Re: [ABE-L]: Leading British statistician, Dennis Lindley, dies

["Hedibert Freitas Lopes" <hedibert@im.ufrj.br>]

O que e' "StatPop"?

On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:27:24 -0300, Dani Gamerman wrote
> meu texto sobre o Lindley foi postado no StatPop.
> Dani
> 
> > Prezados colegas,
> >     E' com grande tristeza que divido hoje com voces a noticia 
> > triste do falecimento de um icone para muitos de no's Bayesianos: 
> > Dennis V. Lindley.  Muitos de no's tivemos o prazer de conhece-lo 
> > pessoalmente, mas gostaria de pedir ao Carlinhos, Migon e Dani (e 
> > quem mais puder) para dividir conosco a influencia dessa grande 
> > figura em suas carreiras.      Pra mim basta dizer que Dennis 
> > orientou ambos Adrian Smith e Jose Bernardo e que seu trabalho e de 
> > seus descententes cientificos compreendem uma era muito influente do 
> > pensamento Bayesiano.
> > 
> > Att,
> > Hedibert
> > 
> > Leading British statistician, Dennis Lindley, dies
> > Written by Web News Editor on 16 December 2013. Posted in News
> > 
> > It is with great regret that we announce the death of a leading 
> > figure in statistics, Dennis Lindley (1923 - 2013). Dennis Lindley 
> > was one of the key proponents of Bayesian statistics and his work 
> > has been widely recognised in helping to kick-start the ?Bayesian 
> > revolution? of recent years. He published more than 100 scholarly 
> > articles and books. In his academic career he occupied posts such as 
> > the director of the Statistical Laboratory at Cambridge University 
> > and head of statistics at University College London. He was a 
> > founder and former president of the Valencia International Meetings 
> > on Bayesian Statistics. In 2002 he was awarded the Royal Statistical 
> > Society?s Guy medal in gold.
> > 
> > He was an active member of the Royal Statistical Society and served 
> > on its Series B editorial panel for almost a decade. He was also 
> > secretary and later chair of the Research Section Committee and 
> > served as a member and vice president of Council. Most recently, he 
> > recorded an interview for the RSS which was played at the Society's 
> > Bayes 250 Conference held earlier this year (see embedded footage 
> > below).
> > 
> > Our sincerest condolences go to Dennis?s family, his wife Joan and 
> > three children, Janet, Rowan and Robert. A full obituary will be 
> > published in the Royal Statistical Society Series A journal in due course.
> 
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> Dani Gamerman
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> Lab. de Sistemas Estocásticos (LSE)
> Instituto de Matemática - UFRJ
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Hedibert Freitas Lopes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor                             
Department of Statistical Methods
Institute of Mathematics
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)