Christopher C. Holmes is a British

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. He has held the position of Professor of Biostatistics in Genomics in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine and the Department of Statistics at the

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since September 2014, a post that carries with it a

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. Previously he was titular Professor of

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and a Fellow of Lincoln College. After working in industry he completed his

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in Bayesian statistics at Imperial College, London, supervised by Adrian Smith. Holmes's research interests are in

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, Bayesian non-parametrics and statistical problems in

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. He is one of the co-founders of the

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. Holmes was awarded the 2003 Research Prize and the 2009 Guy Medal in Bronze2009 Society Medals & Prizes.

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. Accessed January 23, 2010. by the

References

External links

Chris Holmes' webpage
Department of Statistics,

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Christopher C. Holmes
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