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Hirotugu Akaike

Japanese statistician (1927-2009) · Japan · Academics · Died at 81

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Hirotugu Akaike was a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s, he formulated the Akaike information criterion (AIC). AIC is now widely used for model selection, which is commonly the most difficult aspect of statistical inference; additionally, AIC is the basis of a paradigm for the foundations of statistics.

A life in dates

2009Died4 August 20092006Kyoto Prize in Basic SciencesAward1988Asahi PrizeAwardFellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1981Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAward1927Born5 November 1927

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Awards

Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences2006
Asahi Prize1988
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics1988
Fellow of the American Statistical Association1981
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
IEEE Fellow

About this person

Hirotugu Akaike was a Japanese statistician. In the early 1970s, he formulated the Akaike information criterion (AIC). AIC is now widely used for model selection, which is commonly the most difficult aspect of statistical inference; additionally, AIC is the basis of a paradigm for the foundations of statistics. Akaike also made major contributions to the study of time series. In addition, he had a large role in the general development of statistics in Japan.

Country
Japan
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2009 · aged 81

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