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Gareth Roberts

b. 1964

British statistician; Ph.D. University of Warwick 1988

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About Gareth Roberts

Born 1964. Gareth Roberts is a British statistician and university teacher.

Education Roberts was educated at Liverpool Blue Coat School and Jesus College, Oxford, graduating in 1985 in Mathematics and subsequently went on to complete in 1988 a PhD thesis on Some boundary hitting problems for diffusion processes under the supervision of Saul Jacka at the University of Warwick.

Career Following his PhD, Roberts held various academic positions at the University of Nottingham, the University of Cambridge and Lancaster University before returning to the University of Warwick. and the Garden Cities Trophy in 2008 and 2013.

Awards and honours 1995 – Raybould Fellowship 1997 – Royal Statistical Society's Guy medal in Bronze 1999 – Rollo Davidson Prize of the University of Cambridge 2004 – ISI highly cited researcher ) 2008 – Royal Statistical Society's Guy medal in Silver 2009 – Institute of Mathematical Statistics Medallion 2010 – Editor of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (Series B) 2013 – Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 2019 - Elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

His nomination to become a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013 reads:

2015 – Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society

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Important facts

Born
1964
Birth century
Nationality
Education
Jesus College, University of Warwick, Jesus College, Oxford, University of Cambridge
Employers
University of Warwick, University of Nottingham
Awards
Rollo Davidson Prize; Guy Medal in Silver; Guy Medal in Bronze; Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales; Fellow of the Royal Society; Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Lindley Prize; Guy Medal
Also known as
Gareth Owen Roberts

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Gareth Roberts's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Gareth Roberts?

British statistician; Ph.D. University of Warwick 1988

When was Gareth Roberts born?

Gareth Roberts was born in 1964.

What is Gareth Roberts's occupation?

Gareth Roberts is a statistician and university teacher.

What nationality is Gareth Roberts?

Gareth Roberts is British.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Gareth Roberts

Β· Wikidata: Q5522957

Β· DBpedia: Gareth Roberts (statistician)

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