Bernard Silverman
Gold Medal International Mathematical Olympiad Guy Medal (Bronze, 1984) (Silver, 1997) COPSS Presidents' Award (1991) Fellow of the Royal Society | |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistician |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Data Analysis: Some Theory and Practice (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | D. G. Kendall |
Sir Bernard Walter Silverman, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office.[5] He was awarded a knighthood in the 2018 New Years Honours List, "For public service and services to Science".[6]
Education
Silverman was educated at the City of London School,[2] an independent day school in Central London, from 1961 to 1969, on a Carpenter Scholarship (similar to today's full bursary),[7] followed by Jesus College at the University of Cambridge.[7]
Career
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- 1970–73 Undergraduate, Jesus College, Cambridge.
- 1973–74 Graduate Student, Jesus College, Cambridge.
- 1974–75 Research Student, Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge.
- 1975–77 Research Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.
- 1976–77 Calculator Development Manager, Sinclair Radionics Ltd.
- 1977–78 Junior Lecturer in Statistics, Oxford University and Weir Junior Research Fellow of University College, Oxford.
- 1978–80 Lecturer in Statistics, University of Bath.
- 1981–84 Reader in Statistics, University of Bath.
- 1984 and 1992–93 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bath.
- 1984–93 Professor of Statistics, University of Bath.
- 1988–91 Head of School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath.
- 1993–2003 Professor of Statistics, University of Bristol
- 1993–97 and 1998–99 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bristol
- 1999–2003 Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics, University of Bristol
- 2000–03 Provost of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol
- 2003–09 Master of St Peter's College, Oxford
- 2010– Senior Research Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford (part-time)
- 2010– Professorial Research Associate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford (part-time)
- 2010–17 Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
- 2018–22 Professor of Modern Slavery Statistics, Rights Lab, University of Nottingham[8]
Degrees and qualifications
- 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge. (Wrangler)
- 1974 Part III of Mathematical Tripos, Cambridge (with Distinction)
- 1977 Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge
- 1989 Doctor of Science, Cambridge
- 1993 Chartered Statistician, Royal Statistical Society
- 2000 Bachelor of Theology, Southampton (First Class Honours) through STETS
Awards and honours
- 1970 Gold Medal, International Mathematical Olympiad
- 1974 Mayhew Prize for Mathematical Tripos Part III, University of Cambridge
- 1976 Cambridge University
- 1984 Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Bronze
- 1985 Special Invited Paper, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 1988 Technometrics Special Discussion Paper, American Statistical Association
- 1991 Presidents' Award of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies
- 1993 Fulkerson Lecturer, Cornell University
- 1995 Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Silver
- 1997 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1999 Special Invited Paper, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- 1999 Henri Willem Methorst Medal, International Statistical Institute
- 2000 Corcoran Lecturer, Oxford University
- 2001 Member of Academia Europaea
- 2002 Original Member, Highly Cited Researchers database, ISI
- 2003 Honorary Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge
- 2018 Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for public service and services to Science.[9]
Ecclesiastical career
Silverman was
Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Oxford.[10] Then, from 2009 to 2015, he was an honorary assistant curate of St Giles' Church and St Margaret's Church, Oxford.[10] From 2015 to 2022, he held Permission to Officiate in both the Diocese of Oxford and in the Diocese of London.[10] He renounced his orders in 2022.[3]
Books
- Green, P. J.; Silverman, B. W. (1994). Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach. Chapman & Hall.
- Ramsay, J. O.; Silverman, B. W. (2002). Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies. Springer-Verlag.
- Ramsay, J. O.; Silverman, B. W. (2005) [1997]. Functional Data Analysis (second, expanded and rewritten ed.). Springer-Verlag.
- Silverman, B. W. (1986). Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis. Chapman & Hall. Bibcode:1986desd.book.....S.
- Silverman, B. W.; Vassilicos, J. C., eds. (2000). Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information?. Oxford University Press.
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ a b "City of London School - Old Citizens". City of London School. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b Silverman, Bernard (30 December 2022). "Resignation from Ministry in the Church of England" (PDF).
- ^ Council for 2008/9 of the Royal Society
- ^ "New Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser announced". Home Office Press Office. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ Official 2018 New Years Honours List
- ^ a b "Q & A with Sir Bernard Silverman". John Carpenter Club. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Rights Lab". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N2.
- ^ a b c d e "Bernard Walter Silverman". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 19 May 2017.