British statistician
Sir Bernard Walter Silverman ,FRS FAcSS [ 3] Master ofSt Peter's College, Oxford , from 1 October 2003 to 31 December 2009. He is a member of the Statistics Department at theUniversity of Oxford , and has also been attached to theWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics , the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and theOxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance . He has been a member of the Council of the University of Oxford and of the Council of theRoyal Society .[ 4] Royal Statistical Society in January 2010, a position from which he stood down upon announcement of his appointment asChief Scientific Adviser to theHome Office .[ 5] [ 6]
Silverman was educated at theCity of London School ,[ 2] [ 7] Jesus College, Cambridge .[ 7]
1970–73 Undergraduate, Jesus College, Cambridge. 1973–74 Graduate Student, Jesus College, Cambridge. 1974–75 Research Student, Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge. 1975–77 Research Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. 1976–77 Calculator Development Manager,Sinclair Radionics Ltd. 1977–78 Junior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Oxford, and Weir Junior Research Fellow ofUniversity College, Oxford . 1978–80 Lecturer in Statistics,University of Bath . 1981–84 Reader in Statistics, University of Bath. 1984 and 1992–93 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bath. 1984–93 Professor of Statistics, University of Bath. 1988–91 Head of School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath. 1993–2003 Professor of Statistics,University of Bristol 1993–97 and 1998–99 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bristol 1999–2003 Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics, University of Bristol 2000–03 Provost of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol 2003–09 Master of St Peter's College, Oxford 2010– Senior Research Fellow,Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment , Oxford (part-time) 2010– Professorial Research Associate,Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford (part-time) 2010–17 Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office 2018–22 Professor of Modern Slavery Statistics,Rights Lab ,University of Nottingham [ 8] Degrees and qualifications [ edit ] 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge. (Wrangler ) 1974 Part III of Mathematical Tripos, Cambridge (with Distinction) 1977 Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge 1989 Doctor of Science, Cambridge 1993 Chartered Statistician,Royal Statistical Society 2000 Bachelor of Theology, Southampton (First Class Honours) throughSTETS 1970 Gold Medal,International Mathematical Olympiad 1974Mayhew Prize for Mathematical Tripos Part III,University of Cambridge 1976Smith's Prize ,University of Cambridge 1984Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Bronze 1985 Special Invited Paper,Institute of Mathematical Statistics 1988 Technometrics Special Discussion Paper,American Statistical Association 1991Presidents' Award of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies 1993 Fulkerson Lecturer,Cornell University 1995Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver 1997 Fellow of theRoyal Society 1999 Special Invited Paper,Institute of Mathematical Statistics 1999 Henri Willem Methorst Medal,International Statistical Institute 2000 Corcoran Lecturer, University of Oxford 2001 Member ofAcademia Europaea 2002 Original Member, Highly Cited Researchers database, ISI 2003 Honorary Fellow,Jesus College, Cambridge 2017Honorary Doctorate of Science by theUniversity of Bath [ 9] 2018Knight Bachelor in the2018 New Year Honours for public service and services to Science.[ 10] Ecclesiastical career [ edit ] Silverman wasordained in theChurch of England as adeacon in 1999 and as apriest in 2000.[ 11] assistant curate ofCotham Parish Church in theDiocese of Bristol .[ 11] Permission to Officiate in theDiocese of Oxford .[ 11] St Giles' Church andSt Margaret's Church, Oxford .[ 11] Diocese of London .[ 11] [ 3]
Green, P. J.; Silverman, B. W. (1994).Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach .Chapman & Hall . Ramsay, J. O.; Silverman, B. W. (2002).Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies . Springer-Verlag. Ramsay, J. O.; Silverman, B. W. (2005) [1997].Functional Data Analysis (second, expanded and rewritten ed.).Springer-Verlag . Silverman, B. W. (1986).Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis . Chapman & Hall.Bibcode :1986desd.book.....S . Silverman, B. W.; Vassilicos, J. C., eds. (2000).Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information? .Oxford University Press .
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