James O. Berger

James O. Berger is the Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Duke University. He is widely recognized for foundational contributions to Bayesian statistics, decision theory, and model uncertainty. He was the founding director of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute from 2002 to 2010, helping to establish it as a national center for interdisciplinary research. Berger is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University.