Eugene Seneta Explained

Eugene B. Seneta (born 1941) is Professor Emeritus, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, known for his work in probability and non-negative matrices,[1] applications and history.[2] He is known for the variance gamma model in financial mathematics (the Madan–Seneta process).[3] He was Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney from 1979 until retirement, and an Elected Fellow since 1985 of the Australian Academy of Science.[4] In 2007 Seneta was awarded the Hannan Medal in Statistical Science[5] [6] by the Australian Academy of Science, for his seminal work in probability and statistics; for his work connected with branching processes, history of probability and statistics, and many other areas.

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  1. Book: E. Seneta. Non-negative matrices and Markov chains. Springer Series in Statistics No. 21. Springer. U.S.A.. 2006. 287. 0-387-29765-0. 2209438.
  2. Book: C. C. Heyde and E. Seneta. Statisticians of the Centuries. Springer-Verlag. New York. 2001. 500. 0-387-95329-9.
  3. Madan and Seneta 1990; Seneta 2004.
  4. http://www.science.org.au/fellows/fellowship-list.html Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
  5. http://www.science.org.au/awards/awardees/2007awards.html Australian Academy of Science 2007 Awardees
  6. Web site: Eugene Seneta Receives the Hannan Medal in 2007: Newsletter, Statistical Society of Australia, Incorporated. Chris Heyde. 2007. 19 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110216101830/http://www.statsoc.org.au/objectlibrary/278?filename=SSAI%20119%20web.pdf. 16 February 2011. dead. page 3.