Paul Fearnhead
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Paul Fearnhead | |
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Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Lancaster University |
Thesis | Sequential Monte Carlo Methods in Filter Theory (1998) |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Clifford |
Other academic advisors | Peter Donnelly |
Website | www |
Paul Fearnhead is Professor of Statistics at Lancaster University. He is a researcher in computational statistics, in particular Sequential Monte Carlo methods. His interests include sampling theory and genetics – he has published several papers working on the epidemiology of campylobacter by looking at recombination events in a large sample of genomes. Since January 2018 he has been the editor of Biometrika.[1]
Awards[edit]
Fearnhead won the Adams Prize in 2007.[2]
In 2007 he also won the Guy Medal in Bronze of the Royal Statistical Society.
References[edit]
- ^ "Biometrika". Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "2007 Adams Prize winner announced". 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2010-05-17.