Biographical entry Hall, Peter Gavin (1951 - )

Summary

Peter Hall is Professor of Statistics at the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University in Canberra. His main area of research is in theoretical and applied statistics and probability theory. Hall has authored well over 300 journal articles, has received many awards for his efforts, is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and the Royal Society (FRS), and has served on many editorial boards for top statistical journals.

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1974

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1976

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra

1976

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Oxford, UK

1976 - 1978

Career position - Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Melbourne

1978 - 1985

Career position - Lecture then Senior Lecturer r in Statistics at the Australian National University

1986

Award - Australian Mathematical Society Medal received

1986 - 1988

Career position - Reader in Statistics at the Australian National University

1987 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1987

Award - Edgeworth David Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1988 -

Career position - Professor and Personal Chair in Statistics at the Australian National University

1989 -

Award - Honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society

1989

Award - Lyle Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1991 -

Career position - Professor of Statistics at the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University

1995

Award - Hannan Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1996 -

Award - Fellow of the American Statistical Association

1996

Career position - Acting Head of the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications

1997

Career position - Aisenstadt Chair at the Université de Montréal

1997

Education - Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc) received from the Université Catholique de Louvin in Belgium

1999 - 2003

Career position - President-elect then President of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability

2000 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

2000 - 2002

Career position - Centennial Professorship at the London School of Economics

2002 -

Award - Australian Professorial Fellowship received from the Australian Research Council (ARC)

2002 -

Award - Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (CorrFRSE)

2005

Education - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Glasgow, Scotland

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• National Library of Australia, 'Hall, Peter', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-638696. Details