Ross Ihaka
George Ross Ihaka (born 1954) is a New Zealand statistician who was an associate professor of statistics at the University of Auckland until his retirement in 2017. Alongside Robert Gentleman, he is one of the creators of the R programming language. In 2008, Ihaka received the Pickering Medal, awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, for his work on R.
Ross Ihaka | |
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Ihaka at the 2010 New Zealand Open Source Awards | |
| Born | George Ross Ihaka 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Known for | R programming language |
| Awards | Pickering Medal (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistical computing |
| Institutions | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | Rūaumoko (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | David R. Brillinger |
| Website | www |
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