Rob J. Hyndman

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Rob J Hyndman
Born (1967-05-02) 2 May 1967 (age 56)
Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality Australia
Fields statistics
Alma mater University of Melbourne
Thesis Continuous-Time Threshold Autoregressive Modelling (1992)
Doctoral advisor Peter J. Brockwell
Gary K. Grunwald
Known for forecasting research
Notable awards Moran Medal (2007)
Website
robjhyndman.com

Robin John "Rob" Hyndman (born 2 May 1967) is an Australian statistician known for his work on forecasting. He is Professor of Statistics at Monash University[1] and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Forecasting.[2] In 2007 he won the Moran Medal from the Australian Academy of Science for his contributions to statistical research.[3]

Hyndman grew up in Beechworth, Victoria and moved to Melbourne at the age of 15. He studied statistics and mathematics at the University of Melbourne, graduating with first class honours in 1988. He completed his PhD at the same university in 1993. Hyndman was a well known and very active member of the Christadelphian church. He spoke at many Christadelphian gatherings and conferences across Australia and overseas, as well as authoring several books on the Bible which are still widely used. [4]

Major books

  1. Makridakis, S., Wheelwright, S., and Hyndman, R.J. (1998) Forecasting: methods and applications, Wiley.
  2. Hyndman, R.J., Koehler, A.B., Ord, J.K., and Snyder, R.D. (2008) Forecasting with exponential smoothing: the state space approach, Springer.
  3. Hyndman, R.J., and Athanasopoulos, G. (2014) Forecasting: principles and practice, OTexts.

References

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  4. http://bethelbooks.com/

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