Chris Holmes is a British applied mathematician. He is titular Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College. After working in industry he completed his doctorate in Bayesian statistics at Imperial College, London.
Holmes's research interests are in spatial statistics, Bayesian non-parametrics and statistical problems in genetics. He is one of the co-founders of the Oxford-Man Institute. Holmes was awarded the 2003 Research Prize[1] and the 2009 Guy Medal in Bronze[2] by the Royal Statistical Society.
References [edit]
- ^ 2003 Society Medals & Prizes. Royal Statistical Society. Accessed January 23, 2010. Award Citation:"The Research Prize for 2003 is awarded to Christopher Holmes for his important original contributions to statistical methodology, including work on Bayesian regression with wavelets and other basis functions, partitioning modelling, pattern recognition and perfect sampling"
- ^ 2009 Society Medals & Prizes. Royal Statistical Society. Accessed January 23, 2010.
External links [edit]
- Chris Holmes' webpage, Department of Statistics, Oxford University
- Christopher C. Holmes, Mathematics Genealogy Project
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