Professor
Ontario Power Building, 700 University Ave., Room: 9070
416-978-4594
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Probability
- Statistical Computing
Areas of Interest
- Probability theory
- Stochastic processes
- Monte Carlo techniques
- Random walks on groups
Biography
Jeffrey Rosenthal is a professor of statistics, specialising in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms. He received his bachelor degree from the University of Toronto, and his PhD in Mathematics from Harvard University. He was awarded the 2006 CRM-SSC Prize, the 2007 COPSS Presidents' Award, the 2013 SSC Gold Medal, and teaching awards at both Harvard and Toronto. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and of the Royal Society of Canada. His book for the general public, Struck by Lightning, was published in sixteen editions and ten languages, and was a bestseller in Canada.
Education
PhD, Harvard University
BSc, University of Toronto
Awards
- CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
- COPSS Presidents' Award Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies
- SSC Gold Medal Statistical Society of Canada
- Fellow Royal Society of Canada
- Fellow Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
- Alumnus of Influence University College
Publications
- Ergodicity of Markov Processes via Non-Standard Analysis ( American Mathematical Society : 2019)