[See also a shorter bio,
my About the Author write-up,
and my C.V. in postscript or pdf.]
Friday, October 13, 1967, 2:42 p.m.: Born in Scarborough,
Ontario, Canada.
1972-79: Grades K-6, Willow Park Junior Public
School, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
1979-80: Grade 7, Tecumseh Junior High
School and Churchill Heights Public School, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
1980-84: Grades 9-13, Woburn Collegiate Institute,
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
1984-88: B.Sc.,
University
of Toronto (math specialist, physics major, and computer science minor).
See transcript.
1988-92: Ph.D., Department of Mathematics,
Harvard University.
(Ph.D. supervisor: Persi Diaconis.)
[Master's degree granted, 1990.]
See
acknowledgements,
front matter,
introduction,
chapter 2,
chapter 3,
chapter 4,
chapter 5,
conclusion,
citation,
and my math genealogy.
1992-93: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics,
University of Minnesota.
1993-97: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics,
University of Toronto.
June, 1997 (age 29): Granted tenure,
University of Toronto.
(See the official letter and
celebratory photo.)
1997-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Statistics,
University of Toronto.
2000-present: Professor, Department of Statistics,
University of Toronto.
[Associate Chair, 2000-2003.]
Major Honours
Major Research Grants
- 1993-96: NSERC Research Grant
- 1996-00: NSERC Research Grant
- 2000-05: NSERC Research Grant
- 2002: MITACS Research Grant, for data mining research
(co-investigator)
- 2006: Ontario Ministry of Child and Youth Services
grant, for criminology research
(co-investigator)
- 2006-11: NSERC Research Grant
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