Professor William J. Studden

Professor William J. Studden received his B.S. from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) (1958) and his Ph.D. from Stanford University (1962). He has been a member of the Department of Statistics at Purdue University since 1964. Professor Studden is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. In addition to his many distinguished publications in leading journals in the field, he has coauthored two books: Tchebycheff Systems: with Applications in Analysis and Statistics (1966 with Samuel Karlin), and The Theory of Canonical Moments with Applications in Statistics, Probability and Analysis (1997 with Holger Dette). During his career, he has been the major advisor for fifteen Ph.D. students and served for many years as Department Graduate Chair. His research interests include Geometry of moment spaces, Optimality of experimental designs, Spline smoothing and Canonical moments.
- Giving
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- Anderson and Fischer Graduate Fellowship
- George Casella Fund
- Virgil L. Anderson Scholarship Fund
- Burr Fund
- L. J. Cote M.S. Excellence in Statistics Award
- Statistics Gift Fund
- Shanti S. Gupta Professorship Fund
- Pillai Memorial Fund
- David Moore Fund
- William J. Studden Publication Award
- General Colloquium Fund
- Lucas Fund
- Bob and Marjorie McLean Scholarship Fund
- Prem S. Puri Memorial Fund
- Myra Samuels Biostatistics Fund
- Carroll Scholarship Award
- Carroll Research Award
- Herman Rubin Memorial Fund
- Kidwell Graduate Student Excellence Fund
- JK Ghosh Lecture