James R. Norris

James Ritchie Norris (born 29 August 1960) is a mathematician working in probability theory and stochastic analysis.[1] He is the Professor of Stochastic Analysis in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

James R. Norris
Born (1960-08-29) 29 August 1960
Alma materHertford College, Oxford
Wolfson College, Oxford
AwardsE. O. Lawrence Award (1990)
Rollo Davidson Prize (1997)
Scientific career
InstitutionsSwansea University
University of Cambridge
ThesisMalliavin Calculus (1985)
Doctoral advisorDavid Edwards
Doctoral studentsChristina Goldschmidt
Websitewww.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~james/

He has made contributions to areas of mathematics connected to probability theory and mathematical analysis, including Malliavin calculus, heat kernel estimates, and mathematical models for coagulation and fragmentation.[2] He was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1997.

Norris was an undergraduate at Hertford College, Oxford where he graduated in 1981. He completed his D.Phil in 1985 at Wolfson College, Oxford under the supervision of David Edwards.[3] He was a Research Assistant from 1984–1985 at the University College of Swansea before moving in 1985 to a Lectureship at Cambridge University and a Fellowship of Churchill College, Cambridge.[4] He was appointed Professor of Stochastic Analysis in 2005.[5] He is the Director of the Statistical Laboratory, a trustee of the Rollo Davidson Trust[6] and co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Analysis.[7]

Selected publication
  • Norris, J. R. (1997). Markov Chains. Cambridge University Press.

References
  1. "James Norris's homepage at Cambridge University".
  2. "James Norris's publications on Google Scholar".
  3. James R. Norris at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. "Cambridge University Reporter".
  5. "Cambridge University Reporter".
  6. "Trustees of the Rollo Davidson Trust".
  7. "Cambridge Centre for Analysis".


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