Alan E. Gelfand

Alan Enoch Gelfand
Born (1945-04-17) April 17, 1945 (age 79)
EducationCity College of New York
Stanford University
Known forGibbs sampling
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Connecticut
Duke University
ThesisSeriation of Multivariate Observations through Similarities (1969)
Doctoral advisorHerbert Solomon
Doctoral students

Alan Enoch Gelfand (born April 17, 1945) is an American statistician, and is currently the James B. Duke Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences at Duke University.[1][2] Gelfand’s research includes substantial contributions to the fields of Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics and hierarchical modeling.

  1. ^ "Home Page of Alan E. Gelfand". www2.stat.duke.edu. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Alan E. Gelfand". scholars.duke.edu. Retrieved 10 March 2017.