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Residence
  
UK

Name
  
Bernard Silverman

Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Statistician


Fields
  
Statistician

Alma mater
  
Cambridge University

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Born
  
22 February 1952 (age 72) (
1952-02-22
)

Thesis
  
Data Analysis: Some Theory and Practice (1978)

Known for
  
density estimation, nonparametric regression, functional data analysis

Education
  
University of Cambridge, Jesus College, Cambridge

Books
  
Density Estimation for Statisti, Applied Functional Data Anal, Functional Data Analysis, A Comparison of the Rei

Institutions
  
University of Oxford

Doctoral advisor
  
David George Kendall

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Bernard Walter Silverman, (born 22 February 1952) is a British statistician and Anglican Priest. He was Master of St Peter's College, Oxford from 1 October 2003 to 31 December 2009. He is a member of the Statistics Department at Oxford University, and is also attached to the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance. He has been a member of the Council of Oxford University and of the Council of the Royal Society. He was briefly President of the Royal Statistical Society in January 2010, a position from which he stood down upon announcement of his appointment as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Home Office.

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Career

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  • 1970–73 Undergraduate, Jesus College, Cambridge.
  • 1973–74 Graduate Student, Jesus College, Cambridge.
  • 1974–75 Research Student, Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge.
  • 1975–77 Research Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.
  • 1976–77 Calculator Development Manager, Sinclair Radionics Ltd.
  • 1977–78 Junior Lecturer in Statistics, Oxford University and Weir Junior Research Fellow of University College, Oxford.
  • 1978–80 Lecturer in Statistics, University of Bath.
  • 1981–84 Reader in Statistics, University of Bath.
  • 1984 and 1992–93 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bath.
  • 1984–93 Professor of Statistics, University of Bath.
  • 1988–91 Head of School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath.
  • 1993–2003 Professor of Statistics, University of Bristol
  • 1993–97 and 1998–99 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bristol
  • 1999–2003 Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics, University of Bristol
  • 2000–03 Provost of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol
  • 2003–09 Master of St Peter's College, Oxford
  • 2010– Senior Research Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford (part-time)
  • 2010– Professorial Research Associate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford (part-time)
  • 2010– Chief Scientific Advisor, Home Office
  • Degrees and qualifications

  • 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge. (Wrangler)
  • 1974 Part III of Mathematical Tripos, Cambridge (with Distinction)
  • 1977 Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge
  • 1989 Doctor of Science, Cambridge
  • 1993 Chartered Statistician, Royal Statistical Society
  • 2000 Bachelor of Theology, Southampton (First Class Honours) through STETS
  • Awards and honours

  • 1970 Gold Medal, International Mathematical Olympiad
  • 1974 Mayhew Prize for Mathematical Tripos Part III, University of Cambridge
  • 1976 Smith's Prize, Cambridge University
  • 1984 Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Bronze
  • 1985 Special Invited Paper, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • 1988 Technometrics Special Discussion Paper, American Statistical Association
  • 1991 Presidents' Award of the Committee of presidents of Statistical Societies
  • 1993 Fulkerson Lecturer, Cornell University
  • 1995 Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver
  • 1997 Fellow of the Royal Society
  • 1999 Special Invited Paper, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • 1999 Henri Willem Methorst Medal, International Statistical Institute
  • 2000 Corcoran Lecturer, Oxford University
  • 2001 Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2002 Original Member, Highly Cited Researchers database, ISI
  • 2003 Honorary Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge
  • Ecclesiastical career

    Silverman was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1999 and as a priest in 2000. From 1999 to 2005, he was an honorary assistant curate of Cotham Parish Church in the Diocese of Bristol. Between 2005-2009, he held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Oxford. Then, from 2009 to 2015, he was an honorary assistant curate of St Giles' Church and St Margaret's Church, Oxford. Since 2015, he has held Permission to Officiate in both the Diocese of Oxford and in the Diocese of London.

    Books

  • Green, P.J.; Silverman, B.W. (1994). Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach. Chapman & Hall. 
  • Ramsay, J.O.; Silverman, B.W. (2002). Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies. Springer-Verlag. 
  • Ramsay, J.O.; Silverman, B.W. (2005) [1997]. Functional Data Analysis (second, expanded and rewritten ed.). Springer-Verlag. 
  • Silverman, B.W. (1986). Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis. Chapman & Hall. 
  • Silverman, B.W.; Vassilicos, J.C., eds. (2000). Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information?. Oxford University Press. 
  • References

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