Prof Graham D. Barr
Professor
Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Cape Town
South Africa
Biography
Graham Barr was first appointed to the department in 1979 as a Lecturer, becoming a Senior Lecturer in 1981, Associate Professor in 1984 and Professor in 1998. He did 15 undergraduate courses at UCT for a combined BA/BSc degree in 1975, passing them all in the first class and winning six class medals. His postgraduate degrees, BSc(Hons) (1976), MSc (1977) (Static and Dynamic modelling of the South African economy) and PhD (1981) (A Contribution to Adaptive Robust Estimation), were all completed at UCT.
Research Interest
Econometrics; Financial Modelling; Sports Statistics; Games of Chance; Problem Gambling and its Treatment
