Chris Heyde

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Nationality Australian Books I. J. Bienayme Doctoral advisor P. A. P. Moran		Role Statistician Name Chris Heyde

Born 20 April 1939Sydney, Australia ( 1939-04-20 ) Institutions Columbia University,University of Melbourne, CSIRO,University of Manchester,University of Sheffield,Michigan State University,The Australian National University, Canberra. Alma mater The Australian National University Died March 6, 2008, Canberra, Australia Education Australian National University Fields Probability theory, Stochastic process People also search for Eugene Seneta, P. A. P. Moran, Otto E. Neugebauer

Christopher Charles "Chris" Heyde AM (20 April 1939, Sydney – 6 March 2008, Canberra) was a prominent Australian statistician who did leading research in probability, stochastic processes and statistics.

Heyde was a professor at Columbia University, the University of Melbourne, CSIRO, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, Michigan State University, and The Australian National University, Canberra.

In 2008, Heyde died of metastatic melanoma.

Honours

1972 - Member of the International Statistical Institute

1973 - Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

1977 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1981 - Honorary Life Member of the Statistical Society of Australia Inc. (SSAI)

1988 - Awarded the Statistical Society of Australia's Pitman Medal and served as President of the Society

1994 - Shared the Australian Academy of Science's Hannan Medal with Peter Hall.

1995 - Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science.

1998 - D.Sc. honoris causa, University of Sydney

2003 - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)

2003 - Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to mathematics, particularly through research into statistics and probability, and to the advancement of learning in these disciplines".

Offices held

Vice President of the International Statistical Institute

President of the Bernoulli Society

Vice President of the Australian Mathematical Society

Editor of the Australian Journal of Statistics

Editor of Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (1983–1989)

Editor-in-chief of Journal of Applied Probability (1990–2008)

Editor-in-chief of Advances in Applied Probability (1990–2008).

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