Biography:Simon Sheather
Simon J. Sheather is an Australian-American academic. He became the 8th dean of the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics on July 1st, 2018.[1][2] A Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Sheather is known for the Sheather-Jones bandwidth selection method for kernel density estimation.[3]
Early life and education
Sheather was born and raised in Australia, the son of a bank clerk and a nurse.[4] Sheather graduated with 1st Class Honours in mathematical statistics from the University of Melbourne and earned his Ph.D. in statistics from La Trobe University.[5]
Career
His academic career includes professorships at the University of New South Wales and Texas A&M University as well as visiting professorships at Pennsylvania State University and the Stern School of Business at New York University.[6] While at Texas A&M, he started two professional master’s programs.
In 2021, Sheather was named as the first holder of the Truist Chair in Data Analytics.[7]
Selected works
- Simon, Sheather (2009), A Modern Approach to Regression with R, Springer[8]
- Sheather, S.J.; Jones, M.C. (1991). "A reliable data-based bandwidth selection method for kernel density estimation". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B. 53 (3): 683–690. doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1991.tb01857.x. JSTOR 2345597.
Recognition
Sheather was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2001.[9]
References
- ↑ McCarroll, Peyton. "New dean named for Gatton College of Business and Economics". Kentucky Kernel. http://www.kykernel.com/news/new-dean-named-for-gatton-college-of-business-and-economics/article_01125f66-6681-11e8-a850-cf5ebaaeeff6.html.
- ↑ "UK names new dean of Gatton College of Business and Economics". The Lane Report. 31 May 2018. https://www.lanereport.com/101768/2018/05/uk-names-new-dean-of-gatton-college-of-business-and-economics/.
- ↑ Sheather, Simon J. (1991). ""A reliable data-based bandwidth selection method for kernel density estimation".". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series 53 (3): 683–690. doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1991.tb01857.x. https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1991.tb01857.x.
- ↑ Sheather, Simon. "Biography: The Life of Margaret Sheather". Texas A&M University. https://mays.tamu.edu/ms-analytics/biography/.
- ↑ "Faculty Profile: Simon Sheather". University of Kentucky. https://gatton.uky.edu/faculty-research/faculty/sheather-simon.
- ↑ "New Dean Named for UK's Gatton College of Business and Economics". Smiley Pete Publishing. 31 May 2018. https://smileypete.com/business/gatton-college-new-dean/.
- ↑ McDonald, Diane (17 March 2021). "Dean Simon Sheather Named 1st Endowed Truist Chair in Data Analytics". https://uknow.uky.edu/professional-news/dean-simon-sheather-named-1st-endowed-truist-chair-data-analytics.
- ↑ Sheather, Simon (2009). A Modern Approach to Regression with R. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-09608-7. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780387096070.
- ↑ "Fellows of the ASA". American Statistical Association. https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx.
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