Charles M. Stein
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Charles M. Stein | |
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| Born | March 22, 1920 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 24, 2016 (aged 96) Fremont, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Abraham Wald |
Charles Max Stein (March 22, 1920 – November 24, 2016) was an American mathematical statistician and professor of statistics at Stanford University.
He received his Ph.D in 1947 at
National Academy of Sciences. He died in November 2016 at the age of 96.[3]
Works
- Approximate Computation of Expectations, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Hayward, CA, 1986.
- A bound for the error in the normal approximation to the distribution of a sum of dependent random variables, Sixth Berkeley Stanford Symposium, pages 583-602.
Interviews
- DeGroot, Morris H. (1986). "A Conversation with Charles Stein". JSTOR 2245793.
- "Charles Stein: The Invariant, the Direct and the "Pretentious"" (PDF).
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References
- ^ "Special Section: Minimax Shrinkage Estimation: A Tribute to Charles Stein". Statistical Science. 27 (1). February 2012.
- ^ "A bound for the error in the normal approximation to the distribution of a sum of dependent random variables" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Charles M. Stein, extraordinary statistician and anti-war activist, dies at 96". Stanford News Service. December 1, 2016.
- Charles M. Stein at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- National University of Singapore Program Honoring Prof. Stein
- Photograph of Stein
- Another photograph
See also
- James–Stein estimator
- Stein's lemma
- Stein's method
- Stein's unbiased risk estimate
- Stein's loss
- Stein discrepancy
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