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Sir
David Spiegelhalter
OBE FRS
Spiegelhalter giving a presentation in November 2020
Born
David John Spiegelhalter

(1953-08-16) 16 August 1953 (age 70)
Barnstaple
, Devon, England
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisAdaptive inference using finite mixture models (1978)
Doctoral advisorAdrian Smith[2]
Websitewww.statslab.cam.ac.uk/person/ds28

Sir David John Spiegelhalter

ISI highly cited researcher
.

He is currently Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge.[7] On 27 May 2020 he joined the board of the UK Statistics Authority as a non-executive director for a period of three years,[8] a term which was extended through to 2026.[9]

Early life and education

Spiegelhalter was born on 16 August 1953.

Barnstaple, Devon, from 1963 to 1970.[11] He then studied mathematics at Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1974.[12][13] He moved to University College London, where he gained his Master of Science (MSc) degree in statistics in 1975 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in mathematical statistics in 1978.[12][13] His doctoral thesis was titled "Adaptive Inference Using Finite Mixture Models",[14] and was supervised by Adrian Smith.[2]

Career

Spiegelhalter was research assistant in

Brunel University in 1976[13] and then visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, 1977–78. After his PhD, he was a research assistant for the Royal College of Physicians; he was based at the University of Nottingham, where his PhD supervisor, Adrian Smith, had been appointed a professor.[citation needed
]

From 1981 he was at the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit at Cambridge. He has been an honorary lecturer at the

infected blood
inquiry.

Between 2007 and 2012 he divided his work

Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk until his retirement. He remained chair of the Winton Centre until it closed in 2023. As of 2012 Spiegelhalter has supervised 7 PhD students.[13][19]

David Spiegelhalter playing with Arco Iris Samba band, July 2009

In 2012, Spiegelhalter hosted the BBC Four documentary Tails You Win: The Science of Chance which described the application of probability in everyday life.[20] He also presented a 2013 Cambridge Science Festival talk, How to Spot a Shabby Statistic at the Babbage Lecture Theatre in Cambridge.[5][21]

He was elected as President of the Royal Statistical Society, and took up the position on 1 January 2017. His Presidential address later that year took as its subject Trust in Numbers.[22]

In March 2020 Spiegelhalter launched a podcast called Risky Talk where he interviews experts in risk and evidence communication on topics like genetics, nutrition, climate change and immigration.[23] He appeared on BBC Desert Island Discs on 6 February 2022.[24]

Research

Spiegelhalter's research interests are in statistics[1][25][26] including

Honours

Media appearances

Bibliography

  • Sex by Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour (2015, Wellcome Collection)
  • The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data (2019, Pelican)
  • Covid by Numbers: Making Sense of the Pandemic with Data (2021, Pelican) (with Dr Anthony Masters)
  • The Art of Uncertainty: Living with Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck (2024, Pelican)

References

  1. ^ a b c David Spiegelhalter publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. ^ a b David Spiegelhalter at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ "Churchill College: Fellows: List of current Fellows". Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. ^ David Spiegelhalter's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. ^
    IMDb
  6. ^ "David Spiegelhalter's Personal Home Page". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. OCLC 1250202258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  8. ^ "Appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors to the UK Statistics Authority Board". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  9. ^ "UK Statistics Authority welcomes three new non-executive directors".
  10. ^ "SPIEGELHALTER, Prof. David John". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ Keeble, Andy (18 June 2014). "Barnstaple old boy knighted in Queen's Birthday honours". North Devon Gazette.
  12. ^
    Who's Who 2021
    . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d "CURRICULUM VITAE – David John SPIEGELHALTER" (PDF). Understanding Uncertainty. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  14. ^ Spiegelhalter, David (1978). Adaptive inference using finite mixture models (PhD thesis). University College London.
  15. ^ "Programme transcript". BBC News. 2 April 2006.
  16. ^ Spiegelhalter, David (October 2009). "Don's Diary" (PDF). CAM. Cambridge University Alumni Association. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  17. ^ "MRC Biostatistics Unit: People". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  18. ^ "Welcome to the MRC Biostatistics Unit". Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  19. ^ "David John Spiegelhalter". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  20. ^ BBC Four – Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
  21. ^ What's On » Cambridge Science Festival – How to spot a shabby statistic
  22. doi:10.1111/rssa.12302
    .
  23. ^ Risky Talk website. Accessed 30 December 2022.
  24. ^ "Desert Island Discs – Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, statistician – BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  25. Microsoft Academic
  26. ^ David J. Spiegelhalter at DBLP Bibliography Server Edit this at Wikidata
  27. doi:10.1111/1467-9868.00353
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  28. JSTOR 2345762
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  29. ISBN 978-0-412-05551-5
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  30. ^ Spiegelhalter, David; Thomas, Andrew; Best, Nicky; Lunn, Dave (January 2003), WinBUGS User Manual (Version 1.4 ed.), Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK: MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, PDF document, archived from the original on 3 March 2012, retrieved 27 February 2012{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  31. S2CID 38751711
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  32. S2CID 1223740
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  33. ^ "David Spiegelhalter's blog | Understanding Uncertainty". Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  34. S2CID 72065012
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  35. ^ Outstanding Statistical Application Award, ASA, retrieved 31 March 2014.
  36. ^ UK list: "No. 58014". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 17 June 2006. p. 13.
  37. ^ "Weldon Memorial Prize and Medal – International Statistical Institute". Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  38. ^ "Honorary graduates, 2010 to 2019".
  39. ^ "David Spiegelhalter's Personal Home Page". www.statslab.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  40. ^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b2.
  41. ^ Gallagher, James (14 June 2014). "Prof Colin Blakemore: Medical research defender knighted". BBC News.
  42. ^ "Announcing our honours recipients for 2020".
  43. ^ "Honorary Degrees | University of Dundee, UK".

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