Herman Chernoff
Herman Chernoff speaking in New York on October 6, 2015
Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923, New York) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist formerly a professor at MIT and currently working at Harvard University.[1]
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
Early life and education
Herman Chernoff's parents were Pauline and Max Chernoff, Jewish immigrants from Russia. He studied in Townsend Harris High School.[3]
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 1948. Brown University.[4]
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, 1945. Brown University.
- B.S., Mathematics, 1943. City College of New York.
See also
- Chernoff bound (also known as Chernoff's inequality)
- Chernoff face
- Chernoff's distribution
References
- ↑ Bather, John (1996). "A conversation with Herman Chernoff". Statistical Science. 11 (4): 335–350. doi:10.1214/ss/1032280306.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ↑ Chernoff biography
- ↑ Herman Chernoff (2005). "Education and Previous Positions". Retrieved October 7, 2008.
External links
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