The Lukacs Distinguished Professor chair was established in 1989 by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a Public university, public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized progr ...
in honor of
Eugene Lukacs __NOTOC__
Eugene Lukacs ( Hungarian: ''Lukács Jenő'', 14 August 1906 – 21 December 1987) was a Hungarian-American statistician notable (Obituary) for his work in characterization of distributions, stability theory, and being the author of ''Ch ...
,
[ (Obituary)] who came to Bowling Green with his colleagues
Radha Laha and Vijay Rohatgi in 1972 to establish the doctoral program in statistics.
Eugene Lukacs __NOTOC__
Eugene Lukacs ( Hungarian: ''Lukács Jenő'', 14 August 1906 – 21 December 1987) was a Hungarian-American statistician notable (Obituary) for his work in characterization of distributions, stability theory, and being the author of ''Ch ...
was Bowling Green's first Distinguished University Professor.
Each year an outstanding senior researcher in probability or statistics is invited to serve as the Eugene Lukacs Distinguished Visiting Professor during the academic year or a semester. The Lukacs Professors are invited based on their distinguished record of research in the application or theory of probability or statistics. The Lukacs professor typically collaborates with current faculty on research, participates in seminars and colloquia, and typically gives a graduate course or presents a series of related seminars. Lukacs Professors have organized Lukacs Symposia
Distinguished Visiting Faculty
/ref> on a variety of topics in probability and statistics.
Lukacs Distinguished Visiting Professors
See also
* List of statisticians
This list of statisticians lists people who have made notable contributions to the theories or application of statistics, or to the related fields of probability or machine learning. It includes the founders of statistics and others. It includes ...
* History of statistics
Statistics, in the modern sense of the word, began evolving in the 18th century in response to the novel needs of industrializing Westphalian sovereignty, sovereign states.
In early times, the meaning was restricted to information about states, pa ...
References
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External links
''Statistics for the 21st Century'', 1998 Lukacs Symposium
organized by C. R. Rao.
''Frontiers of Environmental and Ecological Statistics for the 21st Century: Synergistic Challenges, Opportunities and Directions for Statistics, Ecology, Environment, and Society'' 1999 Lukacs Symposium
convened by G. P. Patil.
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