Robin Sibson
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Robin Sibson is a British
mathematician and educator.
He has been a fellow of King's College, Cambridge
, professor of statistics at the University of Bath
and then vice-chancellor of the University of Kent
. He was chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency
from 2001 until 2009.
He is the developer of natural neighbour
interpolation on discrete sets of points in space.
United Kingdom
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mathematician and educator.
He has been a fellow of King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
, professor of statistics at the University of Bath
University of Bath
The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....
and then vice-chancellor of the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
. He was chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency
Higher Education Statistics Agency
The Higher Education Statistics Agency is the official agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of quantitative information about higher education in the United Kingdom....
from 2001 until 2009.
He is the developer of natural neighbour
Natural neighbor
300px|thumb|right|Natural neighbor interpolation. The colored circles. which represent the interpolating weights, wi, are generated using the ratio of the shaded area to that of the cell area of the surrounding points...
interpolation on discrete sets of points in space.