Person

McLachlan, Geoffrey John (1946 - )

FAA

Born
3 October 1946
Occupation
Statistician

Summary

Geoffrey McLachan is internationally recognised for his pioneering research in classification, and to the related domains of cluster analysis, machine learning and statistical inference. Much of his research has been directed to the theory and application of finite mixture models, particularly the expectation-maximisation (EM) algorithm. His methodological developments have application in many areas, including bioinformatics, biostatistics, flow cytometry, image analysis and survival analysis. He has published over 300 books and papers, some of which have become standard references. McLachlan joined the University of Queensland in 1974 and was appointed Professor of Statistics (a personal chair) in 1998. His wider contributions include serving as President of the Queensland Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia.

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Chronology

1969
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)) University of Queensland
1973
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
1974
Career position - Lecturer, University of New England
1974 - 1978
Career position - Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland
1978 - 1984
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland
1984 - 1998
Career position - Reader, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland
1992 - 1997
Career position - Associate Editor,
1992 - 2003
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of statistical computation and simulation
1992 - 2008
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Statistical methods in medical research
1994
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Queensland
1996 - 2002
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of research and practice in information technology
1998
Career position - Professor of Statistics (personal chair), University of Queensland
2000 - 2019
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of classification
2001 - 2012
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Environmental and ecological statistics
2003 - 2005
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Biometrics
2003 - 2011
Career position - Part-time appointment at Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland
2007 - 2009
Award - ARC Professorial Fellowship
2007 - 2009
Career position - Head of Mathematics, University of Queensland
2009 - 2010
Career position - Member, College of Experts, Australian Research Council
2009 - 2015
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Biology direct
2010
Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia
2010 - 2011
Career position - President, International Federation of Classification Societies
2010 - 2015
Career position - Member of the Editorial Board, Advances in statistical analysis
2011
Award - ICDM Research Contributions Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
2013 - 2015
Award - Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland
2015 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2017
Award - Research Medal for Outstanding Research Achievements, International Federation of Classifications Societies

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Books

  • McLachlan, G., Discriminant analysis and statistical pattern recognition (New York: Wiley, 1992), 552 pp. Details
  • McLachlan, G. J.; and Basford, K. E., Mixture models: inference and applications to clustering (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1988), 254 pp. Details
  • McLachlan, G. J.; and Krishnan, T., The EM algorithm and extensions ( Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008), 400 pp. Details
  • McLachlan, G. J.; and Peel, D., Finite mixture models (New York: Wiley, 2000), 464 pp. Details
  • McLachlan, G. J.; Do, K. A.; and Ambroise, C., Analyzing microarray gene expression data (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004), 368 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Nguyen, Hien; Lee, Sharon; and Forbes, Florence, 'A Festschrift for Geoff McLachlan', Australian and New Zealand journal of statistics, 64 ([supp]) (2022), 111-6, https://doi.org/10.1111/anzs.12372. Details

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See also

  • Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details

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