Derek Abbott

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**Derek Abbott**
Derek Abbott in 2003
Born	May 3, 1960 South Kensington, London, UK
Residence	Australia, UK
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.

1 Early Years
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] Early Years

In the period 1963-1965 he attended the famous Norland College pre-school, Chislehurst, Kent, UK as a boarder. Then during 1965-1967 he was a boarder at Oakfield School, Streatham, UK. In 1968, he attended the École de Ferney-Voltaire, France and the École Seminaire de Collonges-sous-Salève, France. In 1969 he did a stint at Philadelphia High School, USA and Basset House School, London, UK. In the 1969-1971 period, he was a boarder at Copthorne Preparatory School, Sussex, UK. During 1971-1978 he attended Holland Park School, London, UK.

[edit] Career

In 1978, he began work at GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, UK, performing research in the area of CCD and microchip design for imaging systems. Whilst working, he graduated in 1982 with a BSc in Physics from Loughborough University of Technology. In 1986, at the time when the mysterious GEC deaths started, he began work as a microchip designer at Austek Microsystems in Adelaide, Australia.

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[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).