Edward J. Hannan

Edward James Hannan FAA FASSA (29 January 1921 – 7 January 1994)[1][2] was an Australian statistician who is the co-discoverer of the Hannan–Quinn information criterion. He studied at the University of Melbourne and completed a PhD at the Australian National University under the supervision of Patrick A. P. Moran.[3]

For the majority of his working life he was attached the Australian National University. He was Professor of Statistics in the Institute of Advanced Studies 1971-1986, Professor of Statistics in the School of General Studies 1959-1971, and Fellow in Statistics 1954-1958.[2]

His research was in the field of time series analysis, both in statistics and econometrics. He is the author of four books,[4][5][6] and [7] with Manfred Deistler.

The Statistical Society of Australia awarded him the Pitman Medal in recognition of his life's work.[8] In 1970 he was elected to the Australian Academy of Science. He also won the 1979 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science.[9][10]

A full account of his life and work is contained in the Biographical Memoirs of the Australian Academy of Science.[11]

Hannan is the namesake of the Hannan Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Science.

References

  1. ↑ "EDWARD J. HANNAN, 1921–1994". Journal of Time Series Analysis. 15 (6): 563. 1994. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9892.1994.tb00212.x.
  2. 1 2 "Hannan, Edward James (1921 - 1994)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
  3. ↑ Edward J. Hannan at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ Hannan, E.J. (1960). Time Series Analysis. Methuen.
  5. ↑ Hannan, E.J. (1965). Group Representations and Applied Probability. Applied Probability Trust.
  6. ↑ Hannan, E.J. (1970). Multiple Time Series. Wiley.
  7. ↑ Hannan, E.J.; Deistler, M (1988). The Statistical Theory of Linear Systems. Wiley.
  8. ↑ Australian Journal of Statistics: Pitman Medal awarded to E.J. Hannan.
  9. ↑ Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal Archived November 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2010-06-06.
  10. ↑ "Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal 1979: E.J. Hannan", Historical Records of Australian Science, 4 (2): 109, 1979, doi:10.1071/HR9790420109 .
  11. ↑ Gani, J.M. "Edward James Hannan 1921-1994". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 5 August 2018.



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