Geoffrey McLachlan

Geoffrey John McLachlan
Born (1946-10-03) 3 October 1946 (age 78)
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
EducationUniversity of Queensland
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland
Doctoral advisorStephen Lipton
Doctoral studentsKaye Basford
Other notable studentsPeter Donnelly[1]

Geoffrey John McLachlan FAA (born 3 October 1946)[1] is an Australian researcher in computational statistics, machine learning and pattern recognition. McLachlan is best known for his work in classification and finite mixture models. He is the joint author of five influential books on the topics of mixtures and classification, as well as their applications. Currently, McLachlan is a Professor of statistics within the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Queensland.[2]

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  2. ^ "Professor Geoff McLachlan - UQ Researchers". researchers.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 6 January 2017.