Peter Jagers
Peter Jagers | |
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| Born | March 1941 (age 84) Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Known for | Branching process |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Gothenburg (PhD) |
| Thesis | Five contributions to the mathematical study of populations (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harald Bergström |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Chalmers University of Technology University of Gothenburg |
Peter Jagers (born 1941) is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Statistics at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology who made lasting contributions in probability and general branching processes. Jagers was first vice president (2007–2010) of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Chair of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (2012). He in an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and past President of the Bernoulli Society (2005–2007). He also served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Statistics Sweden.
Jagers has been coordinating editor of the Journal of Applied Probability and Advances in Applied Probability. He is on the Editorial Committee for Springer's books on probability theory and was editor of Stochastic Processes and their Applications 1989–1993.