James Berger (statistician)
- James Berger (statistician)
James O. Berger received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University in 1974. He was a faculty member in the Department of Statistics at Purdue University until 1997, at which time he moved to the Institute of Statistics and Decision Sciences (now the Department of Statistical Science) at Duke University, where he is currently the Arts and Sciences Professor of Statistics. He has also been Director of the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute since 2002. [cite journal | doi = 10.1214/088342304000000053 | title = A Conversation with James O. Berger | year = 2004 | author = Wolpert, Robert L. | journal = Statistical Science | volume = 19 | pages = 205] [citation | title = ISI Highly Cited: James O. Berger| url = http://hcr3.isiknowledge.com/author.cgi?id=2831&cb=6505 | publisher = ISI Web of Knowledge | year = 2003] [citation | title = Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute | url = http://www.samsi.info/index.shtml]
Awards and honors
Berger has received numerous awards for his work: Guggenheim Fellowship, the COPSS Presidents' Award and the R. A. Fisher Lectureship. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003. [citation | title = Statistician James O. Berger Elected to National Academy of Sciences | url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23153247_ITM | year = 2003 | publisher = PR Newswire] In 2004, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Purdue University. [citation | title = James O. Berger: Doctor of Science | url = http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/2004/04hondocs/04.Berger.html | publisher = Purdue University | year = 2004]
Bibliography
*cite book | author = Berger, James O. | title = Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis | publisher = Springer-Verlag | location = Berlin | year = 1985 | isbn = 0-387-96098-8
*cite book | author = Wolpert, Robert L.; Berger, James O. | title = The Likelihood Principle | publisher = Institute of Mathematical Statistics | location = | year = 1988 | isbn = 0-940600-13-7
References
External links
*cite web | title = Berger's web page at Duke University | url = http://www.isds.duke.edu/~berger/
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