Christopher Charles Heyde (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.
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Chris Heyde | |
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| Born | 20 April 1939 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 6 March 2008 (aged 68) Canberra, Australia |
| 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 |
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)[5]
- 1981 – Honorary Life Member of the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. (SSAI)[6]
- 1988 – Awarded the Statistical Society of Australia's Pitman Medal[6] 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.[7]
- 1998 – D.Sc. honoris causa, University of Sydney
- 2003 – Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)[8]
- 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".[9]
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).
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