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 (Financial Mathematics) or Ext. 26635 (all other Mathematics)
Fax: 905 522-0935
E-mail: graduate@math.mcmaster.ca
Website: http://www.math.mcmaster.ca/graduate

Faculty / Fall 2014

Distinguished University Professor

N. Balakrishnan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur) / Director, Graduate Program in Statistics

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.)
W. Craig, A.B. (Berkeley), M.S., Ph.D. (Courant, N.Y.U.) / Senior Canada Research Chair
D. Earn, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
S. Feng, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Beijing Normal), Ph.D. (Carleton)
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)
D. Haskell, B.A. (Oxford), M.S., Ph.D. (Stanford)
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 Chair
M. Kolster, Dipl. (Hamburg), Dr.rer.nat. (Saarbrücken), Habil. (Münster)
M. Lovric, B.S. (Zagreb), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State) / Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
P.D. McNicholas, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Trinity College Dublin)
M. Min-Oo, B.Sc. (Rangoon), Dip. Math., Dr.rer.nat.Habil. (Bonn)
G.H. Moore, B.A. (Berkeley), M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
A.J. Nicas, B.Sc. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Princeton)
D.E. Pelinovsky, M.S. (Nizhny Novgorod State, Russia), Ph.D.(Monash, Australia)
E.T. Sawyer, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill) / McKay Professor of Mathematics
P. Speissegger, Diploma (Switzerland), Ph.D. (Illinois) / Associate Chair, Graduate Studies
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)
M. Harada, A.B. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Berkeley) / Canada Research Chair
T. Pirvu, B.Sc. (Craivo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon)
B. Protas, M.Sc. (Warsaw Univ. Technology), Ph.D. (Warsaw Univ.Technology and Université de Paris VI [Pierre et Marie Curie])

Assistant Professors

R.P. Browne, B.Math., M.Math., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
D. Lozinski, B. Math. (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Northwestern)
C.P. Mok, B.Sc. (Chinese University of Hong Kong), A.M., Ph.D. (Harvard)

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)
J.I. ZUCKER (Computing and Software) BSc (Witwatersrand), PhD (Stanford), L.E.L.

Adjunct Members

I.R.C. BUCKLEY, BSc & PhD (Imperial College, London)
P. SERMER, BSc, MSc, PhD (Toronto)

Professors Emeriti

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
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 2014

Distinguished University Professor

N. Balakrishnan, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur) / Director, Graduate Program in Statistics

Professors

B. Bolker, B.S. (Yale), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
S. Feng, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Beijing Normal), Ph.D. (Carleton)
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)
L.J. Magee, B.Math. (Waterloo), M.A., Ph.D. (Western) / Economics
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)
M. Min-Oo, B.Sc. (Rangoon), Dip. Math., Dr.rer.nat.Habil. (Bonn)
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
J. Beyene, M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto) / Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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

R.P. Browne, B.Math., M.Math., Ph.D. (Waterloo)
J. Hamid, B.Sc. (Addis Ababa), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Uppsala) / Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
G. Pond, B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto) / Oncology

Professors Emeriti

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)
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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