Olle Haggström

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Olle Haggström

Olle Häggström (* 1967 ) is a Swedish mathematician who specializes in probability theory and mathematical statistics.

Häggström first studied electrical engineering at the Chalmers Institute for Technology with a diploma in 1991 and received his doctorate there in 1994 under Jeffrey Steif in mathematical statistics (Aspects of spatial random processes). In 1997 he became a lecturer there and in 2000 professor for mathematical statistics.

He is also known in Sweden as the author of popular science books and essays, particularly on pseudoscience and futurology. In his book Here Be Dragons , he explores scenarios of danger for the future. Among other things, he was invited as an expert to the STOA committee of the European Parliament , before which he emphasized the scope of possible negative consequences from artificial intelligence - for example in the form of an autonomously developed instinct for self-preservation ( Omohundro-Bostrom theory ). He also emerged as an opponent of intelligent design . In probability theory he dealt with Markov chains , percolation theory and other models of statistical mechanics.

He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2004), the Royal Society for Art and Science in Gothenburg and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering (2010). He was chairman of the Swedish Mathematical Society and is on the Science and Engineering Council of the Swedish Research Society.

With Itai Benjamini he was the editor of Oded Schramm's collected works .

His hobbies include cross-country skiing, running and chess.

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Books:

  • Forays into probability theory, Springer 2006
  • Here Be Dragons: Science, Technology and the Future of Humanity, Oxford University Press 2016
  • Slumpens Skördar, 2004
  • Riktig vetenskap och dåliga imitationer, Fri Tanke Förlag 2008
  • Finite Markov Chains and Algorithmic Applications, Cambridge University Press. 2002

Some essays:

  • Percolation beyond , the contributions of Oded Schramm, Annals of Probability, Volume 39, 2011, pp. 1668-1701.
  • with Mia Deijfen: The pleasures and pains of studying the two-type Richardson model, in: Analysis and Stochastics of Growth Processes and Interface Models (P. Mörters, R. Moser, M. Penrose, H. Schwetlick, J. Zimmer, eds .), Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 39-54.
  • Problem solving is often a matter of cooking up an appropriate Markov chain, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Volume 34, 2007, pp. 768-780.
  • with J. Jonasson: Uniqueness and non-uniqueness in percolation theory, Probability Surveysm, Volume 3, 2006, pp. 289-344.
  • with H.-O. Georgii , C. Maes: The random geometry of equilibrium phases, in: Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena, Volume 18 (C. Domb, JL Lebowitz, ed.), 2001, pp. 1–142

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olle Häggström in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
  2. ^ Review by J. Keating in New Scientist, Jan. 2, 2016
  3. ^ Philip Boucher, Carys Lawrie: Is it rational to be optimistic about artificial intelligence? In: European Parliamentary Research Service Blog. October 30, 2017, accessed May 29, 2018 .
  4. ^ Olle Häggström: The AI ​​meeting in Brussels last week. In: Häggström hävdar. October 23, 2017, accessed May 29, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Haggström, Olle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hagström, Olle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 1967