David Hand (statistician)
| David Hand OBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 30, 1950 Peterborough |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Institute of Psychiatry Open University Imperial College London |
| Alma mater | Oxford University University of Southampton |
| Thesis | The Classification of Incomplete Vectors (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruce Godfrey Batchelor[1] |
| Notable awards | Guy Medal in Silver IEEE-ICDM Outstanding Contributions Award, 2004 |
| Website | |
| http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/~djhand/ | |
David John Hand OBE (born 30 June 1950 in Peterborough[2]) is a British statistician. His research interests include multivariate statistics, classification methods, pattern recognition, the computational statistics and the foundations of statistics.[3] He has written books on finance, measurement and computation in statistics, as well as authoring the very short introduction to statistics.
Hand was a professor of statistics at the Open University from 1988 until 1999, when he moved to Imperial College London.[2] He was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver by the Royal Statistical Society in 2002 and served as its President in 2008–9, then again from in 2010 after Bernard Silverman stood down.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003.[2]
Hand was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to research and innovation.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ David Hand (statistician) at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b c Prof David Hand Authorised Biography at Debrett's People of Today. Accessed 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Professor David Hand". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Past President". The Royal Statistical Society. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 11. 29 December 2012.
- ^ "New Year Honours List 2013 - General List". Cabinet Office. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Tim Holt |
President, Royal Statistical Society 2008–2009 |
Succeeded by Bernard Silverman |
| Preceded by Bernard Silverman |
President, Royal Statistical Society February–December 2010 |
Succeeded by Valerie Isham |
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