Bernard Silverman

Bernard Silverman
Bernard Silverman
Born	22 February 1952 (age 72)
Residence	UK
Nationality	British
Fields	Statistician
Institutions	University of Oxford
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Thesis	Data Analysis: Some Theory and Practice (1978)
Doctoral advisor	D. G. Kendall
Known for	density estimation, nonparametric regression, functional data analysis
Notable awards	Mayhew Prize (1974); Smith's Prize (1976); Gold Medal International Mathematical Olympiad; Guy Medal (Bronze, 1984) (Silver, 1997); COPSS Presidents' Award (1991)
Notes
	Fellow of the Royal Society

Bernard Walter Silverman FRS (born 22 February 1952) is a British statistician and Anglican Priest. He was Master of St Peter's College, Oxford from 1 October 2003 to 31 December 2009. He is a member of the Statistics Department at Oxford University, and is also attached to the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance. He has been a member of the Council of Oxford University and of the Council of the Royal Society.^[1] He was briefly President of the Royal Statistical Society in January 2010, a position from which he stood down upon announcement of his appointment as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Home Office.^[2]

Career

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, Oxford University and Weir Junior Research Fellow of University 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– Chief Scientific Advisor, Home Office

Degrees and qualifications

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) through STETS

Awards and honours

1970 Gold Medal, International Mathematical Olympiad
1974 Mayhew Prize for Mathematical Tripos Part III, University of Cambridge
1976 Smith's Prize, Cambridge University
1984 Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Bronze
1985 Special Invited Paper, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1988 Technometrics Special Discussion Paper, American Statistical Association
1991 Presidents' Award of the Committee of presidents of Statistical Societies
1993 Fulkerson Lecturer, Cornell University
1995 Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver
1997 Fellow of the Royal Society
1999 Special Invited Paper, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1999 Henri Willem Methorst Medal, International Statistical Institute
2000 Corcoran Lecturer, Oxford University
2001 Member of Academia Europaea
2002 Original Member, Highly Cited Researchers database, ISI
2003 Honorary Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge

Ecclesiastical

1999 Ordained deacon, Church of England
2000 Ordained priest, Church of England

Books

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References

↑ Council for 2008/9 of the Royal Society
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Sources and links

[RS-1] Council for 2008/9 of the Royal Society

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21st century	2001–2003 Peter Green 2003–2005 Andy Grieve 2005–2007 Tim Holt 2008–2009 David Hand 2010–2010 Bernard Silverman (resigned Feb 2010; replaced pro tem by David Hand) 2011–2012 Valerie Isham 2013–2014 John Pullinger 2014–2016 Peter Diggle 2017–2018 David Spiegelhalter 2019– Deborah Ashby
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Bernard Silverman

Born	(1952-02-22) 22 February 1952 (age 72)
Residence	UK
Nationality	British
Fields	Statistician
Institutions	University of Oxford
Alma mater	Cambridge University
Thesis	Data Analysis: Some Theory and Practice (1978)
Doctoral advisor	D. G. Kendall
Known for	density estimation, nonparametric regression, functional data analysis
Notable awards	Mayhew Prize (1974) Smith's Prize (1976) Gold Medal International Mathematical Olympiad Guy Medal (Bronze, 1984) (Silver, 1997) COPSS Presidents' Award (1991)
Notes
Fellow of the Royal Society