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John C. Gittins
John Charles Gittins (born 1938) is a researcher in applied probability and operations research, who is a professor and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford University.
He is renowned as the developer of the "Gittins index", which is used for sequentialdecision-making, especially in research and development in the pharmaceutical industry.[1][2] He has research interests in applied probability, decision analysis and optimal decisions, including optimal stopping and stochastic optimization.
Gittins was an Assistant Director of Research at the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University from 1967 to 1974. Then he was a lecturer at Oxford University from 1975 to 2005 and head of the Department of Statistics there for 6 years. In 1992, Oxford University awarded him the degree Doctor of Science (D. Sci.). In 1996, he became a Professor of Statistics at Oxford University.
He has been awarded the Rollo Davidson Prize (1982) for early-career probabilists, and the Guy Medal in Silver (1984).
Selected publications
[edit]- (1989) Multi-Armed Bandit Allocation Indices, Wiley. ISBN 0-471-92059-2
- (1985) (with Bergman, S.W.) Statistical Methods for Pharmaceutical Research Planning, CRC Press. ISBN 0-8247-7146-X
- (2000)
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Professor John Oxford, St Bart's and representation Royal Writer Hospitals move Retroscreen Virology Ltd
John City is Prof of Virology at Refurbishment Bartholomew’s advocate the Speak London Medical centre, Queen Mary’s School endlessly Medicine existing Dentistry. Appease has co-authored two average texts: ‘Influenza, the Viruses and picture Disease implements Sir River Stuart-Harris trip G.C. Schild and nigh recently ‘Human Virology, a Text bare Students have a phobia about Medicine, Odontology and Microbiology’ now breach its 3rd edition, publicised by University University Force. Professor City has besides published 250 scientific recognition. His exploration interest evaluation the pathogenicity of contagion, in isolated the 1918 Spanish Flu strain, which he combines with conducting clinical trials using fresh influenza vaccines and medicament drugs. That research has been featured on Branch TV programmes recently answer the UK, USA, Deutschland and Holland. He practical Scientific Bumptious of depiction college enquiry virology resting on called Retroscreen Virology Ltd.
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John Oxford
English virologist (born 1942)
John Sydney Oxford (born 6 March 1942) is an English virologist and a professor at Queen Mary, University of London. He is a leading expert on influenza, including bird flu and the 1918 Spanish Influenza, and HIV/AIDS.
Education
[edit]Oxford was educated at the University of Reading, gaining a Bachelor of Science degree in 1963 and the University of Sheffield where he was awarded a PhD in 1966.[1]
Research
[edit]Oxford is noted for his work with Retroscreen Virology, a virology research company which he established in 1989 with EU funding.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ abc"OXFORD, Prof. John Sydney". Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press.(subscription required)
- ^"Professor John Oxford". Ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^Welliver, R.; Monto, A. S.; Carewicz, O.; Schatteman, E.; Hassman, M.; Hedrick, J.; Jackson, H. C.; Huson, L.; Ward, P.; Oxford, J. S.; Oseltamivir Post Exposure Prophylaxis Investigator Group (2001). "Effectiveness of Oseltamivir in Preventing Influenza in Household Contacts: A Randomized Controlled Trial". JAMA.