Name: David S. Harte
Born: New Zealand, 1957
Statistical Seismology Library (SSLib): a collection of R computer software packages for the analysis of and fitting models to earthquake data
Statistics Research Associates, Wellington
Associate: Sept 2019 – present
Associate (0.4 FTE): Feb 2017 – Sept 2019
Honorary Associate: May 2013 – Jan 2017
Director: September 2002 – May 2013
Associate: January 2000 – May 2013
GNS Science, Lower Hutt
Senior Scientist (0.6 FTE): Sept 2016 – Sept 2019
Senior Scientist (1 FTE): May 2013 – Sept 2016
Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)
Lecturer: January 1996 – December 1999
Part Time Lecturer (0.4–0.5): July 1993 – December 1995
Casual Lecturer: 1988–1992
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), Wellington
Biometrician: 18 Feb 1985 – 25 June 1993
New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), Wellington
Examination Moderator: Statistics (5257): 1991
Authority for Advanced Vocational Awards (AAVA), Wellington
Examination Moderator:
Elements of Statistics (3047): 1985, 1986
Statistics (3150): 1986, 1987
Traffic Research Section, Ministry of Transport (MOT), Wellington
Scientist: 17 Feb 1983 – 15 Feb 1985
Sample Design Division, Department of Statistics, Wellington
Assistant Research Officer: 19 April 1982 – 16 Feb 1983
Statistics Research Associates, Wellington. Honorary Associate: May 2013 – Jan 2017
Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo. Visiting Fellow: Mar 2010, Mar 2012, Feb – Mar 2014, Oct 2016
Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo. Visiting Professor: June – Aug 2009, Sept – Nov 2018
Massey University. Honorary Research Associate: 2006 – 2010
Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo. Visiting Associate Professor: July – Sept 2006
Victoria University of Wellington. Adjunct Research Associate: 2006 – 2009
Victoria University of Wellington. Honorary Research Associate: 2003 – 2004
Victoria University of Wellington
MSc (Distinction) in Mathematics 1981–1982
PhD in Statistics, Sept 1993 – July 1996
Third Prize in the New Zealand Mathematical Society Biennial Thesis Competition, 1984. For MSc thesis submitted at VUW.
New Zealand Automobile Association Award in Transportation and Traffic Engineering at the 1985 IPENZ Conference. For a joint paper with W.J. Frith titled “The Safety Implications of Some Control Changes at Urban Intersections”.