Robin Sibson (4 May 1944 – 19 March 2017) was a British mathematician and educator. He was a fellow of

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, professor of statistics at the

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and then vice-chancellor of the

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. He was chief executive of the

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from 2001 until 2009. He was also a member of the Committee for Higher Education and Research (CC-HER), the predecessor to the Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research (CDESR). He died on 19 March 2017 at the age of 72.Prof. Robin Sibson
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Research

He was the developer of natural neighbour interpolation on discrete sets of points in space.

Selected bibliography

Books

Chapter in books

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Professor Robin Sibson appointed as new Chief Executive of HESA
1944 births 2017 deaths 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Fellows of King's College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Bath Vice-chancellors of the University of Kent Alumni of King's College, Cambridge {{UK-academic-bio-stub