Prof. Dr. Gerhard Arminger

Founder, Chief Scientist

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Arminger (born April 7, 1949) is a citizen of Austria. He holds a degree in sociology and statistics (Dr. rer. soc. oec., University of Linz, Donau, 1975). He worked as an assistant professor at the University of Linz from 1973 to 1978. Since 1978 he teaches as full professor of Statistics in Economics at the University of Wuppertal. Since then, Prof. Arminger has gained an international reputation both through numerous publications and lectures and as a visiting scholar/professor at international universities. He had offers from renowned institutions such as the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Arizona at Tucson, University of Indiana at Bloomington, University of Vienna and the London School of Economics (LSE). In addition Prof. Arminger led a research team for the project „Multivariate Forecasting Systems for Retail and Industry” in the special research unit “Reduction of Complexity” of the German National Science Foundation (DFG) at the University of Dortmund. As Chief Scientist, he makes a decisive contribution to the development of SAF´s Software solutions through his knowledge of forecasting methods.