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School of Graduate Studies Calendar, 2019-2020 
    
School of Graduate Studies Calendar, 2019-2020 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]

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 2019

Distinguished University Professor

N. Balakrishnan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur) 
 

University Scholar

P.D. McNicholas, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trinity College Dublin), 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) 
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) 
M. Lovric, B.S. (Zagreb), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State)  

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])/Associate Chair, Graduate Studies
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)

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)
A. Van Tuyl, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen’s)

Assistant Professors

A. Abdallah, M.Sc. (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées), Ph.D. (Laval)

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

Associate Members

J. 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)
T.Field (Electrical and Computer Engineering), B.A. (Cambridge), D. Phil (Oxford)
G. Pond/(Oncology) B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto)
J.I. Zucker (Computing and Software) BSc (Witwatersrand), PhD (Stanford), L.E.L.

Adjunct Members

J. M. Foster, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Southampton)
B. Franczak, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
II Yong Kim/B.Sc. (Korea), M.Sc., Ph.D. (KAIST)
Alex Levin/Ph.D. (Dniepropetrovsk)
S. Rodney, B.Sc.(Concordia), PhD (McMaster)

K. Vander Meulen/B.Sc. (Calvin College), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen’s)

Professors Emeriti

 R. Viveros-Aguilera, B.A. (Veracruzana, Mexico), M.A. (NationalPolitechnic Inst., Mexico), Ph.D. (Waterloo) 

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. 24723 (Dr Feng)
E-mail: graduate@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 2019

Distinguished University Professor

N. Balakrishnan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur)
 

University Scholar

P.D. McNicholas, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trinity College Dublin), 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
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), Canada Research Chair
J.S. Racine, B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Western) / Economics
L. Thabane, B.Sc. (Lesotho), M.Sc. (Sheffield), Ph.D. (Western) /Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
 

Associate Professors

A. Canty, B.Sc. (College Cork, Ireland), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
A. Childs, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
G. Pond, B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto) / Oncology    
 

Assistant Professors

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

Professors Emeriti

P.D.M. Macdonald, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), D.Phil. (Oxford), P.Stat.
H.S. Shannon, B.A. (Oxford), M.Sc. (Birmingham), Ph.D. (London)/ Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
R. Viveros-Aguilera, B.A. (Veracruzana, Mexico), M.A. (NationalPolitechnic Inst., Mexico), Ph.D. (Waterloo)

S.D. Walter, B.Sc. (London), Ph.D. (Edinburgh) / Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Programs

    MasterDoctoralCourse Offerings

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