Richard Samworth
| Richard John Samworth | |
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| Born | May 1978 (age 40) |
| Residence | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Some mathematical and theoretical aspects of the bootstrap (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alastair Young |
Richard John Samworth (born May 1978) is the Professor of Statistical Science and the Director of the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge,[1] and a Teaching Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. His main research interests are in nonparametric and high-dimensional statistics. Particular topics include shape-constrained density estimation and other nonparametric function estimation problems, nonparametric classification, clustering and regression, the bootstrap and high-dimensional variable selection problems.
Honours and awards
- The COPSS Presidents' Award 2018 [2]
- The Adams Prize 2017 [3]
- Fellow, American Statistical Association (2015 election)[4]
- The Philip Leverhulme Prize 2014, Leverhulme Trust [5]
- Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2014 election)[6]
- The Guy Medal in Bronze 2012, Royal Statistical Society[7]
- The Research Prize 2008, Royal Statistical Society[8]
Selected works
- Cule, M. L., Samworth, R. J. and Stewart, M. I. (2010), Maximum likelihood estimation of a multidimensional log-concave density, J. Roy. Statist. Soc., Ser. B. (with discussion), to appear.
- Fan, J., Samworth, R. and Wu, Y. (2009), Ultrahigh dimensional feature selection: beyond the linear model, J. Machine Learning Research, 10, 2013–2038.
- Hall, P., Park, B. U. and Samworth, R. J. (2008), Choice of neighbour order in nearest-neighbour classification, Ann. Stat., 36, 2135–2152
References
- ↑ "Richard Samworth | Official web page at Cambridge". statslab.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ http://community.amstat.org/copss/home
- ↑ https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/adams-prize-winners-2016-17-announced
- ↑ http://www.amstat.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2015-ASANames62NewFellows.pdf
- ↑ http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/templates/asset-relay.cfm?frmAssetFileID=1733
- ↑ "IMS Fellows 2014 « IMS Bulletin". bulletin.imstat.org. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Account Suspended". rssenews.org.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
External links
- Richard Samworth's home page at the University of Cambridge.
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