Peter J. Rousseeuw | |
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 Peter Rousseeuw in 2022 | |
| Born | 13 October 1956 Wilrijk, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Education | Vrije Universiteit Brussel ETH Zurich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Delft University of Technology University of Fribourg University of Antwerp Renaissance Technologies KU Leuven |
| Thesis | New Infinitesimal Methods in Robust Statistics (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frank Hampel Jean Haezendonck |
| Doctoral students | Mia Hubert |
Peter J. Rousseeuw (born 13 October 1956) is a statistician known for his work on robust statistics and cluster analysis. He obtained his PhD in 1981 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, following research carried out at the ETH in Zurich, which led to a book on influence functions.[1] Later he was professor at the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Next he was a senior researcher at Renaissance Technologies. He then returned to Belgium as professor at KU Leuven,[2][3] until becoming emeritus in 2022. His former PhD students include Annick Leroy, Hendrik Lopuhaä, Geert Molenberghs, Christophe Croux, Mia Hubert, Stefan Van Aelst, Tim Verdonck and Jakob Raymaekers.[4]
- ^ Hampel, Frank; Ronchetti, Elvezio; Rousseeuw, Peter J.; Stahel, Werner (1986). Robust statistics: the approach based on influence functions. New York: Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118186435. ISBN 978-0-471-73577-9.
- ^ "KU Leuven who's who - Peter Rousseeuw". Ku Leuven. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "ROBUST@Leuven – Departement Wiskunde KU Leuven". Ku Leuven. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Peter Rousseeuw". The Mathematics Genealogy Project.