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Jeff Rosenthal
Birth Name:Jeffrey Seth Rosenthal
Birth Date:13 October 1967
Birth Place:Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Fields:Probability theory, Computational statistics
Father:Peter Rosenthal
Mother:Helen Stephanie Rosenthal[1]
Spouse:Margaret Fulford (m. 1999)
Relations:Robert Fulford (father-in-law)
Education:University of Toronto (BSc)
Harvard University (PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:Persi Diaconis
Thesis Title:Rates of convergence for Gibbs sampler and other Markov chains
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/openview/3c24b3e04a69ff3ffb167f71490cb6f3/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
Thesis Year:1992
Workplaces:University of Minnesota
University of Toronto
Awards:COPSS Presidents' Award (2007)

Jeffrey Seth Rosenthal (born October 13, 1967) is a Canadian statistician and nonfiction author. He is a professor in the University of Toronto's department of statistics, cross-appointed with its department of mathematics.

Education and career

Rosenthal graduated from Woburn Collegiate Institute in 1984, and received his B.Sc. (in mathematics, physics, and computer science) from the University of Toronto in 1988, and his Ph.D. in mathematics ("Rates of Convergence for Gibbs Sampler and Other Markov Chains") from Harvard University in 1992, supervised by Persi Diaconis.[2] He was an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota from 1992 to 1993.[3] Rosenthal began his career in the Department of Statistics at the University of Toronto as an assistant professor in 1993, became an associate professor in 1997, and has been a full professor since 2000. Rosenthal has written numerous research papers about the theory of Markov chain Monte Carlo and other statistical computation algorithms, many joint with Gareth O. Roberts.[4] [5]

Public engagements

In 2005 Rosenthal wrote a book for the general public, Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities,[6] which was a bestseller in Canada[7] [8] and has been published in ten languages.[9] He has also written a graduate textbook on probability theory[10] and co-authored an undergraduate textbook on probability and statistics.[11] He has been interviewed by the media about such diverse topics as crime statistics,[12] pedestrian deaths,[13] gambling probabilities,[14] [15] and television game shows,[16] and has appeared on William Shatner's Weird or What?.

In 2006, Rosenthal did the statistical analysis used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television news magazine The Fifth Estate to expose the Ontario lottery retailer fraud scandal,[17] [18] which was debated in the Ontario provincial legislature.[19] In 2010 his research with Albert H. Yoon about the U.S. Supreme Court was quoted in The New York Times.[20] He has also written about the Monty Hall problem.[21]

Honors and awards

Rosenthal received the CRM-SSC Prize in 2006,[22] the COPSS Presidents' Award in 2007,[23] the Statistical Society of Canada Gold Medal in 2013,[24] and a Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award in 1998.[25] He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 2005,[26] and of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012.[27]

Personal life

Rosenthal's father Peter Rosenthal (1941—2024) and mother Helen Stephanie Rosenthal (1942–2017) were originally from Queens, New York City. They emigrated to Canada in 1967 where both of them became math professors at the University of Toronto.

Besides his research, Rosenthal performs music[28] and improvisational comedy, including at The Bad Dog Theatre Company.[29]

Jeffrey Rosenthal is married to Margaret Fulford, who is the University College Librarian.[30] His father-in-law is journalist Robert Fulford.[31]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Helen Stephanie Rosenthal: Mathematician who loved to teach and was active in faculty association . 2022-09-18 . University of Toronto News . en.
  2. Web site: Jeffrey Seth Rosenthal. Mathematics Genealogy Project. Mathematics Department, North Dakota State University. 2011-06-06. MGP ID 18775.
  3. Web site: Rosenthal. Jeffrey S. Biography of Jeffrey S. Rosenthal. Probability.ca. 2017-03-04.
  4. Roberts. Gareth O. Rosenthal. Jeffrey S. General State Space Markov Chains and MCMC Algorithms. Probability Surveys. 1. 2004. 20–71. 10.1214/154957804100000024. 1549-5787. math/0404033. 345273.
  5. Book: Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. http://probability.ca/jeff/ftpdir/galinart.pdf . Optimal Proposal Distributions and Adaptive MCMC. Handbook of Markov Chain Monte Carlo: Methods and Applications. Brooks. Steve. Gelman. Andrew. Jones. Galin L. Meng. Xiao-Li. London. Chapman & Hall. 2011. 978-1-4200-7941-8. 804012432.
  6. Book: Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities. Toronto. HarperCollins. 2005. 978-0-00-200791-7. 58544922. registration.
  7. Web site: Bethune . Brian . Bestsellers: Top selling fiction and non-fiction titles . https://web.archive.org/web/20120527193604/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20051205_117022_117022 . . 2005-11-28 . 2012-05-27 . 2017-03-04 . dead .
  8. "Bestsellers: The Globe and Mail's weekly national list." The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2006.
  9. Web site: Rosenthal. Jeffrey S. Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities. Probability.ca. 2017-03-04.
  10. Book: Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. A First look at Rigorous Probability Theory. 2nd. New Jersey, N.J. World Scientific. 2013. 978-981-270-371-2. 949780371.
  11. Book: Evans. Michael J. Rosenthal. Jeffrey S. Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty. 2nd. New York. W.H. Freeman. 2010. 978-1-4292-2462-8. 961227736.
  12. News: Loriggio. Paola. You're safer than you think: statistics expert. Toronto Star. 2008-01-19. 2017-03-04.
  13. News: Yang. Jennifer. Numbers don't always tell the whole story. Toronto Star. 2010-01-30. 2017-03-04.
  14. News: Droganes . Constance . Card counting: outsmarting casinos at their own game . https://web.archive.org/web/20120408133331/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20080328/card_counting_080328/ . CTV News . 2008-03-29 . 2017-03-04 . 2012-04-08 . dead .
  15. News: Prois. Jessica. Playing the odds with everyday life: Toronto professor to lecture on how to make better choices by considering probabilities. Vegas Seven. 2010-02-17. 2017-03-04.
  16. News: Nestruck . J. Kelly . J. Kelly Nestruck . The deal breaker: If you're a guest on Howie Mandel's show, you should bring Jeffrey Rosenthal -- not your dad . https://web.archive.org/web/20060805205101/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/artslife/story.html?id=acabed41-8cbe-4bdd-aee8-e41f2379e2a6 . National Post . 2006-05-30 . 2017-03-04 . 2006-08-05 . dead .
  17. News: Burnett. Thane. Solving equations and solving crime: Toronto math prof proves his point when it comes to insiders winning lottery prizes. Toronto Sun. QMI Agency. 2009-02-21. 2017-03-04.
  18. Rosenthal. Jeffrey S. Statistics and the Ontario Lottery Retailer Scandal. Chance. 27. 1. 2014. 4–9. 10.1080/09332480.2014.890864. 62177833. 2017-03-04. 10.1.1.399.2326.
  19. Web site: House Proceedings, Wednesday, 25 October 2006. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2011-06-06.
  20. News: Liptak. Adam. Adam Liptak. Justices are long on words but short on guidance. The New York Times. 2010-11-17. 2017-03-04.
  21. Web site: Rosenthal. Jeffrey S. Monty Hall, Monty Fall, Monty Crawl. Probability.ca. September 2008. 2014-11-21.
  22. Web site: 2006 CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics awarded to Dr. Jeffrey Rosenthal. Centre de recherches mathématiques. 2007-01-12. 2011-06-06.
  23. Web site: Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies - Presidents' Award - Past Award Recipients . https://web.archive.org/web/20150701092901/http://nisla05.niss.org/copss/PastAwardsPresidents.pdf . dead . National Institute of Statistical Sciences . August 2014 . 2017-03-02 . 2015-07-01 .
  24. Web site: SSC Gold Medalist - SSC Gold Medal awarded to Jeffrey Rosenthal. 2013 SSC Award Winners. Statistical Society of Canada. 2013-05-27. 2013-06-09.
  25. Web site: Past Winners at UofT - Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727083824/http://www.teaching.utoronto.ca/teaching/rewardingteaching/past-winners-uoft/a-s-teaching-award.htm . University of Toronto . 2011-07-27 . 2011-06-14 . dead .
  26. Web site: IMS Fellows - Honored IMS Fellows. Institute of Mathematical Statistics. 2011-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302125855/http://www.imstat.org/awards/honored_fellows.htm. 2014-03-02. dead.
  27. Web site: Class of 2012 - List of New Fellows. Royal Society of Canada. 2012-09-05. 2013-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084934/http://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/Classof2012-CitationsENGLISH-Final.pdf. 2016-03-04. dead.
  28. Web site: Getting By: A New Song by UC Alumnus and Faculty Member Jeffrey Rosenthal . University College.
  29. Gibson. Stacey. Games of chance: math prof and amateur comic Jeffrey Rosenthal embraces randomness -- both on stage and in class. UofT Magazine. 33. 3. Spring 2006. 30–34. 2017-03-04.
  30. Web site: Triumph and frustration: Ever-growing database documents the history of Canadian women film directors . 28 July 2022 .
  31. Web site: Helen SHERMAN Obituary (2014) - the Globe and Mail . .

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