The Professorship of Statistical Science is a

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at the

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. It was established in 1994 as the third professorship within the Cambridge Statistical Laboratory.

List of Professors of Statistical Science

* 1994–1996, Richard L. Smith * 2002–2015, L. C. G. Rogers * 2017–present, Richard Samworth

References

Statistical Science ''Statistical Science'' is a review journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. The founding editor was Morris H. DeGroot, who explained the mission of the journal in his 1986 editorial: "A central purpose of ''Statistical Sci ...

Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge 1994 establishments in England Statistical Science, *, Cambridge Mathematics education in the United Kingdom {{England-stub