Mathematics and Statistics

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Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers programs leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics. Part-time doctoral studies in Mathematics are permissible.

Enquiries: 905 525-9140, Ext. 24582 
Fax: 905 522-0935
E-mail: graduate@math.mcmaster.ca
Website: http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/graduate

Faculty / Fall 2017

Distinguished University Professor

N. Balakrishnan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur) 
W. Craig, A.B. (Berkeley), M.S., Ph.D. (Courant, N.Y.U.) / Senior Canada Research Chair

Professors

S. Alama, B.S. (Columbia), M.S., Ph.D. (Courant, N.Y.U.)
H.U. Boden, B.S. (New Hampshire), Ph.D. (Brandeis) / Chair
B. Bolker, B.S. (Yale), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
L. Bronsard, B.A. (Montreal), M.S., Ph.D. (Courant, N.Y.U.)
D. Earn, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
S. Feng, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Beijing Normal), Ph.D. (Carleton) / Associate Chair, Statistics
J-P. Gabardo, B.Sc. (Université de l’Etat à Mons), Ph.D. (Maryland)
M. Grasselli, B.Sc. (Sáo Paulo), Ph.D. (King’s College)
I. Hambleton, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Yale) / Britton Professor of Mathematics
B. Hart, B.Math. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (McGill)
M. Harada, A.B. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Berkeley) / Canada Research Chair
D. Haskell, B.A. (Oxford), M.S., Ph.D. (Stanford) / Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
F.M. Hoppe, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Weizmann Institute of Science),M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
T.R. Hurd, B.Sc. (Queen’s), D.Phil. (Oxford)
N. Kevlahan, B.Sc. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Cambridge) / Acting Associate Chair, Graduate Studies
M. Lovric, B.S. (Zagreb), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State)  
P.D. McNicholas, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trinity College Dublin)
A.J. Nicas, B.Sc. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
D.E. Pelinovsky, M.S. (Nizhny Novgorod State, Russia), Ph.D.(Monash, Australia)
B. Protas, M.Sc. (Warsaw Univ. Technology), Ph.D. (Warsaw Univ.Technology and Université de Paris VI [Pierre et Marie Curie]) 
E.T. Sawyer, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill) / McKay Professor of Mathematics                                                                                
P. Speissegger, Diploma (Switzerland), Ph.D. (Illinois) 
M.A. Valeriote, B.Math. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Berkeley)
R. Viveros-Aguilera, B.A. (Veracruzana, Mexico), M.A. (NationalPolitechnic Inst., Mexico), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
M.Y-K. Wang, A.B. (Princeton), Ph.D. (Stanford)
G.S.K. Wolkowicz, B.Sc., M.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (Alberta)

Associate Professors

A. Canty, B.Sc. (College Cork, Ireland), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
A. Childs, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
D. Lozinski, B.Math. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Northwestern)
T. Pirvu, B.Sc. (Craivo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon)
Adam Van Tuyl, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen’s)

Assistant Professors

S. McNicholas, B.Sc. (Dublin Institute Technology), Ph.D. (Dublin), Ph.D. (Guelph)

Associate Members

Joseph Beyene (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics), B.Sc. (Addis Ababa), Ph.D. (Toronto)
A. Deza (Computing & Software), M.Sc., (Ecole Nationale des Pontset Chaussées), Ph.D. (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
J. Dushoff (Biology), B.A. (Pennsylvania), Ph.D. (Princeton)
Timothy Field (Electrical and Computer Engineering), B.A. (Cambridge), D. Phil (Oxford)
J.S. HAMID (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics), BSc (Addis Ababa), MSc, PhD (Uppsala)
Douglas Stebila/(Computing and Software) B.Math. (Waterloo), M.Sc. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
J.I. ZUCKER (Computing and Software) BSc (Witwatersrand), PhD (Stanford), L.E.L.

Adjunct Members

S.E.AHMED, MSc, PhD (Guelph)
I.R.C. BUCKLEY, BSc & PhD (Imperial College, London)
Jamie M. Foster, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Southampton)
P. SERMER, BSc, MSc, PhD (Toronto)

Professors Emeriti

M. Kolster, Dipl. (Hamburg), Dr.rer.nat. (Saarbrücken), Habil. (Münster)
P.D.M. Macdonald, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), D.Phil. (Oxford)  
A. Rosa, M.S. (Kiev State), Ph.D. (Slovak Acad. Sciences)

Statistics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers an M.Sc. program in Statistics which is administered by a Graduate Committee with faculty from several university departments.

Enquiries should be addressed to the Director, Graduate Program in Statistics,
905 525-9140, Ext. 23420 (Dr Balakrishnan)
E-mail: statistics@math.mcmaster.ca
Website: http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/graduate/msc_stats/

Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics is offered (see “Mathematics” section of this Calendar for details).

Faculty / Fall 2017

Distinguished University Professor

N. Balakrishnan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur)
W. Craig, A.B. (Berkeley), M.S., Ph.D. (Courant, N.Y.U.) / Senior Canada Research Chair 

Professors

J. Beyene, M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto) / Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics                                                                                                                                                
B. Bolker, B.S. (Yale), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
S. Feng, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Beijing Normal), Ph.D. (Carleton) / Associate Chair, Statistics
J. Fox, B.A. (City College of New York), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan) / Sociology
F.M. Hoppe, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Weizmann Institute of Science),M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
J.M. Maheu, B.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Queen’s) / Business
P.D. McNicholas, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trinity College Dublin)
J.S. Racine, B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western) / Economics
H.S. Shannon, B.A. (Oxford), M.Sc. (Birmingham), Ph.D. (London)/ Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
L. Thabane, B.Sc. (Lesotho), M.Sc. (Sheffield), Ph.D. (Western) /Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
M.R. Veall, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (M.I.T.) / Economics
R. Viveros-Aguilera, B.A. (Veracruzana, Mexico), M.A. (NationalPolitechnic Inst., Mexico), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
K.M. Wong, B.Sc.(Eng.), Ph.D., D.Sc. (London), D.I.C. (ImperialCollege), F.I.E.E.E., F.I.E.E., F.Inst.P., F.S.S., C.Eng., P.Eng./Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professors

N. Akhtar-Danesh, B.Sc. (Ferdowsi, Iran), M.Sc. (Shiraz, Iran), Ph.D.(Newcastle, U.K.) / Nursing
A. Canty, B.Sc. (College Cork, Ireland), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
A. Childs, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
S. McDonald, B.A. (Princeton), M.D., M.Sc. (Toronto), F.R.C.S.C. /Obstetrics & Gynecology; Radiology

Assistant Professors

L. Griffith, BS (Michigan), MS (Michigan), PhD (Toronto),  Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics           
G. Pond, B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto) / Oncology

Associate Members

J. Hamid, B.Sc. (Addis Ababa), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Uppsala) / Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto

Professors Emeriti

L.J. Magee, B.Math. (Waterloo), M.A., Ph.D. (Western) / Economics
P.D.M. Macdonald, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), D.Phil. (Oxford), P.Stat. 
J.F. MacGregor, B.Eng. (McMaster), M.S., Ph.D. (Wisconsin), P.Eng./ Chemical Engineering
S.G. Mohanty, B.A. (Utkal), M.A. (Punjab), Ph.D. (Alberta)
M. Min-Oo, B.Sc. (Rangoon), Dip. Math., Dr.rer.nat.Habil. (Bonn)                                                                                                                                                                        
S.D. Walter, B.Sc. (London), Ph.D. (Edinburgh) / Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Programs

• Mathematics, M.Sc.
• Statistics, M.Sc.

• Mathematics, Ph.D

• Mathematics Courses
• Statistics Courses

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