George Ross Ihaka(born 1954[2]) is aNew Zealandstatisticianwho was an associate professor of statistics at theUniversity of Aucklanduntil his retirement in 2017.[3]AlongsideRobert Gentleman,he is one of the creators of theR programming language.[4][5][6]In 2008, Ihaka received thePickering Medal,awarded by theRoyal Society of New Zealand,for his work on R.[7]
Ross Ihaka | |
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 Ihaka at the 2010 New Zealand Open Source Awards | |
| Born | George Ross Ihaka 1954 (age 70–71) |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland University of California, Berkeley(PhD) |
| Known for | R programming language |
| Awards | Pickering Medal(2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistical computing |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | Rūaumoko(1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | David R. Brillinger[1] |
| Website | www |
Education
editIhaka completed his undergraduate education at theUniversity of Auckland,and obtained hisPhDin 1985 from theUniversity of California, Berkeleysupervised byDavid R. Brillinger.[1]His thesis was on statistical modelling forseismic interferometryand was titledRūaumoko,after the god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons inMāori mythology.[1][8][9]
Career and research
editAs of 2010, he was working on a new statistical programming language based onLisp.[10][11]The Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland started a public lecture series in his honour in 2017.[12]
Personal life
editIhaka is ofNgāti Kahungunu,RangitāneandNgati Pākehā(New Zealand European) descent.[6][13]
References
edit- ^abcRoss Ihakaat theMathematics Genealogy Project
- ^Wickham, Hadley (2014).Advanced R.New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC. p. 437.ISBN9780429192678.
- ^"Ross Ihaka retires from the Department of Statistics – The University of Auckland".stat.auckland.ac.nz.Retrieved17 September2018.
- ^Ihaka, R.; Gentleman, R. (1996). "R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics".Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics.5(3):299–314.doi:10.2307/1390807.JSTOR1390807.
- ^Vance, Ashlee(7 January 2009)."Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power".The New York Times.Retrieved7 January2009.
- ^abMiddleton, Juliet (9 January 2009)."Academic unfazed by rock star status".The New Zealand Herald.
- ^Pickering Medal: Recipients,Royal Society of New Zealand.
- ^Ihaka, George Ross (1985).Rūaumoko.berkeley.edu(PhD thesis). University of California, Berkeley.OCLC910485430.ProQuest303363827.
- ^"David R. Brillinger's students".stat.berkeley.edu.Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley.Retrieved14 August2014.
- ^Ihaka, Ross; Temple Lang, Duncan (25 August 2008)."Back to the Future: Lisp as a Base for a Statistical Computing System"(PDF).Compstat 2008.pp.21–33.doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-2084-3_2.ISBN978-3-7908-2083-6.
- ^Ihaka, Ross (2010).R: Lessons Learned, Directions for the Future(PDF).Joint Statistical Meetings 2010, Statistical Computing Section.
- ^"Ihaka Lecture Series – The University of Auckland".stat.auckland.ac.nz.Retrieved17 September2018.
- ^www
.stat .auckland .ac .nz /~ihaka /
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