Leading Expert in Probabilistic Modeling and Structured Expert Judgment
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Delft University of TechnologyAnca Hanea serves as a Senior Researcher at the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) at the University of Melbourne, where she combines her mathematical expertise with practical applications in risk analysis. After earning her PhD in Applied Probability from TU Delft, she has dedicated a decade to advancing probabilistic modeling and uncertainty quantification. Her significant contributions include developing Non Parametric Bayesian Networks (NPBNs) and playing a crucial role in establishing the COST European network for Structured Expert Judgment (SEJ). She has co-developed the IDEA protocol for SEJ and contributed to its implementation across various international organizations including WHO, EFSA, DARPA, and the European Framework 7 Programme. Her work spans multiple domains, from biosecurity risk analysis to food safety assessment, demonstrating the versatility of her mathematical approaches. As an educator and researcher, she divides her time between teaching, student supervision, and research, while actively participating in expert elicitations worldwide. Her collaboration with colleagues has resulted in numerous guidelines and standards for expert judgment elicitation, particularly for the European Food Safety Authority, making her a pivotal figure in the field of structured expert judgment and probabilistic modeling.