Johan Ferreira

Johan Ferreira is a professor in the School of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he also serves as Assistant Focus Area Coordinator for the Statistical Theory and Applied Statistics focus area at the Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Science. His research interests include multivariate statistics, the probabilistic modeling of entropy, and directional statistics. He actively participates and contributes to the field of statistics, regularly publishing in accredited peer-reviewed journals and reviewing manuscripts for international journals. Johan is an ASLP 4.1/4.2 fellow with Future Africa, a prestigious program supporting African leaders in science and innovation. In 2016, he was recognized by the Mail & Guardian as one of the Top 200 South Africans under the age of 35 in the Education category.

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