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Andrew Rukhin

Andrew L. Rukhin

Position

Mathematical Statistician
Statistical Engineering Division
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
United States Department of Commerce

Introduction

    In addition to being a part-time Mathematical Statistician in the Statistical Engineering Division, Dr. Rukhin is a Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County since 1989. He has published over 160 papers, presented over 140 invited lectures at various universities, and presented about 70 invited papers at statistical conferences.

    Dr. Rukhin works in the following areas at NIST:

    • Statistical Testing of Randomness
    • Interlaboratory Studies
    • Reliability Theory for Computer Networks
    • Spatial Statistics
    • Biometric Identification

Technical Areas of Research and Consulting

  • Statistical Decision Theory
  • Information Theory
  • Statistical Estimation
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Change-Point Problems
  • Bahadur Efficiency
  • Classification and Discrimination
  • Adaptive and Recursive Procedures

Professional Activities and Societies and Standards Activities

  • Publications
  • Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association
  • Coordinating Editor of the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
  • Associate Editor of Statistics and Probability Letters
  • Associate Editor of Mathematical Methods of Statistics (Executive Editor 1991-1995)
  • Associate Editor of Applications Mathematicae.

Awards

  • Senior Distinguished Scientists Award from the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation in 1990
  • Youden Prize for Interlaboratory Studies from the American Statistical Society in 1998.

Education

  • Ph.D
  • M.S.
  • B.S.

Mailing Address

National Institute of Standards & Technology
Statistical Engineering Division
Building 222, Room A257
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8980 USA

Contacts

Email: andrew.rukhin@nist.gov
Phone: (301) 975-2951
Fax: (301) 975-2899

Date created: 8/14/2003
Last updated: 10/20/2006
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