vienna in 2010. Upon completion of his civilian service, he completed a bachelor's and master's degree in Statistics and Mathematics in Economics at the Technical University of Vienna, from which he graduated with distinction in 2018. Amann then continued his studies on the doctoral programme in Statistics at the University of Vienna, which he completed with top grades in 2023. His master's thesis and dissertation were awarded by the Österreichische Statistische Gesellschaft (OSG, Austrian statistical society). In 2024, he received the Bank Austria Research Award. Since 2023, Amann has been teaching and conducting research as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Vienna in the field of risk quantification of algorithms.
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