Symposium on Fitting Statistical Distributions to Data (FSDD2006)

Date: March 5, 2006 to March 11, 2006

Location: 221 M. W. Smith Hall,  Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Hosted by:  Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University

Biosketches:

Dr. Edward J. Dudewicz is Professor of Mathematics at Syracuse University, New York.  He has been active as instructor, researcher and consultant for over thirty-five years.  He has taught statistics and digital simulation at Syracuse University, The Ohio State University, University of Rochester, University of Leuven (Belgium), and National University of Comahue (Argentina) and served as a staff member of the Instruction and Research Computer Center at Ohio State University, and as Head Statistician of New Methods Research, Inc.  His consulting includes O. M. Scott and Sons Company, Ohio Bureau of Fiscal Review, Mead Paper Corporation, Blasland, Bouck, & Lee, Engineers & Geoscientists.  Dr. Dudewicz is author, co-author, and editor of over 160 works, including 31 texts and reference works in statistics, simulation, computation, and modeling, as well as handbook chapters on statistical methods (Quality Control Handbook and Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and encyclopedia articles (“Heteroscedasticty,” Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Wiley; and “Simulation Languages,” Encyclopedia of Information Systems, Academic Press/Elsevier Science (USA)).  His texts have translations including into Arabic, and into Indonesian.  His latest book is Fitting Statistical Distributions, The Generalized Lambda Distribution and Generalized Bootstrap Methods (jointly authored with Zaven A. Karian), CRC Press, 2000.  Dr. Dudewicz is Organizer, Symposium on Fitting Statistical Distributions to Data, Auburn University, March 2006.  Dr. Dudewicz (with Zaven Karian) is in process of writing a second, encyclopedic, volume in this area to be published by CRC Press.

            Dr. Dudewicz holds the S.B. from the M.I.T. and M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University.  He has been Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor at Stanford University, Visiting Professor at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and at the Science University of Tokyo (Japan), Visiting Distinguished Professor at Clemson University, and Titular Professor at the National University of Comahue (Argentina) while Fulbright Scholar to Argentina.  His Editorial posts have included Technometrics (Management Committee), Journal of Quality Technology (Editorial Review Board), Statistical Theory and Method Abstracts (Editor, U.S.A.), Statistics & Decisions (Germany)(Editor), and American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences (Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief), Information Systems Frontiers (Executive Editorial Board) and Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (Editorial Board).  The American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences has been rated as one of the “top 30” journals (“Top Journals in Operations Management and Operations Research” by Josephine E. Olson, Associate Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Management, University of Pittsburgh).

            Dr. Dudewicz has served as Graduate Committee Chairman, Department of Statistics, Ohio State University; and Founding Editor, Basic References in Quality Control: Statistical Techniques, American Society for Quality (the “How To” series), for which he received the ASQ Testimonial Award for "Leadership and Distinguished Service" in 2001.

            Recognitions of Dr. Dudewicz include Research Award, Ohio State Chapter, Sigma Xi; Chancellor’s Citation, Syracuse University; Jacob Wolfowitz Prize for Theoretical Advances; Thomas L. Saaty Prize for Applied Advances (twice); Co-author, Shewell Award paper; Jack Youden Prize for the best expository paper in Technometrics.  He is an elected Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Society for Quality, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Statistical Association, the International Statistical Institute, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is listed in Who's Who in America (Marquis Who's Who, Inc.).