Herman Chernoff
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 Herman Chernoff speaking in New York on October 6, 2015 | |
| Born | July 1, 1923 |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Thesis | Studentization in testing of hypotheses (1948) |
| Doctoral advisor | Abraham Wald |
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Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923, New York) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist formerly a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana, Stanford, and MIT, currently working at Harvard University.[1][2]
Early life and education
Herman Chernoff's parents were Pauline and Max Chernoff, Jewish immigrants from Russia. He studied at Townsend Harris High School[2] and earned a B.S. in mathematics from the City College of New York in 1943.[3] He attended graduate school at Brown University, earning an M.Sc. in applied mathematics in 1945, and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 1948 under the supervision of Abraham Wald.[3][4]
Recognition
Chernoff became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974,[5] and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1980,.[6] In 1987 he was selected for the Wilks Memorial Award by the American Statistical Association,[7] and in 2012 he was made an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[8]
See also
- Chernoff bound (also known as Chernoff's inequality)
- Chernoff face
- Chernoff's distribution
References
- ^ Bather, John (1996). "A conversation with Herman Chernoff". Statistical Science. 11 (4): 335–350. doi:10.1214/ss/1032280306.
- ^ a b "Herman Chernoff". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Herman Chernoff". Faculty directory. MIT. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Herman Chernoff". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Herman Chernoff". Member Directory. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- ^ "Herman Chernoff". Member directory. National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ "Samuel S Wilks Award of the American Statistical Association". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10}}
External links
- Chernoff's faculty profile at Harvard.
- Chernoff's faculty profile at MIT.
- Chernoff's biography on the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Chernoff's author profile on MathSciNet.
- Chernoff's profile on Mathematics Genealogy.
- Chernoff's author profile on Google Scholar.
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