Odd Aalen

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Odd Aalen
Born (1947-05-06) May 6, 1947 (age 76)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
EducationUniversity of Oslo
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation(s)Statistician, professor
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oslo
Doctoral advisorLucien Le Cam

Odd Olai Aalen (born 6 May 1947, in Oslo) is a Norwegian statistician and a professor at the Department of Biostatistics at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Oslo.[1]

Life

Aalen completed his examen artium in 1966 at Oslo Cathedral School before studying first mathematics and physics and then statistics in which he graduated at the University of Oslo in 1972.[2]

Work

His research work is geared towards applications in

Kaplan-Meier estimator
and generalisations thereof.

Aalen is currently professor emeritus at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo.

Honors and awards

He is an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Odd Aalen Olai". Universitetet i Oslo. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ Borgan, Ørnulf (13 February 2009). "Odd Aalen". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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