Larry A. Shepp

Larry A. Shepp
  • Professor of Statistics

Research Interests: automatic pattern recognition, connectedness of random graphs, genetics: the problem of closed loop control of diabetes, mathematics of finance, probabilistic models for phase transitions, probabilistic, combinatorial, and statistical analysis of models for problems arising in physics, engineering, and communications: computed tomography

Overview

Professor Larry Shepp passed away on April 23, 2013, at the age of 76.

For those interested in honoring Larry’s life and acquaintance, his family requests that, in lieu of flowers, a donation be made in Larry’s name to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at http://jdrf.org.

Education

PhD, Mathematics, Princeton University, 1961
MA, Mathematics, Princeton University, 1960
BS Appl Math, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1958

Academic Positions Held

University of Pennsylvania: 2010-2013, Rutger’s University: 1997-2010 (named Board of Governor’s Professor, 2004), Columbia University: 1973-1997, Stanford University: 1978-1992

Other Positions

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Bell Laboratories, 1962-96
Member of Scientific Board Resonex Inc, 1983-84
Member of Scientific Board American Science and Engineering Inc, 1974-75
Mathematician in Radiology Service Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 1974-96
Co-Editor: International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Visiting Positions

Extended leaves in: Moscow, USSR (1965), Stanford University (1968-1992), Mittag-Leffler Institute, Sweden (1973), MIT (1975), Simon Bolivar University Venezuela (1982), Australia (U. New South Wales, 1986, ANU, 1997)

 

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Research

Awards and Honors

  • (Posthumous) Co-recipient of the 2014 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award, 2014
  • Honorary Doctorate, New York Polytechnic University, 2004
  • Board of Governor’s Professor, Rutgers University, 2004
  • Member, Academy of Arts and Science (AAS), 1993
  • Member, Institute of Medicine (IOM), 1992
  • Member, National Academy of Science (NAS), 1989
  • IEEE Distinguished Scientist Award, 1979
  • Paul Levy Prize, 1966
  • Winner William Lowell Putnam Intercollegiate Mathematics competition, 1958