Derek Abbott

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Derek Abbott

Derek Abbott in 2003
Born	May 3, 1960 South Kensington, London, UK
Residence	Australia
Nationality	British - Australian
Field	Physicist and Electronic Engineer
Institution	University of Adelaide
Alma Mater	LUT and University of Adelaide
Academic Advisor	Kamran Eshraghian, Bruce Davis
Notable Students	Gregory P. Harmer Said F. Al-sarawi Samuel P. Mickan Bradley S. Ferguson Adrian P. Flitney Mark D. McDonnell
Known for	Parrondo's paradox theory Stochastic theory Experimental T-ray imaging

Derek Abbott (May 3, 1960 in South Kensington, London, UK) is a physicist and electronic engineer. He is a Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is notable for leading theoretical work in the development of Parrondo's paradox, contributions to the field of stochastic resonance, and experimental contributions to T-ray imaging.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Achievements 4 Publications 5 Honours and Awards 6 Erdős number 7 Scientific Genealogy 8 See Also 9 External Links 10 References 11 Notes

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Publications

[edit] Honours and Awards

[edit] Erdős number

Abbott's Erdős number is 4. His path to Erdős is as follows:

• E. S. Key, M. M. Kłosek, and D. Abbott, "On Parrondo's paradox: how to construct unfair games by composing fair games," ANZIAM J., 47, no. 4, pp. 495-511, (2006).
• M. M. Kłosek, B.J. Matkowsky, Z. Schuss, "First-order dynamics driven by rapid Markovian jumps," SIAM J. Appl. Math., 49, no. 6, pp. 1811-1833, (1989).
• R. O. Davies and Z. Schuss, "A proof that Henstock's integral includes Lebesgue's," J. London Math. Soc., 2, pp. 561-562, (1970).
• R.O. Davies and P. Erdös, "Splitting almost-disjoint collections of sets into subcollections admitting almost-transversals," Colloq. Math. Soc. Janos Bolyai, 10, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 307-322, (1975).

[edit] Scientific Genealogy

Abbott's scientific genealogy via his primary doctoral advisor runs as follows:

• 1774, MA, University of Cambridge, John Cranke
• 1779, BA, University of Cambridge, Thomas Jones
• 1808, BA, University of Cambridge, Adam Sedgwick
• 1830, MA, University of Cambridge, William Hopkins
• 1854, BA, University of Cambridge, Edward John Routh
• 1865, BA, University of Cambridge, John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh)
• 1880, BA, University of Cambridge, Joseph John Thomson
• 1903, MA, University of Cambridge, John Sealy Townsend
• 1923, DPhil, University of Oxford, Victor Albert Bailey
• 1948, MSc, University of Sydney, Ronald Ernest Aitchison
• 1964, PhD, University of Sydney, Peter Harold Cole
• 1980, PhD, University of Adelaide, Kamran Eshraghian
• 1995, PhD, University of Adelaide, Derek Abbott

[edit] See Also

• Parrondo's paradox
• J. M. R. Parrondo

[edit] External Links

• Derek Abbott's homepage
• Mathematics genealogy project: Abbott's scientific genealogy
• Fellow of the IEEE citation
• Abbott's Fellow IEEE biography
• 2004 Tall Poppy Award citation
• 2005 Eureka Prize People's Choice Award for Science list of finalists
• Abbott's COSnet profile
• Nanotechnology network profile

[edit] References

[edit] Notes