Frank Hampel
Frank Rudolf Hampel (1941 in Heidelberg – October 2, 2018 in Thalwil) was a German statistician and a pioneer in robust statistics. He was professor at ETH Zurich for most of his career.
Frank Rudolf Hampel | |
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Hampel in 1997 | |
| Born | 1941 Heidelberg, Germany |
| Died | October 2, 2018 (aged 76–77) Thalwil, Switzerland |
| Education | University of Göttingen University of Munich University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | influence function |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | ETH Zürich |
| Thesis | Contributions to the Theory of Robust Estimation (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Erich Lehmann |
| Doctoral students | Hans-Rudolf Künsch Peter Rousseeuw Andreas Buja |
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