Neyman, Jerzy
First Name:
Jerzy
Last Name:
Neyman
Place and Date of Birth:
April 16, 1894 Bendery, Bessarabia, Imperial Russia
Place and Date of Death:
August 5, 1981, Oakland, California
Education
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Doctor of Philosophy, 1924
Degree 2 (School):
University of Warsaw
Most Recent Employer:
University of California, Berkeley
Field(s):
Probability
Statistics
Honors:
1966: Guy Medal of the Royal Statistical Society
1969: Medal of Science from President Johnson
Shapiro, Alexander
First Name:
Alexander
Last Name:
Shapiro
Place and Date of Birth:
5/9/1949 (Moscow)
Employer at time of interview:
UNISA
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
B.S. 1971
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow University
Most Recent Employer:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Field(s):
optimization
Statistics
Malyutov, Mikhail
First Name:
Mikhail
Middle Name or Initial:
B.
Last Name:
Malyutov
Place and Date of Birth:
9/21/1941 (Mishkino, Kurgan District, USSR)
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1967
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow State University
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
D.Sc. 1983
Degree 2 (School):
Moscow State University
Most Recent Employer:
Northeastern University
Field(s):
Statistics
Probability
experimental design
information theory
Barry James recounts an anecdote involving Neyman in his interview: http://dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/biographies/1137