Chris Heyde
Chris Heyde | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 April 1939 |
| Died | 6 March 2008 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | The Australian National University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Probability theory, Stochastic processes, Statistics |
| Institutions | Columbia University, University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, The Australian National University, Canberra. |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran |
Christopher Charles "Chris" Heyde AM (20 April 1939, in Sydney – 6 March 2008, in Canberra) was a prominent Australian statistician who did leading research in probability, stochastic processes and statistics.
Heyde was a professor at Columbia University, the University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, and The Australian National University, Canberra.[1][2][3][4]
In 2008, Heyde died of metastatic melanoma.
Honours
- 1972 - Member of the International Statistical Institute
- 1973 - Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 1977 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1981 - Honorary Life Member of the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. (SSAI)[5]
- 1988 - Awarded the Statistical Society of Australia's Pitman Medal[5] and served as President of the Society
- 1994 - Shared the Australian Academy of Science's Hannan Medal with Peter Hall.
- 1995 - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science.[6]
- 1998 - D.Sc. honoris causa, University of Sydney
- 2003 - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
- 2003 - Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to mathematics, particularly through research into statistics and probability, and to the advancement of learning in these disciplines".[7]
Offices held
- Vice President of the International Statistical Institute
- President of the Bernoulli Society
- President of the Statistical Society of Australia (1979-1981)
- Vice President of the Australian Mathematical Society
- Editor of the Australian Journal of Statistics
- Editor of Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (1983–1989)
- Editor-in-chief of Journal of Applied Probability (1990–2008)
- Editor-in-chief of Advances in Applied Probability (1990–2008).
References
- ^ Joe Gani and Eugene Seneta, Obituary: Christopher Charles Heyde AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of Applied Probability, vol 45, pp.587-592 (2008)
- ^ Paul Glasserman and Steven Kou, "A conversation with Chris Heyde" Archived 3 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Statistical Science, 2006, vol 21, No. 2, pp 286-298.
- ^ CAP, Center for Applied Probability at Columbia University
- ^ Christopher C. Heyde 1939 - 2008 Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
- ^ a b Awards Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Statistical Society of Australia Inc.
- ^ Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Archived 28 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ^ "Heyde, Christopher Charles, AM". It's an Honour. Government of Australia. 26 January 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
External links
- Chris Heyde at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Memoir full transcription from Historical Records of Australian Science, vol.20, no.1, 2009
