David Aldous
British-American mathematician · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1952 · age 74
David John Aldous FRS is an American mathematician known for his research on probability theory and its applications. In particular, his research studies topics such as exchangeability, weak convergence, Markov chain mixing times, the continuum random tree and stochastic coalescence.
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He entered St John's College, Cambridge, in 1970 and received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge in 1977 under his advisor, D. J. H. Garling. Aldous was on the faculty at University of California, Berkeley from 1979 until his retirement in 2018. He is currently an affiliate professor at the University of Washington and lives near Seattle.
