Frank Rudolf Hampel | |
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Born | 1941 Heidelberg, Germany |
Died | October 2, 2018 | (aged 76–77)
Education | University of Göttingen University of Munich University of California, Berkeley |
Known for | influence function |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions | ETH Zürich |
Thesis | Contributions to the Theory of Robust Estimation (1968) |
Doctoral advisor | Erich Lehmann |
Doctoral students | Hans-Rudolf Künsch Peter Rousseeuw Andreas Buja |
Frank Rudolf Hampel (1941 in Heidelberg – October 2, 2018 in Thalwil) was a German statistician and a pioneer in robust statistics.[1][2][3] He was professor at ETH Zurich for most of his career.[4]