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. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research ...
in honor of
Eugene Lukacs,
[ (Obituary)] who came to Bowling Green with his colleagues
Radha Laha
Radha Govind Laha (1 October 1930 – 14 July 1999) was an Indian probabilist, statistician, and mathematician, known for his work in probability theory, characteristic functions, and characterisation of distributions.Laha, Lukacs, and Newman (1 ...
and Vijay Rohatgi in 1972 to establish the doctoral program in statistics.
Eugene Lukacs 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
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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. Also included are actuaries and demographers.
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* 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 sovereign states.
In early times, the meaning was restricted to information about states, particularly demographics ...
References
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External links
''Statistics for the 21st Century'', 1998 Lukacs Symposium
organized by C. R. Rao
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS (born 10 September 1920), commonly known as C. R. Rao, is an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He is currently professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at the ...
.
''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.
Statistics-related lists