Gordon M. Kaufman Explained

Gordon M. Kaufman
Birth Place:	United States
Fields:	Bayesian econometrics Multivariate analysis Risk analysis Geostatistics
Workplaces:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:	Yale University Harvard University
Awards:	IAMG Distinguished Lectureship

Gordon M. Kaufman is Morris A. Adelman Professor of Management, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2014.^[1] The International Association for Mathematical Geosciences appointed him as the Distinguished Lecturer for 2015.^[2]

In 1985 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.^[3]

Education

• BS in industrial and electrical engineering, Yale University (where he was a business associate of campus humor magazine The Yale Record^[4])
• MBA Harvard University
• DBA Harvard University

Selected books

• Gordon M. Kaufman (2011), Risk Analysis: From Prospect to Exploration Portfolio and Back. Nabu Press, 66 p.^[5]
• Gordon M. Kaufman, Patrick J. Lee (1992), Are Wildcat Well Outcomes Dependent Or Independent?, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 43 p.^[6]
• Giovanni Andreatta, Gordon M. Kaufman (1990), Software Reliability Modeling and Exponential Order Statistics, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 45 p.^[7]
• Eytan Barouch, Gordon M. Kaufman (1976), Oil and Gas Discovery Modelled as Sampling Proportional to Random Size, M.I.T. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 63 p.^[8]
• Eytan Barouch, Gordon M. Kaufman (1976), On Sums of Lognormal Random Variables, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 42 p.^[9]
• Gordon M. Kaufman (1963), Statistical decision and related techniques in oil and gas exploration. Ford Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Series, Prentice Hall, 307 p.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gordon Kaufman.
2. Web site: Past Distinguished Lecturers - IAMG. 2015-12-01. 2016-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160830044624/https://iamg.org/special-lectures/past-distinguished-lecturers.html. dead.
3. http://www.amstat.org/awards/fellowslist.cfm View/Search Fellows of the ASA
4. Yale Banner. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1955. p. 157.
5. Book: Risk analysis: from prospect to exploration portfolio and back: Gordon M Kaufman: 9781245567381: Amazon.com: Books. 1245567381.
6. Web site: Are Wildcat Well Outcomes Dependent Or Independent?. Kaufman. Gordon M.. Lee. Patrick J.. 1992.
7. Web site: Software Reliability Modeling and Exponential Order Statistics. Andreatta. Giovanni. Kaufman. Gordon M.. 1990.
8. Web site: Oil and Gas Discovery Modelled as Sampling Proportional to Random Size. Barouch. Eytan. 1976.
9. Web site: On Sums of Lognormal Random Variables. Barouch. Eytan. Kaufman. Gordon Mayer. 1976.
10. Book: Statistical decision and related techniques in oil and gas exploration (Ford Foundation. Doctoral dissertation series): Gordon M Kaufman: Amazon.com: Books. January 1963. Prentice-Hall.