ABSTRACT

An interview with Professor Danny Pfeffermann is conducted during the conference of Small Area Estimation 2018 (SAE 2018), an international conference held between June 16 and 18 at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. SAE 2018 is also a celebration of Professor Pfeffermann’s 75th birthday. Our interview consists of eight questions, which focus on Professor Pfeffermann’s personal education background, research motivations, contributions to the development of statistics, opinions on big data and data science, and his future plan. Professor Pfeffemann used interesting examples to express his opinions on the future development of statistics.