About Me
Education and Career
I have BSc(Hons) and MSc degrees in Mathematics from the University of Auckland and MA and PhD degrees in Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley.
After completing my degrees, I held teaching and research positions at Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then spent an extended stay at the University of Auckland.
I am perhaps best known as the co-creator of the R environment for data analysis and graphics and a founding member of the R Core Development Group and the R Foundation.
Awards
The 2008 Royal Society of New Zealand Pickering Medal for applications of technology.
The 2010 American Statistical Association Statistical Computing and Graphics award. (Jointly with Robert Gentleman.)
A Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 New Zealand Open Source Awards.
Consulting
I have forty years of consulting experience in market research, forecasting, statistical modelling and software development.
Most recently, I have developed forecasting systems for energy demand and also for product demand in warehouses.