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2006 Kyoto Prize Laureates
Basic Sciences Category
Prize Field : Mathematical Science
Dr. Hirotugu Akaike
Statistical Mathematician
Affiliation: Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Title: Professor Emeritus
Date of Birth: November 5, 1927
Nationality: Japan
Background: Received a B.A. (1952) and a Ph.D. (1961) from the University of Tokyo. Started his career at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan, in 1961, serving as Director General of the Institute from 1986 to 1994; appointed as Professor Emeritus at the Institute in 1994. Accolades include receiving the Okochi Memorial Technology Award (1980) in the field of industrial engineering and production technology; the Asahi Prize (1989); the Japanese Medal with Purple Ribbon (1989); and the Japan Statistical Society Award (1996).
| Brief Biography: |
| 1927 |
Born in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka |
| 1952 |
University of Tokyo, BA (Mathematics) |
| 1952 |
Researcher, Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 1961 |
University of Tokyo, PhD. |
| 1962-1973 |
Head of 2nd Section, 1st Division, Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 1973-1985 |
Director of 5th Division, Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 1985-1986 |
Head of Department of Prediction and Control, Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 1986-1994 |
Director General, Institute of Statistical Mathematics; Member, Science Council of Japan (1988-1991); Professor, Department of Statistical Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (1988-1994). |
| 1994 |
Emeritus Professor, Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 1994 |
Emeritus Professor, Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
| Selected Awards and Honors: |
| 1972 |
Ishikawa Prize |
| 1980 |
Okochi Prize |
| 1989 |
Asahi Prize |
| 1989 |
Purple Ribbon Medal |
| 1996 |
Japan Statistical Society Prize |
| Selected Publications: |
| 1969 |
Fitting Autoregressive Models for Prediction, Ann.Inst.Statist.Math. 21: 243-247 |
| 1970 |
Statistical Prediction Identification, Ann.Inst.Statist.Math. 22: 203-217 |
| 1973 |
Information Theory and an Extension of the Maximum Likelihood Principle, Proc.2nd International Symposium on Information Theory (Petrov, P. R. and Csaki, F.eds.), Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 267-281 |
| 1974 |
A New Look at the Bayes Procedure, Biometrika 65, 53-59 |
| 1977 |
On Entropy Maximization Principle, Krishnaiah, P. R. ed., Applications of Statistics, North-Holland Publishing Company, 27-41 |
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