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