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Hall, Peter Gavin (1951 - )

FAA, FRS, CorrFRSE
 
Statistician
Born: 20 November 1951
Peter Gavin Hall is Professor of Statistics at the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University in Canberra. His main area of research is in theoretical and applied statistics and probability theory. Hall has authored well over 300 journal articles, has received many awards for his efforts, is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and the Royal Society (FRS), and has served on many editorial boards for top statistical journals.

Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~peter/

Chronology
1974Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1976Master of Science (MSc) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra
1976Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Oxford, UK
1976 - 1978Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Melbourne
1978 - 1985Lecture then Senior Lecturer r in Statistics at the Australian National University
1986Australian Mathematical Society Medal received
1986 - 1988Reader in Statistics at the Australian National University
1987 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1987Edgeworth David Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales
1988 - Professor and Personal Chair in Statistics at the Australian National University
1989 - Honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
1989Lyle Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1991 - Professor of Statistics at the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University
1995Hannan Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1996 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association
1996Acting Head of the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications
1997Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc) received from the Université Catholique de Louvin in Belgium
1997Aisenstadt Chair at the Université de Montréal
1999 - 2003President-elect then President of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
2000 - 2002Centennial Professorship at the London School of Economics
2002 - Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (CorrFRSE)
2002 - Australian Professorial Fellowship received from the Australian Research Council (ARC)
2005Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Glasgow, Scotland

 

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