Stephen Fienberg

Stephen Fienberg
Born
Stephen Elliott Fienberg

(1942-11-27)27 November 1942
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died14 December 2016(2016-12-14) (aged 74)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University (PhD)
University of Toronto (BSc)
Known forLog-linear models, Contingency tables
AwardsCOPSS Presidents' Award, R. A. Fisher Lectureship
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisThe Estimation of Cell Probabilities in Two-Way Contingency Tables (1968)
Doctoral advisorFrederick Mosteller[1]
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsDavid Blei (postdoc)
External videos
video icon “COPSS Awards and Fisher Lecture”, Amstat Videos, September 24, 2015

Stephen Elliott Fienberg (27 November 1942 – 14 December 2016) was a professor emeritus[2] (formerly the Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science) in the Department of Statistics, the Machine Learning Department, Heinz College, and Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University.[3][4] Fienberg was the founding co-editor of the Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application[5] and of the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality.[6]

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  2. ^ "Emeritus Celebration for Steve Fienberg". NSF-Census Research Network. October 15, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  3. ^ Erosheva, Elena; Slavkovic, Aleksandra (April 1, 2017). "Obituary: Stephen E. Fienberg, 1942–2016". Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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