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Adrian Smith (statistician)

Sir Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith, FRS (born 9 September 1946) is a British statistician who was chief executive of the Alan Turing Institute from 2018 to 2023 and president of the Royal Society from 2020 to 2025.

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Alma mater
University of Cambridge University College London
Born
Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith (1946-09-09) 9 September 1946 (age 79) Dawlish, Devon, England
Doctoral advisor
Dennis Lindley
Doctoral students
Chris Holmes David Spiegelhalter Mike West
Fields
Statistics
Preceded by
Venki Ramakrishnan

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Alma mater · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → University of Cambridge University College London
Born · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Adrian Frederick Melhuish Smith (1946-09-09) 9 September 1946 (age 79) Dawlish, Devon, England
Doctoral advisor · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Dennis Lindley
Doctoral students · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Chris Holmes David Spiegelhalter Mike West
Fields · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Statistics
Preceded by · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Venki Ramakrishnan
Succeeded by · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Paul Nurse
Thesis · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Bayesian inference for the linear model (1972)
Workplaces · 1
Adrian Smith (statistician) → Imperial College London Queen Mary, University of London

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Adrian Smith (statistician)Doctoral advisorDennis Lindley1.00infobox
Adrian Smith (statistician)Doctoral studentsChris Holmes David Spiegelhalter Mike West1.00infobox
Adrian Smith (statistician)FieldsStatistics1.00infobox
Adrian Smith (statistician)Preceded byVenki Ramakrishnan1.00infobox
Adrian Smith (statistician)Succeeded byPaul Nurse1.00infobox
Adrian Smith (statistician)ThesisBayesian inference for the linear model (1972)1.00infobox
Adrian Smith (statistician)WorkplacesImperial College London Queen Mary, University of London1.00infobox

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