Roland Speicher (born 12 June 1960) is a German mathematician, known for his work on

free probability theory Free probability is a mathematical theory that studies non-commutative random variables. The "freeness" or free independence property is the analogue of the classical notion of independence, and it is connected with free products. This theory w ...

. He is a professor at the

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

. After winning the 1979 German national competition Jugend forscht in the field of mathematics and computer science, Speicher studied physics and mathematics at the Universities of Saarbrücken, Freiburg and Heidelberg. He received in 1989 his doctorate from

Heidelberg University } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

under the supervision of Wilhelm Freiherr von Waldenfels with thesis ''Quantenstochastische Prozesse auf der Cuntz-Algebra'' (Quantum Stochastic Processes on the Cuntz Algebra). From 2000 to 2010 Speicher was a professor at

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toront ...

. Since 2010 he is at the University of the Saarland. His research deals with free probability (with application to random matrices, statistical mechanics and operator algebras) and their combinatorial aspects and with operator algebras. In 2012, Speicher received the

Jeffery–Williams Prize The Jeffery–Williams Prize is a mathematics award presented annually by the Canadian Mathematical Society. The award is presented to individuals in recognition of outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The first award was presen ...

. He also received the Research Excellence Award of the President of Ontario. In 2014, he was an invited speaker with talk ''Free Probability and Random Matrices'' at the ICM in

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. Speicher is married and has four children.

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External links

*https://rolandspeicher.com/ - personal blog about free probability * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Speicher, Roland 20th-century German mathematicians 21st-century German mathematicians Probability theorists Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston Academic staff of Saarland University 1960 births Living people