David Aldous
| David Aldous | |
|---|---|
 David Aldous in Berkeley | |
| Born | 13 July 1952 |
| Nationality | English |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | David J. H. Garling |
| Doctoral students | Jose Palacios |
| Notable awards |
Loève Prize (1993) Davidson Prize (1980) |
David John Aldous, FRS (born 13 July 1952) is a mathematician known for his research on mathematical probability theory and its applications, in particular in topics such as exchangeability, weak convergence, Markov chain mixing times, the continuum random tree and stochastic coalescence. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1970 and received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1977 under his advisor, D. J. H. Garling.[1] Since 1979 Aldous has been on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley.
He was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1980, the Loève Prize in 1993, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994. In 2004, Aldous was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]
Selected publications
Books
- Aldous, David (1989). Probability approximations via the Poisson clumping heuristic. Applied Mathematical Sciences 77. New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. xvi+269. ISBN 0-387-96899-7. MR 969362.
Papers
- Aldous, David, "Deterministic and stochastic models for coalescence (aggregation and coagulation): a review of the mean-field theory for probabilists". Bernoulli 5 (1999) pp. 3–48.
- Aldous, David, "Exchangeability and related topics". Lecture Notes in Math., 1117 (1985) pp 1–198. Springer, Berlin.
References
- ↑ David Aldous at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 3 November 2012.