Henry Wynn
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Henry Philip Wynn is a British statistician.
He gained a BA in Mathematics from Oxford and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Imperial College. He was appointed a Lecturer and then Reader at Imperial College before moving to City University in 1985 as Professor of Mathematical Statistics (and Dean of Mathematics from 1987 to 1995). At City he co-founded the Engineering Design Centre.
He moved again, in 1995, to the University of Warwick as founding Director of the Risk Initiative and Statistical Consultancy Unit. He is currently, from 2003, Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics where he leads the Decision Support and Risk Group.
He was a founding president of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) and a Co-Investigator on the Research Councils UK funded project Managing Uncertainty in Complex Models (MUCM). He is author of around 140 published papers and three books/monographs.
He holds the Guy Medal
in Silver from the Royal Statistical Society
and the George Box Medal
from the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS), is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
.
He was the elected President of the Royal Statistical Society
in 1977, the first president to be elected by a contested vote. From 1834 to 1978, RSS Presidents had always been nominated and returned unopposed. In 1978 however there had been a lot of opposition when Council arranged for Sir Campbell Adamson
to stand for Council, on the understanding that he would stand for and become President the following year. However, for the first time in living memory there was an election for Council, and Campbell Adamson came last out of a 25 candidates. (There were 25 candidates and 24 place on Council. This resulted from a very active campaign by the newly formed Radical Statistics
.) Despite this, Campbell Adamson was put up for President, and Radical Statistics organised a campaign against him. Although Henry Wynn was relatively unknown at the time, he won the election and completed his presidency.
He has undertaken a wide range of research in theoretical and applied statistics, focusing principally on model building. Projects with a biological focus include work in dynamic modelling in biology (multi-strain models).
Selected papers
He gained a BA in Mathematics from Oxford and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics from Imperial College. He was appointed a Lecturer and then Reader at Imperial College before moving to City University in 1985 as Professor of Mathematical Statistics (and Dean of Mathematics from 1987 to 1995). At City he co-founded the Engineering Design Centre.
He moved again, in 1995, to the University of Warwick as founding Director of the Risk Initiative and Statistical Consultancy Unit. He is currently, from 2003, Professor of Statistics at the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics where he leads the Decision Support and Risk Group.
He was a founding president of the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS) and a Co-Investigator on the Research Councils UK funded project Managing Uncertainty in Complex Models (MUCM). He is author of around 140 published papers and three books/monographs.
He holds the Guy Medal
Guy Medal
The Guy Medals are awarded by the Royal Statistical Society in three categories; Gold, Silver and Bronze. The Gold Medal is awarded triennially, the other two are awarded annually...
in Silver from the Royal Statistical Society
Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK.-History:It was founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London , though a perhaps unrelated London Statistical Society was in existence at least as early as 1824...
and the George Box Medal
George Box Medal
The Box Medal is named after George Box and recognizes each year an extraordinary statistician who has remarkably contributed with his/her work to the development and the application of statistical methods in European business and industry.- Past Recipients :...
from the European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS), is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries
Institute of Actuaries
The Institute of Actuaries was one of the two professional which represented actuaries in the United Kingdom . The Institute was based in England, while the other body, the Faculty of Actuaries, was based in Scotland...
and a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently has about 4,000 members in all parts of the world...
.
He was the elected President of the Royal Statistical Society
President of the Royal Statistical Society
The President of the Royal Statistical Society is the head of the Royal Statistical Society , elected biannually by the Fellows of the Society. ....
in 1977, the first president to be elected by a contested vote. From 1834 to 1978, RSS Presidents had always been nominated and returned unopposed. In 1978 however there had been a lot of opposition when Council arranged for Sir Campbell Adamson
Campbell Adamson
Sir Campbell Adamson was a British industrialist who was best known for his work as Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry from 1969 to 1976...
to stand for Council, on the understanding that he would stand for and become President the following year. However, for the first time in living memory there was an election for Council, and Campbell Adamson came last out of a 25 candidates. (There were 25 candidates and 24 place on Council. This resulted from a very active campaign by the newly formed Radical Statistics
Radical Statistics
The Radical Statistics Group, usually known as "Radical Statistics" or "Radstats", is a group of statisticians based in Britain, which was initiated in 1975 following on the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science ....
.) Despite this, Campbell Adamson was put up for President, and Radical Statistics organised a campaign against him. Although Henry Wynn was relatively unknown at the time, he won the election and completed his presidency.
He has undertaken a wide range of research in theoretical and applied statistics, focusing principally on model building. Projects with a biological focus include work in dynamic modelling in biology (multi-strain models).
Publications
Monographs since 2000- “Dynamical Search" (H.P.Wynn, L Pronzato and A Zhigljavsky), Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2000
- “Algebraic Statistics” (H.P.Wynn, E Riccomagno and G Pistone), Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2001.
Selected papers