Lawrence D. Brown

Lawrence David Brown
Born(1940-12-16)December 16, 1940
DiedFebruary 21, 2018(2018-02-21) (aged 77)
Alma materCornell University
California Institute of Technology
SpouseLinda Zhao
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsUniversity of California at Berkeley
Cornell University
Rutgers University
University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisorJack Kiefer
Doctoral studentsJim Berger
T. Tony Cai
Iain M. Johnstone
Constantine Gatsonis

Lawrence David (Larry) Brown (16 December 1940 – 21 February 2018)[1][2][3] was Miers Busch Professor and Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for his groundbreaking work in a broad range of fields including decision theory, recurrence and partial differential equations, nonparametric function estimation, minimax and adaptation theory, and the analysis of census data and call-center data.[4]

  1. ^ DasGupta, Anirban (2019). "A Conversation with Larry Brown". Statistical Science. 20 (2): 193–203. doi:10.1214/088342304000000288. S2CID 123440029.
  2. ^ Berger, James O.; Cai, T. Tony; Johnstone, Iain M., eds. (2010). "Biography of Lawrence D. Brown". Borrowing Strength: Theory Powering Applications – A Festschrift for Lawrence D. Brown. Vol. 6. Beachwood, Ohio, USA: Institute of Mathematical Statistics. pp. ix–x.
  3. ^ "Lawrence Brown". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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