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James V. Zidek

Canadian statistician
Person human Q102115330

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Country of citizenship
Canada[5]
Occupation
statistician, university teacher, scientist, mathematician
Employer
University of British Columbia (1967–2004)
Field of work
applied mathematics, mathematical statistics, Bayesian inference[6][7][8]
Educated at
Stanford University (?–1967), University of Alberta[9]
Award received
Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Officer of the Order of Canada, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada[11][12][13][14]
Official website
www.stat.ubc.ca[30]
Doctoral advisor
Charles Stein[10]
Doctoral student
Christian Genest, John Frederick Brewster, Xiaogang Wang, Weimin Sun, Feifang Hu, Jean-François Plante, Luke Bornn, Song Cai[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[31]
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy[26]
Family name
Зідек[27]
Given name
James, Victor[28][29]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Member of
American Statistical Association (1988–present), Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1976–present)[15][16]
🏷️ Also known as
en James Victor Zidek en James Vincent Zidek en James V. Zidek en J. V. Zidek cs Jim V. Zidek cs Jim Zidek
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000117163170
VIAF cluster ID
164095277
Library of Congress authority ID
n85807149
GND ID
142351504
Academic Tree ID
286627
BIBSYS ID
6092111
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
170146886
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12122580
DDB person (GND) ID
142351504
IdRef ID
112495575
MR Author ID
187105
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
17755
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NL CR AUT ID
ntk20191033879
NUKAT ID
n2007150172
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007324186705171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BNZk;=Br
Order of Canada recipient ID
146-16627
RERO ID (legacy)
A013542665
SHARE Catalogue author ID
614439
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkp3Qbh4gdYyJQpkyGvHC
Yale LUX ID
person/ec2c6733-7d15-433e-a4e2-b2d178845e02
ZbMATH author ID
zidek.james-v

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Summary

James V. Zidek has worked as a statistician[1], university teacher[2], scientist[3], and mathematician[4].

FAQs

What did James V. Zidek do for work?

James V. Zidek worked as a statistician[1], university teacher[2], scientist[3], and mathematician[4].

Where did James V. Zidek go to school?

James V. Zidek was educated at University of Alberta[9].

What awards did James V. Zidek receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Statistical Association[11], Officer of the Order of Canada[12], Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics[13], and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada[14].

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  1. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . stat.ubc.ca. Retrieved . stat.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . stat.ubc.ca. Retrieved . stat.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Order of Canada recipients database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . stat.ubc.ca. Retrieved . stat.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [15] ↑ . Fellows of the American Statistical Association database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [16] ↑ . Scientific Legacy Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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