Nicholas Hugh Bingham (born 19 March 1945) is a British mathematician working in the field of

probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...

stochastic analysis Stochastic calculus is a branch of mathematics that operates on stochastic processes. It allows a consistent theory of integration to be defined for integrals of stochastic processes with respect to stochastic processes. This field was created an ...

and

analysis Analysis (: analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (38 ...

more generally.

Education and career

Bingham is currently a Senior Research Investigator at

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

, and is a visiting professor at both the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

and the

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

. After undergraduate studies in mathematics at

Trinity College, Oxford Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in E ...

, where he achieved a first class honours degree, he was a research student at

Churchill College, Cambridge Churchill College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but retains a strong interest in the arts ...

, where he obtained his PhD in 1969 under the supervision of

David George Kendall David George Kendall FRS (15 January 1918 – 23 October 2007) was an English statistician and mathematician, known for his work on probability, statistical shape analysis, ley lines and queueing theory. He spent most of his academic lif ...

. In 1996 he also obtained a ScD from the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

. He serves as Associate Editor of ''

Expositiones Mathematicae ''Expositiones Mathematicae'' is a peer-reviewed mathematical journal. The journal was established in 1983. It has been published by Elsevier since 2001. It is published 6 times a year and is edited by Liming Ge. Abstracting and indexing The jour ...

'' and Obituaries Editor of the

London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's Learned society, learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh ...

. With C.M. Goldie and Jozef L. Teugels, Bingham wrote the book ''Regular Variation''; with Rüdiger Kiesel ''Risk-neutral Valuation: Pricing and Hedging of Financial Derivatives''; with J. M. Fry ''Regression''.

Personal life

Bingham is married to Cecilie (m. 1980). They have 3 children: James (1982), Ruth (1985), and Tom (1993). He is a competitive runner, with a best marathon time of 2:46:52 in the 1991 Abingdon Marathon, aged 46. He is a member of Barnet and District AC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bingham, Nicholas 1945 births Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge English mathematicians Living people Probability theorists British mathematical statisticians People from York Academics of the London School of Economics Academics of Imperial College London