Bernard Silverman

Bernard Silverman speaking in St Margaret’s Church, Oxford.

Professor Bernard Silverman FRS (born 22 February 1952) is a British statistician, Master and Chaplain of St Peter's College, Oxford and a member of the Statistics Department at Oxford University.

Career

• 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 & 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 & 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

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)

Awards and honours

• 1970 First Prize, International Mathematical Olympiad
• 1974 Mayhew Prize for Mathematical Tripos Part III, University of Cambridge
• 1976 Smith's Prize, 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

He currently serves on the Council of the Royal Society^[1]

Ecclesiastical

• 1999 Ordained Deacon, Church of England
• 2000 Ordained Priest, Church of England

Books

1. Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies by J. O. Ramsay and B. W. Silverman. Springer, 2002.
2. Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information? edited by B. W. Silverman and J. C. Vassilicos. Oxford University Press, 2000.
3. Functional Data Analysis by J. O. Ramsay and B. W. Silverman. Springer, 1997. (Second edition, expanded and rewritten, published 2005)
4. Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach by P. J. Green and B. W. Silverman. Chapman and Hall, 1994.
5. Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis by B. W. Silverman. Chapman and Hall, 1986.

Notes & References

1. ^ Council for 2008/9 of the Royal Society

Sources and Links

• Bernard Silverman's CV
• Bernard Silverman web-page