Frank Hampel

Frank Rudolf Hampel
Hampel in 1997
Born1941 (1941)
Heidelberg, Germany
DiedOctober 2, 2018(2018-10-02) (aged 76–77)
EducationUniversity of Göttingen
University of Munich
University of California, Berkeley
Known forinfluence function
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsETH Zürich
ThesisContributions to the Theory of Robust Estimation (1968)
Doctoral advisorErich Lehmann
Doctoral studentsHans-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]

  1. ^ Hampel, Frank R. (1973). "Robust estimation: A condensed partial survey". Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Verwandte Gebiete. 27 (2): 87–104. doi:10.1007/BF00536619. ISSN 0044-3719.
  2. ^ Lehmann, E. L. (2008), "Nonparametrics and Robustness", Reminiscences of a Statistician, New York, NY: Springer New York, pp. 143–159, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-71597-1_9, ISBN 978-0-387-71596-4, retrieved 2023-08-27
  3. ^ Field, Christopher; Ronchetti, Elvezio (1990). "Small Sample Asymptotics". Lecture Notes-Monograph Series. 13: 1–140. ISSN 0749-2170. JSTOR 4355566.
  4. ^ "Institute of Mathematical Statistics | Obituary: Frank Hampel, 1941–2018". Retrieved 2023-08-27.