Herman_Chernoff

Herman Chernoff

Herman Chernoff

American mathematician

Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist. He was formerly a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford, and MIT, currently emeritus at Harvard University.[1][2]

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Early life and education

Herman Chernoff's parents were Pauline and Max Chernoff, Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. 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]

Chernoff turned 100 on July 1, 2023.[9]

See also

References

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    Bather, John (1996). "A conversation with Herman Chernoff". Statistical Science. 11 (4): 335–350. doi:10.1214/ss/1032280306.
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    "Herman Chernoff". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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    "Herman Chernoff". Faculty directory. MIT. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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    "Herman Chernoff". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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    "Herman Chernoff". Member Directory. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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    "Herman Chernoff". Member directory. National Academy of Sciences.
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    "Samuel S Wilks Award of the American Statistical Association". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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    List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10
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    Fortnow, Lance. "Chernoff Turns 100". Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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