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Luc Devroye
Luc P. Devroye is a Belgian computer scientist and mathematician and a James McGill Professor in the School of Computer Science of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Devroye wrote around 300 mathematical articles, mostly on probabilistic analysis of algorithms, on the asymptotic analysis of combinatorial structures (like trees and graphs), and on random number generation (more precisely, on efficient simulation of different probability distributions). He also contributed to typography (creating several fonts). Education and career He studied at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and subsequently at Osaka University and in 1976 received his PhD from University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Terry Wagner, for his thesis « Nonparametric Discrimination and Density Estimation ». Devroye then joined the McGill University in 1977. Awards Devroye won an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (1987), a Humboldt Research Award (2004), the Killam Prize (2005) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flajolet Lecture Prize
The Philippe Flajolet Lecture Prize is awarded to for contributions to analytic combinatorics and analysis of algorithms, in the fields of theoretical computer science. This prize is named in memory of Philippe Flajolet. History The Flajolet Lecture Prize has been awarded since 2014. The Flajolet Lecture Prize is awarded in odd-numbered years. After being selected for the prize, the recipient delivers the Flajolet Lecture during the following year. This lecture is organized as a keynote address at the International Conference on Probabilistic, Combinatorial and Asymptotic Methods for the Analysis of Algorithms (AofA). AofA is the international conference that began as a series of seminars, started by Flajolet and others in 1993. The Selection Committee consists of three members from this field. Scientific topics The recipients of the Flajolet Lecture Prize work in a variety of areas, including analysis of algorithms, analytic combinatorics, combinatorics, communication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgians
Belgians ( ; ; ) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe. As Belgium is a multinational state, this connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural rather than ethnic. The majority of Belgians, however, belong to two distinct linguistic groups or ''communities'' (; ) native to the country, i.e. its historical regions: Flemings in Flanders, who speak Dutch, West Flemish and Limburgish; and Walloons in Wallonia, who speak French or Walloon. There is also a substantial Belgian diaspora, which has settled primarily in the United States, Canada, France, and the Netherlands. Etymology The 1830 revolution led to the establishment of an independent country under a provisional government and a national congress. The name "Belgium" was adopted for the country, the word being derived from '' Gallia Belgica'', a Roman province in the northernmost part of Gaul that, before Roman invasion in 100 BC, was inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC; , CRSNG) is the major federal agency responsible for funding natural sciences and engineering research in Canada. NSERC directly funds university professors and students as well as Canadian companies to perform research and training. With funding from the Government of Canada, NSERC supports the research of over 41,000 students, trainees and professors at universities and colleges in Canada with an annual budget of CA$1.1 billion in 2015. Its current director is Alejandro Adem. NSERC, combined with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), forms the major source of federal government funding to post-secondary research. These bodies are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Tri-Council" or "Tri-Agency". History NSERC came into existence on 1 May 1978 under the ''Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Act'', which was pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Computer Scientists
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Living People
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Devroye
Natasha Devroye is a Belgian and Canadian information theorist known for her research on the channel capacity of cognitive radio communications. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. Education and career Devroye grew up in Montreal. Attracted to both mathematics and electrical engineering in high school, she chose to study engineering because of its higher admission standards at McGill University, where she graduated in 2002. At McGill, she specialized in communications, with a bachelor's thesis supervised by Fabrice Labeau. She went to Harvard University for graduate study in engineering, completing her Ph.D. in 2007 with the dissertation ''Information Theoretic Limits of Cognition and Cooperation in Wireless Networks'' supervised by Vahid Tarokh. After another year of postdoctoral research at Harvard, she joined the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor in 2009. She was promoted to associate professo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Statistical Society
The French Statistical Society (in French, ''Société française de statistique'', SFdS) is a French learned society founded in 1997Vie de la société', Journal de la société statistique de Paris, tome 138, n°1 (1997) pp. 3–19 specializing in statistics. Its vocation is to promote the use of statistics, enhance its public understanding, and encourage associated methodological developments. Actions Publications The ''SFdS'' publishes several scientific journals: * Journal de la société française de statistique' (Journal of the French Statistical Society, J-SFdS), in French and English. * Statistique et Enseignement' in French. * Statistique et Société' in French. * Case Studies In Business, Industry And Government Statistics' (CSBIGS) in collaboration with Bentley University. Events and outreach The SFdS organizes every year the ''journées de statistiques'' (JdS). Awards Source: * Prix du Docteur Norbert Marx' for contributions in epidepiology, public healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp () is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The official abbreviation is ''UAntwerp''. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 students, which makes it the third-largest university in Flanders. The University of Antwerp is characterised by its high standards in education, internationally competitive research and entrepreneurial approach. It was founded in 2003 after the merger of three smaller universities. History Origins The university's roots go back to Sint-Ignatius Handelshogeschool (Saint-Ignatius School for Higher Education in Commerce) founded by the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in Antwerp in 1852. This was one of the first European business schools to offer formal university degrees. It later opened a Faculty of Literature and Philosophy (including Law) and a Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. It was renamed Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UFSIA) in the 1960s when the Belgian government granted it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Université Catholique De Louvain
UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally established in 1425). It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve, which was expressly built to house the university, and has smaller campuses in Brussels, Charleroi, Mons, Belgium, Mons, Tournai and Namur. Since September 2018, the university uses the branding UCLouvain, replacing the acronym UCL, following a merger with Saint-Louis University, Brussels. The original Old University of Louvain, University of Louvain (''Universitas Lovaniensis'') was founded at the centre of the historic town of Leuven (or ''Louvain'') in 1425, making it the List of universities in Belgium, first university in Belgium and the Low Countries, and abolished by law in 1797. This university was the centre of Baianism, Jansenism and Febronianism in Europe. A new university, the Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistical Society Of Canada
The Statistical Society of Canada (abbreviated as SSC; ) is a professional organization whose mission is to promote the use and development of statistics and probability. Its objectives are * to make the general public aware of the value of statistical thought, the importance of this science and the contribution of statisticians to Canadian society; * to ensure that decisions that could have a major impact on Canadian society are based on relevant data, interpreted properly using statistics; * to promote the pursuit of excellence in training and statistical practice in Canada; * to encourage improvements in statistical methodology; * to maintain a sense of belonging within the profession, and to promote dialogue among theoreticians and practitioners of statistics. Each year the SSC awards the CRM-SSC Prize, at the CRM webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaak-Walton-Killam Award
The Killam Prize (previously the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize) was established according to the will of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam. Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, were awarded annually by the Canada Council for the Arts to eminent Canadian researchers who distinguish themselves in the fields of social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, health sciences, or engineering. In August 2021, the Canada Council announced it would transition the administration of the Killam program to the National Research Council Canada (NRC) by March 2022. The restructured Killam Program was officially launched under the administration of the NRC in April 2022. It is now called the National Killam Program and consists of the Killam Prizes, the Dorothy Killam Fellowships and the Killam NRC Paul Corkum Fellowships. Recipients See also * List of medicine awards * List of social sciences awards This list of social scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
