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Record Nr.

UNINA9910733706203321

Titolo

A Tribute to the Legend of Professor C. R. Rao : The Centenary Volume / / edited by Arijit Chaudhuri, Sat N. Gupta, Rajkumar Roychoudhury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

981-336-991-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Collana

Indian Statistical Institute Series, , 2523-3122

Disciplina

519.5

Soggetti

Statistics

Sociology - Biographical methods

Biographical Research

Estadístics

Estadística

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

A Message from C. R. Rao -- CV of C.R. Rao with Photos -- C. Radhakrishna Rao: Information and the Accuracy Attainable in the Estimation of Statistical Parameters -- Bibek Deb Roy: A Few Thoughts on India’s Statistical System -- Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay: A Tribute to Prof. C. R. Rao -- S. R. Varadhan: The Polaron Problem -- B. L. S. Prakasa rao: C. R. Rao: A Life in Statistics -- Somnath Panja and Bimal Roy: A Secure End-To-End Verifiable E-voting System Using Zero Knowledge Based Blockchain -- Anil Bera and Priyasmita Ghosh: Glimpses from the Life and Work of Dr. C.R. Rao: A Living Legend in Statistics -- J. N. K. Rao: My Memorable Interactions with Professor C. R. Rao -- Malay Ghosh: Small Area Estimation: An Early History -- Palash Sarkar: Aspects of Inductive Inference in Statistics and Machine Learning -- Amartya Kumar Dutta: “To the seers, our ancestors” -- S. P. Mukherjee: A Tiny Tribute to a Towering Statistician -- Arijit Chaudhuri: A Tribute to Professor C. R. Rao -- Dipti Prasad Mukherjee: His Experiments with Truth -- Tasos C. Christofides: C. R. Rao -- Nibedita Ganguly: Professor C. R. Rao: Homage to the Towering Personality of Indian Statistical Institute -- More Colour Pictures.



Sommario/riassunto

This book includes speeches given during five seminar sessions held in honor of Prof. C. R. Rao, on his 100th year. This book also contains a few write-ups touching on the diverse aspects of this august personality. The chapters pay tribute to Prof. C. R. Rao, the Padma Vibhushan awardee, by discussing his life and contributions to the field of statistics. The book also includes a chapter by the Abel Prize winner Prof. S. R. Varadhan who happened to successfully complete his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. C. R. Rao. .