Frank Kelly | |
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 Kelly at theEPFL, 15 October 2007 | |
| Born | (1950-12-28)28 December 1950 (age 74) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Durham University (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Quasireversibility Dynamic Alternative Routing Congestion control Loss networks |
| Awards | Davidson Prize (1979) Guy Medal in Silver (1989) Fellow of the Royal Society (1989) Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (1991) John von Neumann Theory Prize (2008) Foreign Member,NAE (2012) IEEE Alexandar Bell Medal (2015) David Crighton Medal (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Optimisation Queueing theory Network theory |
| Thesis | The Equilibrium Behaviour of Stochastic Models of Interaction and Flow (1976[1]) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Whittle |
| Doctoral students | Ilze Ziedins |
Francis Patrick Kelly,CBE,FRS (born 28 December 1950) is Professor of the Mathematics of Systems at theStatistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He served as Master ofChrist's College, Cambridge from 2006 to 2016.
Kelly's research interests are inrandom processes,networks andoptimisation, especially in very large-scale systems such astelecommunication ortransportation networks. In the 1980s, he worked with colleagues in Cambridge and atBritish Telecom'sResearch Labs onDynamic Alternative Routing in telephone networks, which was implemented in BT's main digital telephone network. He has also worked on the economic theory of pricing tocongestion control and fair resource allocation in the internet. From 2003 to 2006 he served asChief Scientific Advisor to the United KingdomDepartment for Transport.
Kelly was elected aFellow of the Royal Society in 1989. In December 2006 he was elected 37th Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to mathematical science.[2]
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| Preceded by | Master ofChrist's College, Cambridge 2006–2016 | Succeeded by |
