Seneta, Eugene (1941 - )

Summary

Eugene Seneta has been Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney since 1979. He is interested in applications and history of probability and non-negative matrices. The variance gamma model in financial mathematics, proposed by Dilip Madan and Seneta in 1990 and sometimes called the Madan-Seneta process, is in use on Wall Street. He also provided a theoretical basis for and oversaw the production of an algorithm for scaling Higher School Certificate marks in the early 1980s. This scheme was later used to determine the New South Wales Tertiary Entrance Rank.

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Chronology

1964

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Adelaide

1965

Career position - Senior Tutor in Statistics, Australian National University

1965

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Adelaide

1966 - 1970

Career position - Lecturer in Statistics, Australian National University

1968

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University

1969 - 1970

Award - Nuffield Travelling Fellow in United Kingdom

1970 - 1973

Career position - Lecturer in Statistics, Australian National University

1972 - 1973

Career position - Research Associate, Department of Statistics, Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

1974 - 1979

Career position - Reader in Statistics, Australian National University

1979 - 2004

Career position - Professor, Department of Mathematical Statistics, University of Sydney

1985

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1998

Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia

1999 - 2001

Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Virginia, U.S.A.

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in mathematical statistics

2004 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney

2006

Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University

2007

Award - Hannan Medal, Australian Academy of Science

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Gani, J. M.; and Seneta, E., 'Christopher Charles Heyde, AM, DSc, FAA, FAASA', Journal of Applied Probability, 41A (Special issue) (2004), vii-x. Details
• Gani, J.; and Seneta, E., 'Obituary: Christopher Charles Heyde AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA', Journal of Applied Probability, 45 (2008), 587-92. Details
• Seneta, E., 'Silhouettes of early Australian statistics', Australian Journal of Statistics, 30 (B) (1988), 2-22. Details
• Seneta, E., 'Henry Oliver Lancaster (1 February 1913 - 2 December 2001)', Newsletter, International Statistical Institute, 26 (1) (2002), 7. Details
• Seneta, E., 'Obituary: Joseph Mark Gani AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA', Journal of Applied Probability, 54 (2017), 1-11. Details
• Seneta, E.; and Eagleson, G.K., 'Henry Oliver Lancaster 1913-2001', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (2) (2004). https://doi.org/10.1071/HR04005. Details
• Seneta, E.; and Gani, J. M., 'Christopher Charles Heyde 1939- 2008', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (1) (2009), 67-90 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09004. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, 'In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Henry Oliver Lancaster, AO FAA 1 February 1913 - 2 December 2001', Australian and New Zealand journal of statistics, 44 (4) (2002), 385-400. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, 'Henry Oliver Lancaster AO, FAA, DSc, MD, PhD, MB BS, BA', Medical Journal of Australia, 176 (9) (2002), 439. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04488.x. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, 'Joseph Mark Gani, 1924 - 2016', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series A, 179 (4) (2016), 1120-2. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, 'Joseph Mark Gani 1924 - 2016', Historical Records of Australian Science, 30 (1) (2019), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18014. Details
• Seneta, Eugene and Maller, Ross, 'In memoriam: Christopher Charles Heyde, 20 April 1939 - 6 March 2008', SSAI newsletter, 123 (2008), 11-2. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5407751. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94327501. Details
• Hannan Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022. https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/hannan-medal. Details
• 'Seneta, E (1941-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-614071. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, Emeritus Professor Henry Oliver Lancaster, AO FAA 1 February 1913 - 2 December 2001, University of Sydney, Sydney, [2002]. https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/About/lancaster.htm. Details

Resource Sections

• Seneta, Eugene, 'Interview with Joe Gani', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/g/gani.html. Details