David Aldous
Mathematician, Academic
1952 –
Who is David Aldous?
David John Aldous, FRS is a mathematician known for his research on mathematical probability theory and its applications, in particular in topics such as exchangeability, weak convergence, Markov chain mixing times, the continuum random tree and stochastic coalescence. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1970 and received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1977 under his advisor, D. J. H. Garling. Since 1979 Aldous has been on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley.
He was awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize in 1980, the Loève Prize in 1993, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994. In 2004, Aldous was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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- Born
- Jul 13, 1952
Bristol - Also known as
- David John Aldous
- D. J. Aldous
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Employment
- University of California, Berkeley
(1979 - )
- University of California, Berkeley
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on July 23, 2013
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