Herman Chernoff speaking in New York on October 6, 2015
Born
(1923-07-01) July 1, 1923 (age 100)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Citizenship
United States
Alma mater
City College of New York
Brown University
Known for
Chernoff bound
Chernoff's distribution
Chernoff face
Awards
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1974)
Member, National Academy of Sciences (1980)
Wilks Memorial Award (1987)
Fellow, American Mathematical Society (2012)
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics
Statistics
Physics
Institutions
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Stanford
MIT
Harvard
Thesis
Studentization in testing of hypotheses (1948)
Doctoral advisor
Abraham Wald
Notable students
Stuart Geman
Joseph B. Kadane
Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist. He was formerly a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford, and MIT, currently emeritus at Harvard University.[1][2]
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