Wilfrid Kendall
Wilfrid S. Kendall | |
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Born | 5 November 1954 Oxford, UK | (age 66)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Warwick |
Wilfrid S. Kendall is professor of statistics at University of Warwick. He earned a DPhil in probability theory from the University of Oxford in 1979, authored or edited 5 books, published around 100 scientific articles in theoretical and applied probability and has been the president of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (2013-2015).[1] He is founding co-director of the UK Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (established in 2007),[2] which each year provides training for around 90 first-year Statistics PhD students from UK and Republic of Ireland.
Kendall is the son of fellow statistician, the late David George Kendall and the brother of television journalist Bridget Kendall.[3]
Books[]
- Sung Nok Chiu, Dietrich Stoyan, Wilfrid S. Kendall, Joseph Mecke (2013). Stochastic geometry and its applications. 3rd edition, Wiley.
References[]
- ^ Bernoulli News. "A view from the president" (PDF).
- ^ APTS. "Academy for PhD Training in Statistics".
- ^ "Obituary in the Times". TimesOnline. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Oxford
- British statisticians
- Probability theorists
- Academics of the University of Warwick