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Chris Heyde

Chris Heyde

Australian statistician

Christopher Charles 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.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

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

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

  1. [1]
    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)
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    CAP Archived 11 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Center for Applied Probability at Columbia University
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    Christopher C. Heyde 1939 – 2008 Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
  5. [5]
    "Chris Heyde". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  6. [6]
    Awards Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Statistical Society of Australia Inc.
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    Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Archived 28 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2010-06-06.
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    "Academy Fellow – Professor Chris Heyde AM, FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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    "Heyde, Christopher Charles, AM". It's an Honour. Government of Australia. 26 January 2003. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
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