Lynne Billard

Lynne Billard
Born	1943
Nationality	Australia
Citizenship	Australia
Known for	symbolic data analysis
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Georgia

Lynne Billard is an American statistician and professor at the University of Georgia, known for her statistics research, leadership, and advocacy for women in science. She has served as president of the American Statistical Association, and the International Biometric Society, one of few people to have led both organizations.

Education

She earned her bachelors of science degree in 1966, and doctoral degree in 1969, from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

1966 Education - Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of New South Wales 1969 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of New South Wales

Life and career

In 1980, Billard joined the University of Georgia as head of the department of statistics and computer science, which was then one department. She was named a University Professor in 1992. She has held appointments at the University of Waterloo in Canada and Florida State University, among others.

1975 - 1980 Career position - Associate Professor at Florida State University, USA 1980 - Career position - Professor of Statistics at the University of Georgia, USA 1980 - 1984 Career position - Head of Computer Science at the University of Georgia, USA 1980 - 1989 Career position - Head of Statistics at the University of Georgia, USA 1989 - 1991 Career position - Associate Dean of the University of Georgia, USA 1992 - Career position - University Professor (Distinguished Chair) at the University of Georgia, USA 1994 - 1995 Career position - President of the International Biometric Society 1996 Career position - President of the American Statistical Association

Research

Lynne Billard has worked to involve statisticians in solving problems of modern society. Her work on the incubation period of AIDS has impacted greatly on public health education .

Awards/Honors

She served as president of the two largest statistical societies in the world: the American Statistical Association and the International Biometric Society. She is only the third person to have been president of both organizations. She also served as principal investigator for "Pathways to the Future," an annual National Science Foundation workshop which ran from 1988 to 2004 and focused on mentoring women in all fields of science and scientific research.

1999 Award - Alumni Award received from the University of New South Wales

In 2011, she received the tenth annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. In 2013, she was awarded the Florence Nightingale David Award by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, which is given biannually recognizes a female statistician for exemplary contributions to education, science and public service.

Selected publications

• Lynne Billard, Edwin Diday, "Symbolic Data Analysis: Conceptual Statistics and Data Mining," Volume 654 of Wiley Series in Computational Statistics, John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

External links

• Tenth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award
• The Past, Present, and Future of Academic Women in the Mathematical Sciences
• Symbolic Data Analysis: Conceptual Statistics and Data Mining
• UGA’s Lynne Billard selected for Florence Nightingale David Award