Philip Dawid
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Alexander Philip Dawid is Professor of Statistics in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge
. He is a leading proponent of Bayesian statistics
.
He was educated at the City of London School
, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
and Darwin College, Cambridge
.
He was lecturer in statistics at University College London from 1969 to 1978. He was then Professor of Statistics at The City University
until 1981, when he returned to UCL as a reader, becoming Pearson Professor of Statistics there in 1982.
He was elected a member of the International Statistical Institute
in 1978, and a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society
in 1993. He was editor of Biometrika
from 1992 to 1996 and President of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
in 2000. He is also an elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
.
He received the 1977 George W. Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
Dawid was awarded the 1978 Guy Medal in Bronze
and the 2001 Guy Medal in Silver
by the Royal Statistical Society.
His book Probabilistic Networks and Expert Systems (1999, Springer-Verlag), written jointly with Robert G. Cowell, Steffen Lauritzen, and David J. Spiegelhalter, received the 2001 DeGroot Prize from the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
.
Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin...
. He is a leading proponent of Bayesian statistics
Bayesian statistics
Bayesian statistics is that subset of the entire field of statistics in which the evidence about the true state of the world is expressed in terms of degrees of belief or, more specifically, Bayesian probabilities...
.
He was educated at the City of London School
City of London School
The City of London School is a boys' independent day school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London, England. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and the co-educational City of London Freemen's School...
, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...
and Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin...
.
He was lecturer in statistics at University College London from 1969 to 1978. He was then Professor of Statistics at The City University
City University, London
City University London , is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university in 1966, when it adopted its present name....
until 1981, when he returned to UCL as a reader, becoming Pearson Professor of Statistics there in 1982.
He was elected a member of the International Statistical Institute
International Statistical Institute
The International Statistical Institute is a professional association of statisticians. The Institut International de Statistique or International Statistical Institute was founded in 1885 although there had been international congresses from 1853.. The Institute publishes a variety of books and...
in 1978, and a Chartered Statistician of 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...
in 1993. He was editor of Biometrika
Biometrika
- External links :* . The Internet Archive. 2011....
from 1992 to 1996 and President of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
International Society for Bayesian Analysis
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis is a society with the goal of promoting Bayesian analysis for solving problems in the sciences and government. It was founded by economist Arnold Zellner in 1992. It publishes the Journal of Bayesian Analysis....
in 2000. He is also an elected 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 received the 1977 George W. Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
Dawid was awarded the 1978 Guy Medal in Bronze
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...
and the 2001 Guy Medal in Silver
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...
by the Royal Statistical Society.
His book Probabilistic Networks and Expert Systems (1999, Springer-Verlag), written jointly with Robert G. Cowell, Steffen Lauritzen, and David J. Spiegelhalter, received the 2001 DeGroot Prize from the International Society for Bayesian Analysis
International Society for Bayesian Analysis
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis is a society with the goal of promoting Bayesian analysis for solving problems in the sciences and government. It was founded by economist Arnold Zellner in 1992. It publishes the Journal of Bayesian Analysis....
.
Selected publications
- Spiegelhalter, David J.David SpiegelhalterDavid John Spiegelhalter OBE, FRS, is a distinguished British statistician. In 2007 he was elected Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge...
, A. Philip Dawid, Steffen L. Lauritzen and Robert G. Cowell "Bayesian analysis in expert systems" in Statistical Science, 8(3), 1993. - Robert G. Cowell, A. Philip Dawid, David J. Spiegelhalter, "Sequential Model Criticism in Probabilistic Expert Systems." IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. 15(3), 1993
- A. Philip Dawid, Uffe Kjærulff, Steffen L. Lauritzen, "Hybrid Propagation in Junction Trees." IPMU 1994
External links
- Philip Dawid homepage, Cambridge University
- Prof Philip Dawid Authorised Biography at Debrett’s People of Today