Bernard Silverman
British statistician
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Silverman was educated at the City of London School, an independent day school in Central London, from 1961 to 1969, on a Carpenter Scholarship (similar to today's full bursary), followed by Jesus College, Cambridge.
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Career
- 1970–73 Undergraduate, Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1973–74 Graduate Student, Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1974–75 Research Student, Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge
- 1975–77 Research Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1976–77 Calculator Development Manager, Sinclair Radionics Ltd
- 1977–78 Junior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Oxford, and Weir Junior Research Fellow of University College, Oxford
- 1978–80 Lecturer in Statistics, University of Bath
- 1981–84 Reader in Statistics, University of Bath
- 1984 and 1992–93 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bath
- 1984–93 Professor of Statistics, University of Bath
- 1988–91 Head of School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath
- 1993–2003 Professor of Statistics, University of Bristol
- 1993–97 and 1998–99 Head of Statistics Group, University of Bristol
- 1999–2003 Henry Overton Wills Professor of Mathematics, University of Bristol
- 2000–03 Provost of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol
- 2003–09 Master of St Peter's College, Oxford
- 2010– Senior Research Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford (part-time)
- 2010– Professorial Research Associate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford (part-time)
- 2010–17 Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
- 2018–22 Professor of Modern Slavery Statistics, Rights Lab, University of Nottingham
Degrees and qualifications
- 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge (Wrangler)
- 1974 Part III of Mathematical Tripos, Cambridge (with Distinction)
- 1977 Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge
- 1989 Doctor of Science, Cambridge
- 1993 Chartered Statistician, Royal Statistical Society
- 2000 Bachelor of Theology, Southampton (First Class Honours) through STETS
Ecclesiastical career
Silverman was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1999 and as a priest in 2000. From 1999 to 2005, he was an honorary assistant curate of Cotham Parish Church in the Diocese of Bristol. Between 2005 and 2009, he held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Oxford. Then, from 2009 to 2015, he was an honorary assistant curate of St Giles' Church and St Margaret's Church, Oxford. From 2015 to 2022, he held Permission to Officiate in both the Diocese of Oxford and in the Diocese of London. He retired from ordained ministry in 2022.
Books
- Green, P. J.; Silverman, B. W. (1994). Nonparametric Regression and Generalized Linear Models: A Roughness Penalty Approach. Chapman & Hall.
- Ramsay, J. O.; Silverman, B. W. (2002). Applied Functional Data Analysis: Methods and Case Studies. Springer-Verlag.
- Ramsay, J. O.; Silverman, B. W. (2005) [1997]. Functional Data Analysis (second, expanded and rewritten ed.). Springer-Verlag.
- Silverman, B. W. (1986). Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis. Chapman & Hall. Bibcode:1986desd.book.....S.
- Silverman, B. W.; Vassilicos, J. C., eds. (2000). Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information?. Oxford University Press.
Sources and links
- Bernard Silverman's CV Archived 22 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Bernard Silverman home page
- Bernard Silverman's results at International Mathematical Olympiad
- Prof Bernard Silverman, FRS at Debrett's People of Today