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  • When the Department was founded, the teaching staff consisted only of a professor and an assistant. 
  • At present there are 9 teaching positions: two professors, three lecturers, senior assistant, assistant and two full-time teachers. There are also a number of research staff on fixed-term contracts.
  • Also a large number of Statistics part-time teachers have worked in the Department. These include Tomi Seppälä, Anna-Maija Koivisto,Ismo Lapinleimu, Henri Toukomaa, Merja Jauhiainen, Markopekka Niinimäki, Joni Lehtinen, Matti Ylén, Jari Parviainen, Pirjo Palmroos, Inka Martti, Lasse Koskinen, Hannu Oja, Jani-Pekka Virtanen, Minna Åhman and Erkki Mäkelä.
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    Tarmo Pukkila

    Ph.D., Director General of the Insurance Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Docent

    E-mail: tarmo.pukkila@stm.vn.fi

    Tarmo Pukkila obtained his M.Sc. (1971), Lic.Phil. (1973) and Ph.D. (1977) in Statistics at the University of Tampere. He was an assistant of Statistics in 1970 – 1971 and 1973–1974, and an assistant of Mathematics in 1971–1972. He worked as a planning manager in the Computer Centre of Tampere University from 1974 to 1975 and as a senior assistant in 1976. In 1976–1980 he was an acting Professor in Statistics, and in 1980 he was appointed Professor of Statistics at the University of Tampere. He held the post until 1993, the same year he became Director General of the Insurance Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. At present he holds this position. Tarmo Pukkila was a Rector of the University of Tampere during the years 1987–1990 and 1990–1993. He has also been a visiting Professor at the Universities of Oregon (1982–1983) and Pittsburgh (1985–1986). He holds a Docentship (1993) at the University of Tampere.

    Research interests:

    • time series analysis
    • risk theory
    • insurance mathematics.

    Recent publications

    • De Gooijer, J.G. and Pukkila T.(1994). On the expectation of estimators for general ARMA processes. Statistica, anno LIV, n. 1, pp. 39-50.
    • Pukkila,T., Ranne, A. and Sarvamaa, S. (1994). On stochastic modeling of inflation. In Actuarial approach for financial risks. AFIR 1994, Volume 2, pp. 589-609.
    • Bonsdorff, H., Pentikäinen, T., Pesonen,M., Pukkila,T., Ranne, A., Rantala. J., Ruohonen,M., and Sarvamaa, S.(FIM Group) (1994). On the asset models as a part of all company insurance analysis. In Actuarial approach for financial risks. AFIR 1994, Volume 3, pp. 1471-1502.
    • Koreisha, S. and Pukkila, T. (1995). A comparison between different order-determination criteria for identification of ARIMA models. Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 127-131.
    • Koreisha, S. and Pukkila, T. (1995). The identification of seasonal autoregressive models. Journal of Time Series Analysis, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 267-290.
    • Koreisha, S. and Pukkila, T. ( 1996). A New Approach for Identifying Seasonal Autoregressive Time Series Forecasting Models in Aktuarielle Ansätze für Finanz-Risiken. AFIR 1996. Herausgegeben von Peter Albrech, band II, VVW Karlsruhe, pp. 1075-1094.
    • Koskinen, L. and Pukkila, T. (1996). An Application of theVector Autoregressive Model with a Markov Regime to Inflation Rates in Aktuarielle Ansätze für Finanz-Risiken. AFIR 1996. Herausgegeben von Peter Albrech, band II, VVW Karlsruhe, pp. 1095-1108.
    • Koreisha, S.G.and Pukkila, T.(1998). On the Identification of Vector Autoregressive Models. Transactions of the 26th International Congress of Actuaries, Birmingham, England, 7-12, June, 1998, Volume 7, Glasgow, UK, pp. 135-156.
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