User:Milton Beychok/Sandbox

Biography

Academic credentials:

• 1973, B.A. degree, 1st class, in Mathematics from University of Cambridge, U.K.
• 1974, Diploma in Statistics, with distinction, from University of Cambridge, U.K.
• 1979. Ph.D. degree in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, from Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Work and other experience:

• 1974 - 1983, Research associate in Department of Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1979 - 1982, Part-time research associate at Interfaculty for Actuarial Science and Econometrics, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1980 (four months), Researcher at Statistical Research Unit, Danish Medical and Social Sciences Research Councils, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1983 - 1988, Head of Department of Mathematical Statistics, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1986 - 1990, Special professorship at University of Leiden, Netherlands
• 1988 - 2006, Professor in Department of Mathematics, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
• 1998 - 2006, Various sabbaticals at at other universities and a guest professorship at Aarhus University, Denmark
• 2006 - to date, Professor of Mathematical Statistics, University of Leiden, Netherlands

Distinctions, special invitations, appointments and awards

• 1981, Invited lecturer at Summer School of Probability, Kuusamo, Finland
• 1984, Elected member of International Statistical Institute
• 1988, Lecture course on semiparametric models at the University of Michigan, E. Lansing
• 1989, Special invited lecture at the Institute of Mathematical Statistics meeting at Davis, California
• 1989, Elected fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• 1990–1996, Editor-in-chief of Statistica Neerlandica
• 1990 Winner of van Dantzig prize (awarded every 5 years by Dutch Statistical Society)
• 1992 Lecturer at Saint Flour Summer School of Probability
• 1995 Keynote speaker at First Seattle Symposium in Biostatistics
• 1998 Opening lecture, 22nd European Meeting of Statisticians, Vilnius
• 1999 Elected member of Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
• 2001 Invited lecture course at University of Vannes, Brittany
• 2003 Read paper to Royal Statistical Sociiety, London on quantum statistics
• 2006 Invited lecture course on quantum statistics, ENS, Paris
• 2007– President of Dutch society for statistics and operations research
• 2008 LeCam lecture at joint meeting of Statistical Society of Canada and French Statistical Society at Ottawa

Other

• Coeditor, associate editor, or editorial board member of eleven scholarly journals devoted to mathematics and statistics
• Participated in the organization of 23 international conferences and workshops
• Invited lecturer at more than 35 conferences and workshops
• More details are available online at Curriculum Vitae R.D. Gill