Biography:Edward J. Hannan
Edward James Hannan FAA FASSA (29 January 1921 – 7 January 1994)[1][2] was an Australian statistician who is the co-discoverer of the Hannan–Quinn information criterion. He studied at the University of Melbourne and completed a PhD at the Australian National University under the supervision of Patrick A. P. Moran.[3]
For the majority of his working life he was attached the Australian National University. He was Professor of Statistics in the Institute of Advanced Studies 1971-1986, Professor of Statistics in the School of General Studies 1959-1971, and Fellow in Statistics 1954-1958.[2]
His research was in the field of time series analysis, both in statistics and econometrics. He is the author of four books,[4][5][6] and [7] with Manfred Deistler.
The Statistical Society of Australia awarded him the Pitman Medal in recognition of his life's work.[8] In 1970 he was elected to the Australian Academy of Science. He also won the 1979 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal of the Australian Academy of Science.[9][10]
A full account of his life and work is contained in the Biographical Memoirs of the Australian Academy of Science.[11]
Hannan is the namesake of the Hannan Medal awarded by the Australian Academy of Science.
References
- ↑ Robinson, P. M. (1994). "Edward J. Hannan, 1921–1994". Journal of Time Series Analysis 15 (6): 563–576. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9892.1994.tb00212.x.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hannan, Edward James (1921 - 1994)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000472b.htm.
- ↑ Edward J. Hannan at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Hannan, E.J. (1960). Time Series Analysis. Methuen.
- ↑ Hannan, E.J. (1965). Group Representations and Applied Probability. Applied Probability Trust.
- ↑ Hannan, E.J. (1970). Multiple Time Series. Wiley.
- ↑ Hannan, E.J.; Deistler, M (1988). The Statistical Theory of Linear Systems. Wiley.
- ↑ Australian Journal of Statistics: Pitman Medal awarded to E.J. Hannan[|permanent dead link|dead link}}].
- ↑ Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal , Australian Academy of Science, retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ↑ "Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal 1979: E.J. Hannan", Historical Records of Australian Science 4 (2): 109, 1979, doi:10.1071/HR9790420109.
- ↑ Gani, J.M.. "Edward James Hannan 1921-1994". https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/edward-james-hannan-1921-1994#chronological. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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