Robin Sibson
British mathematician (1944–2017)
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Robin Sibson (4 May 1944 – 19 March 2017)[1] was a British mathematician and educator.
Born4 May 1944
Died19 March 2017 (aged 72)
AlmamaterUniversity of Cambridge
KnownforNatural neighbour interpolation
Robin Sibson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 May 1944 |
| Died | 19 March 2017 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Natural neighbour interpolation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Bath |
| Doctoral advisor | David George Kendall |
| Doctoral students | Guy Nason |
He was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, professor of statistics at the University of Bath and then vice-chancellor of the University of Kent. He was chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency from 2001[2] until 2009.[3] He was also a member of the Committee for Higher Education and Research (CC-HER),[4] the predecessor to the Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research (CDESR).[5]
He died on 19 March 2017 at the age of 72.[6]
Research
He was the developer of natural neighbour interpolation on discrete sets of points in space.[7]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Sibson, Robin; Jardine, Nicholas (1971). Mathematical taxonomy. London, New York: Wiley. ISBN 9780471440505.
Chapter in books
- Sibson, Robin (1981), "A brief description of natural neighbour interpolation", in Barnett, Vic (ed.), Interpreting multivariate data, Chichester West Sussex New York: Wiley, pp. 21–35, ISBN 9780471280392
