Walter S. Liggett, Jr.

Position

Mathematical Statistician

Statistical Engineering Division

Information Technology Laboratory

National Institute of Standards and Technology

United States Department of Commerce

Technical Areas of Research and Consulting

• Experience in statistical applications largely in the physical sciences and engineering but also in the biological and social sciences.
• Interest in the design of effective empirical studies, particularly, in measurement methods specially developed for study purposes.
• Interest also in measurement-method descriptions that are needed to allow interpretation of databases.

Professional Activities and Societies and Standards Activities

• Publications
• Recent Public Speaking
• American Statistical Association, Member
• Bernoulli Society, Member
• Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Member
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Member

Awards

• Distinguished Achievement Medal from the American Statistical Association Section on Statistics and the Environment.

Education

• B.S. (Physics), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961
• Ph.D. (Mathematics), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967.

Mailing Address

National Institute of Standards & Technology

Statistical Engineering Division

Building 222, Room A251

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 USA

Contacts

Email: walter.liggett@nist.gov

Phone: (301) 975-2851

Fax: (301) 975-3144