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'''Robert Clifford Gentleman''' (born 1959) is a Canadian statistician and [[bioinformatician]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gentleman | first1 = R. | title = Reproducible Research: A Bioinformatics Case Study | doi = 10.2202/1544-6115.1034 | journal = Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology | volume = 4 | pages = Article2 | year = 2005 | pmid = 16646837| pmc = | url = http://biostats.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=bioconductor }}</ref> currently vice president of computational biology at [[23andMe]].<ref name=23andme-pr>{{cite web|title=Bioinformatics Pioneer Robert Gentleman, Ph.D., Joins 23andMe Leadership Team|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bioinformatics-pioneer-robert-gentleman-phd-joins-23andme-leadership-team-300059876.html|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=bioit-world-23andme>{{cite web|title=Robert Gentleman on His Goals for Drug Discovery at 23andMe|url=http://www.bio-itworld.com/2015/5/19/robert-gentleman-his-goals-drug-discovery-23andme.html|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref> He is recognized, along with [[Ross Ihaka]], as one of the originators of the [[R programming language]]<ref name=jstor1390807>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ihaka | first1 = R. | last2 = Gentleman | first2 = R. | title = R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics | journal = Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 299–314 | doi = 10.2307/1390807 | year = 1996 | jstor = 1390807| pmid = | pmc = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html |title=R, the Software, Finds Fans in Data Analysts - NYTimes.com |author=Ashlee Vance |date=6 January 2009 |website= |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> and the [[Bioconductor]] project.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gentleman | first1 = R. C. | last2 = Carey | first2 = V. J. | last3 = Bates | first3 = D. M. | last4 = Bolstad | first4 = B. | last5 = Dettling | first5 = M. | last6 = Dudoit | first6 = S. | last7 = Ellis | first7 = B. | last8 = Gautier | first8 = L. | last9 = Ge | first9 = Y. | last10 = Gentry | first10 = J. | last11 = Hornik | first11 = K. | last12 = Hothorn | first12 = T. | last13 = Huber | first13 = W. | last14 = Iacus | first14 = S. | last15 = Irizarry | first15 = R. | last16 = Leisch | first16 = F. | last17 = Li | first17 = C. | last18 = Maechler | first18 = M. | last19 = Rossini | first19 = A. J. | last20 = Sawitzki | first20 = G. | last21 = Smith | first21 = C. | last22 = Smyth | first22 = G. | last23 = Tierney | first23 = L. | last24 = Yang | first24 = J. Y. | last25 = Zhang | first25 = J. | title = Bioconductor: Open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics | journal = Genome Biology | volume = 5 | issue = 10 | pages = R80 | doi = 10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r80 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15461798| pmc =545600 }}</ref><ref name="dblp">{{DBLP|name=Robert Gentleman}}</ref><ref name="microsoft">{{AcademicSearch|1281996}}</ref>
'''Robert Clifford Gentleman''' (born 1959) is a Canadian statistician and [[bioinformatician]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gentleman | first1 = R. | title = Reproducible Research: A Bioinformatics Case Study | doi = 10.2202/1544-6115.1034 | journal = Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology | volume = 4 | pages = Article2 | year = 2005 | pmid = 16646837| pmc = | url = http://biostats.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=bioconductor }}</ref> currently vice president of computational biology at [[23andMe]].<ref name=23andme-pr>{{cite web|title=Bioinformatics Pioneer Robert Gentleman, Ph.D., Joins 23andMe Leadership Team|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bioinformatics-pioneer-robert-gentleman-phd-joins-23andme-leadership-team-300059876.html|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=bioit-world-23andme>{{cite web|title=Robert Gentleman on His Goals for Drug Discovery at 23andMe|url=http://www.bio-itworld.com/2015/5/19/robert-gentleman-his-goals-drug-discovery-23andme.html|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref> He is recognized, along with [[Ross Ihaka]], as one of the originators of the [[R programming language]]<ref name=jstor1390807>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ihaka | first1 = R. | last2 = Gentleman | first2 = R. | title = R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics | journal = Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics | volume = 5 | issue = 3 | pages = 299–314 | doi = 10.2307/1390807 | year = 1996 | jstor = 1390807| pmid = | pmc = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/technology/business-computing/07program.html |title=R, the Software, Finds Fans in Data Analysts - NYTimes.com |author=Ashlee Vance |date=6 January 2009 |website= |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref> and the [[Bioconductor]] project.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Gentleman | first1 = R. C. | last2 = Carey | first2 = V. J. | last3 = Bates | first3 = D. M. | last4 = Bolstad | first4 = B. | last5 = Dettling | first5 = M. | last6 = Dudoit | first6 = S. | author6-link = Sandrine Dudoit | last7 = Ellis | first7 = B. | last8 = Gautier | first8 = L. | last9 = Ge | first9 = Y. | last10 = Gentry | first10 = J. | last11 = Hornik | first11 = K. | last12 = Hothorn | first12 = T. | last13 = Huber | first13 = W. | last14 = Iacus | first14 = S. | last15 = Irizarry | first15 = R. | last16 = Leisch | first16 = F. | last17 = Li | first17 = C. | last18 = Maechler | first18 = M. | last19 = Rossini | first19 = A. J. | last20 = Sawitzki | first20 = G. | last21 = Smith | first21 = C. | last22 = Smyth | first22 = G. | last23 = Tierney | first23 = L. | last24 = Yang | first24 = J. Y. | last25 = Zhang | first25 = J. | title = Bioconductor: Open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics | journal = Genome Biology | volume = 5 | issue = 10 | pages = R80 | doi = 10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r80 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15461798| pmc =545600 }}</ref><ref name="dblp">{{DBLP|name=Robert Gentleman}}</ref><ref name="microsoft">{{AcademicSearch|1281996}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==

Revision as of 19:38, 27 May 2019

For the British water polo player, see Robert Gentleman.
Robert Clifford Gentleman
Born1959 (age 64–65)[citation needed]
Alma materUniversity of Washington
University of British Columbia
Known forR (programming language)
AwardsBenjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics)
Scientific career
InstitutionsGenentech
University of Washington
Harvard University
The University of Auckland
ThesisExploratory methods for censored data (1988)
Doctoral advisorJohn James Crowley[1]

Robert Clifford Gentleman (born 1959) is a Canadian statistician and bioinformatician[2] currently vice president of computational biology at 23andMe.[3][4] He is recognized, along with Ross Ihaka, as one of the originators of the R programming language[5][6] and the Bioconductor project.[7][8][9]

Education

Gentleman was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of British Columbia.[3] He was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Statistics from University of Washington in 1988; his thesis title was Exploratory methods for censored data.[10]

Research

Gentleman worked as a statistics professor at The University of Auckland in the mid 1990s, where he developed the R programming language alongside Ross Ihaka.[5][11] In 2001, he started work on the Bioconductor project to promote the development of open-source tools for bioinformatics and computational biology. In 2009, Gentleman joined the Genentech biotechnology corporation, where he worked as a senior director in bioinformatics and computational biology.[12][13] Gentleman joined personal genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe as vice president in April 2015,[3] with the goal of bringing expertise on bioinformatics and computational drug discovery to the company.[4] Gentleman has also served on the board of the statistical software company Revolution Analytics (formerly known as REvolution Computing).[11]

Awards

Gentleman won the Benjamin Franklin Award in 2008, recognising his work on the R programming language, the Bioconductor project and his commitment to data and methods sharing.[14] He was made a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology in 2014 for his contribution to computational biology and bioinformatics.[15] He became a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2017.[16]

References

  1. ^ Robert Gentleman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Gentleman, R. (2005). "Reproducible Research: A Bioinformatics Case Study". Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. 4: Article2. doi:10.2202/1544-6115.1034. PMID 16646837.
  3. ^ a b c "Bioinformatics Pioneer Robert Gentleman, Ph.D., Joins 23andMe Leadership Team". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Robert Gentleman on His Goals for Drug Discovery at 23andMe". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b Ihaka, R.; Gentleman, R. (1996). "R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics". Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 5 (3): 299–314. doi:10.2307/1390807. JSTOR 1390807.
  6. ^ Ashlee Vance (6 January 2009). "R, the Software, Finds Fans in Data Analysts - NYTimes.com". New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  7. ^ Gentleman, R. C.; Carey, V. J.; Bates, D. M.; Bolstad, B.; Dettling, M.; Dudoit, S.; Ellis, B.; Gautier, L.; Ge, Y.; Gentry, J.; Hornik, K.; Hothorn, T.; Huber, W.; Iacus, S.; Irizarry, R.; Leisch, F.; Li, C.; Maechler, M.; Rossini, A. J.; Sawitzki, G.; Smith, C.; Smyth, G.; Tierney, L.; Yang, J. Y.; Zhang, J. (2004). "Bioconductor: Open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics". Genome Biology. 5 (10): R80. doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-10-r80. PMC 545600. PMID 15461798.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  8. ^ Robert Gentleman at DBLP Bibliography Server Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ Robert Gentleman publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  10. ^ Gentleman, Robert Clifford (1988). Exploratory methods for censored data (PhD thesis). University of Washington.
  11. ^ a b Wolfson, Wendy. "A Bioinformatics Chief and a Gentleman". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  12. ^ Gaudet, P.; Bairoch, A.; Field, D.; Sansone, S. -A.; Taylor, C.; Attwood, T. K.; Bateman, A.; Blake, J. A.; Bult, C. J.; Cherry, J. M.; Chisholm, R. L.; Cochrane, G.; Cook, C. E.; Eppig, J. T.; Galperin, M. Y.; Gentleman, R.; Goble, C. A.; Gojobori, T.; Hancock, J. M.; Howe, D. G.; Imanishi, T.; Kelso, J.; Landsman, D.; Lewis, S. E.; Karsch Mizrachi, I.; Orchard, S.; Ouellette, B. F. F.; Ranganathan, S.; Richardson, L.; Rocca-Serra, P. (2011). "Towards BioDBcore: A community-defined information specification for biological databases". Database. 2011: baq027. doi:10.1093/database/baq027. PMC 3017395. PMID 21205783.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-04-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Robert C. Gentleman Senior Director: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
  14. ^ "Benjamin Franklin Award - Bioinformatics.org". Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  15. ^ "ISCB Fellows". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  16. ^ "ASA Fellows list". American Statistical Association. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
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