Person

Brown, Timothy Carlisle (Tim) (1953 - )

Born
13 February 1953
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Statistician and University Administrator

Summary

Tim Brown is a statistician whose research focuses on probability approximations and stochastic processes, and applied statistics. He has been Professor of mathematics or statistics at several universities, most recently at the University of Melbourne. Between 2008 and 2013 he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at La Trobe University. Brown has held executive roles in professional organisations including as President of the Statistical Society of Australia and Director of the Australian Mathematics Science Institute.

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Chronology

1978 - 1981
Career position - Lecturer in Statistics, University of Bath, United Kingdom
1981 - 1984
Career position - Lecturer in Statistics, Monash University
1984 - 1987
Career position - Foundation Director, Statistical Consulting Centre, University of Melbourne
1987 - 1992
Career position - Professor of Mathematics (Probability and Statistics), University of Western Australia
1989 - 1990
Career position - President, Western Australian Branch, Statistical Society of Australia
1991 - 1993
Career position - President, Statistical Society of Australia
1992 - 2002
Career position - Professor of Statistics and Head, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
1993 - 1994
Career position - Vice-President, Statistical Society of Australia
2002 - 2005
Career position - Dean, College of Science, Australian National University
2002 - 2007
Career position - Professor of Statistics, Australian National University
2004 - 2006
Career position - President, Australian Council of Deans of Science
2005 - 2007
Career position - Dean, Faculty of Science, La Trobe University
2008 - 2013
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), La Trobe University
2014 - 2017
Career position - Professor of Statistical Data Science, University of Melbourne
2019 - 2020
Career position - Director, Australian Mathematical Science Institute
2020 -
Career position - Member (representing Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute), National Committee for Mathematical Sciences, Australian Academy of Science

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  • Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details

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