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'''Wilfrid S. Kendall''' is professor of statistics at [[University of Warwick]]. He earned a DPhil in probability theory from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1979, authored or edited 5 books, published around 100 scientific articles in theoretical and [[applied probability]] and is currently the president of the [[Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability]] (2013-2015).<ref>{{cite web|last=Bernoulli News|title=A view from the president|url=http://isi.cbs.nl/bnews/13b/Bernoulli_News_20-2.pdf}}</ref> He is founding co-director of the UK Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (established in 2007),<ref>{{cite web|last=APTS|title=Academy for PhD Training in Statistics|url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/apts}}</ref> which each year provides training for around 90 first-year Statistics PhD students from UK and Republic of Ireland.
'''Wilfrid S. Kendall''' is professor of statistics at the [[University of Warwick]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Statistics Staff - Wilfrid Kendall's Personal Page |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/kendall/personal/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref> He earned a DPhil in probability theory from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1979, authored or edited 5 books, published around 100 scientific articles in theoretical and [[applied probability]] and has been the president of the [[Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability]] (2013-2015).<ref>{{cite web|last=Bernoulli News|title=A view from the president|url=http://isi.cbs.nl/bnews/13b/Bernoulli_News_20-2.pdf}}</ref> He is founding co-director of the UK Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (established in 2007),<ref>{{cite web|last=APTS|title=Academy for PhD Training in Statistics|url=https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/apts}}</ref> which each year provides training for around 90 first-year Statistics PhD students from the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Kendall is the son of fellow statistician, the late [[David George Kendall]] and the brother of television journalist [[Bridget Kendall]].<ref name="fathers times obit">{{cite web |title=Obituary in the Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2909566.ece |website=TimesOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519220231/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2909566.ece |archive-date=19 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 02:56, 13 December 2024

Wilfrid S. Kendall
Kendall at Oberwolfach, 2008
Born5 November 1954 (1954-11-05) (age 70)
Oxford, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick

Wilfrid S. Kendall is professor of statistics at the University of Warwick.[1] He earned a DPhil in probability theory from the University of Oxford in 1979, authored or edited 5 books, published around 100 scientific articles in theoretical and applied probability and has been the president of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (2013-2015).[2] He is founding co-director of the UK Academy for PhD Training in Statistics (established in 2007),[3] which each year provides training for around 90 first-year Statistics PhD students from the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Kendall is the son of fellow statistician, the late David George Kendall and the brother of television journalist Bridget Kendall.[4]

Books

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  • Sung Nok Chiu, Dietrich Stoyan, Wilfrid S. Kendall, Joseph Mecke (2013). Stochastic geometry and its applications. 3rd edition, Wiley.

References

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  1. ^ "Department of Statistics Staff - Wilfrid Kendall's Personal Page". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ Bernoulli News. "A view from the president" (PDF).
  3. ^ APTS. "Academy for PhD Training in Statistics".
  4. ^ "Obituary in the Times". TimesOnline. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009.