Kurt Hornik
Kurt Hornik (born August 16, 1963 in Vienna ) is an Austrian statistician .
Life
He received his doctorate in technical mathematics from the Vienna University of Technology in 1987 . Kurt Hornik has been Professor of Statistics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business since March 2004 .
Act
Kurt Hornik is one of the main developers of the programming language and statistical environment R and works in the field of statistical computing and machine learning . His best known student is Friedrich Leisch .
Honors
- 2007 Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- ISI highly-cited researcher
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Hornik in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hornik at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
- The R Project for Statistical Computing
- Kurt Hornik in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- Publications by Kurt Hornik at Google Scholar
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 9, 2015.
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| SURNAME | Hornik, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |