Jesper Møller (mathematician)
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Jesper Møller (also written ''Moller'' or ''Moeller''; born December 6, 1957) is a Danish mathematician. He is a professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subje ...
, where he conducts research and teaching in
mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics inc ...
and
probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...
. In 2012, he created the Bachelor and Master's Programmes in Mathematics and Technology at
Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subje ...
. He was born in
Nakskov Nakskov is a market town on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. The town has a population of 12,200 (1 January 2025) and is the largest town on the island of Lolland. It is located in Lolland municipality in Region Sjælland. Nakskov is situ ...
,
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.


Scientific career

Jesper Møller is
M.Sc. A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medicine ...
( cand.scient.) in
mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
and
mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics inc ...
(
Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...
), 1984; Ph.D. in
mathematical statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics inc ...
(
Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...
), 1988; and
D.Sc. A Doctor of Science (; most commonly abbreviated DSc or ScD) is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. Africa Algeria and Morocco In Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia, all universities accredited by the s ...
( dr.scient.; title of dissertation: `Aspects of Spatial Statistics, Stochastic Geometry and Markov Chain Monte Carlo´;
Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subje ...
), 2000. He was Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at
Aarhus University Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...
, 1988–1995, Associate Professor at Aalborg University, 1996–2000, and Professor at Aalborg University since 2001.


Research

Jesper Møller's research interests include *
spatial statistics Spatial statistics is a field of applied statistics dealing with spatial data. It involves stochastic processes (random fields, point processes), sampling, smoothing and interpolation, regional ( areal unit) and lattice ( gridded) data, poin ...
(in particular
statistical model A statistical model is a mathematical model that embodies a set of statistical assumptions concerning the generation of Sample (statistics), sample data (and similar data from a larger Statistical population, population). A statistical model repre ...
s and methods for spatial point processes), *
stochastic geometry In mathematics, stochastic geometry is the study of random spatial patterns. At the heart of the subject lies the study of random point patterns. This leads to the theory of spatial point processes, hence notions of Palm conditioning, which exten ...
(in particular random t essellations), *
stochastic simulation A stochastic simulation is a simulation of a system that has variables that can change stochastically (randomly) with individual probabilities.DLOUHÝ, M.; FÁBRY, J.; KUNCOVÁ, M.. Simulace pro ekonomy. Praha : VŠE, 2005. Realizations of these ...
( Markov-chain Monte Carlo methods an
perfect simulation
). His research has been supported by project grants fro
Danish National Research Foundation
Independent Research Fund Denmark The Independent Research Fund Denmark, until 2017 known as the Danish Council for Independent Research (Danish: ''Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond'', formerly ''Det Frie Forskningsråd''; ''DFF'') of Denmark funds basic research and gives advice to gov ...
, EU,
Velux Foundation The Villum Foundation (); formerly Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation (''Villum Kann Rasmussen Fonden'') was set up in 1971 by civil engineer Villum Kann Rasmussen (1909–1993). 10 years later, he set up the Velux Foundation (''Velux Fonden''). Rasm ...
, and
Spar Nord Spar Nord Bank A/S () is a bank based in North Jutland, Denmark. The history of the bank can be traced back to May 12, 1824, where "Bye og Omegns Sparekasse" (The Savings Bank for Town and County) was established in Aalborg. After a number of m ...
Foundation. He has been Associated Editor of
Annals of Applied Probability '' The Annals of Applied Probability'' is a leading peer review, peer-reviewed mathematics journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, which is the main international society for researchers in probability and statistics. The jo ...
, Advances in Applied Probability, Bernoulli, and Associate Editor and National Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Statistics.


Distinctions

* Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1998. *
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Foundation Research Price (DKK 250,000), 2000. * Presentation of a read-paper at a
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Meeting in
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, 2005. * Plenary Talk of 3 hours at the 21st Nordic Conference on
Mathematical Statistics Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics inc ...
, presenting an invited paper for the Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. * Rising Star in the field of Mathematics (
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), 2008. *
Knight of the Order of Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog () is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the Order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known as ''White Knights'' t ...
, 2015. * Professorem Hospitem,
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,
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, since 2020.


Selected publications

Some of his publications are given as follows: * J. Møller (1989). Random tessellations in R^d. ''Advances in Applied Probability'', 21:37–73. * A. Baddeley and J. Møller (1989). Nearest-neighbour Markov point processes and random sets. ''International Statistical Review'', 2:89–121. * J.L. Jensen and J. Møller (1991). Pseudolikelihood for exponential family models of spatial point processes. ''Annals of Applied Probability'', 3:445-461. * J. Møller (1994). ''Lectures on Random Voronoi Tessellations.'' Lecture Notes in Statistics 87, Springer-Verlag, New York. * C.J. Geyer and J. Møller (1994). Simulation procedures and likelihood inference for spatial point processes. ''Scandinavian Journal of Statistics'', 21:359–373. * J. Møller, A.R. Syversveen and R.P. Waagepetersen (1998). Log Gaussian Cox processes. ''Scandinavian Journal of Statistics'', 25:451–482. * W.S. Kendall and J. Møller (2000). Perfect simulation using dominating processes on ordered spaces, with application to locally stable point processes. ''Advances in Applied Probability'', 32:844–865. * J. Møller (2003). Shot noise Cox processes. ''Advances in Applied Probability'', 35, 614–640. * J. Møller and R.P. Waagepetersen (2004). ''Statistical Inference and Simulation for Spatial Point Processes''. Chapman and Hall/CRC, Boca Raton. * A. Baddeley, R. Turner, J. Møller and M. Hazelton (2005). Residual analysis for spatial point processes (with discussion). ''Journal of Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology)'', 67, 617–666. * J. Møller, A.N. Pettitt, K.K. Berthelsen and R.W. Reeves (2006). An efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo method for distributions with intractable normalising constants. ''Biometrika'', 93, 451–458. * J. Møller and R.P. Waagepetersen (2007). Modern statistics for spatial point processes (with discussion). ''Scandinavian Journal of Statistics'', 34, 643–711. * A. Baddeley, E. Rubak and J. Møller (2011). Score, pseudo-score and residual diagnostics for goodness-of-fit of spatial point process models. ''Statistical Science'', 26, 613–646. * F. Lavancier, J. Møller and E. Rubak (2015). Determinantal point process models and statistical inference. ''Journal of Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology)'', 77, 853–877. * E. Anderes, J. Møller and J.G. Rasmussen (2020). Isotropic covariance functions on graphs and their edges. To appear in ''Annals of Statistics''. Available at arXiv:1710.01295.


References

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