John J. Deely
John J. Deely | |
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| Born | January 13, 1933 |
| Died | January 17, 2025 (aged 92) |
| Citizenship | United States, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology (BEE) Purdue University (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Bayesian statistics Decision theory |
| Awards | Erskine Fellowship David S. Moore Teaching Award Fellow of the American Statistical Association Purdue Statistics Outstanding Alumnus Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Purdue University Sandia National Laboratories University of Canterbury |
| Thesis | Multiple Decision Procedures from an Empirical Bayes Approach |
| Doctoral advisor | Shanti S. Gupta |
John Joseph Deely (January 13, 1933 – January 17, 2025) was an American-born statistician and educator who specialized in Bayesian statistics, specifically empirical Bayes methods and decision theory. He spent nearly three decades at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, where he served as the chair of the statistics department, before returning to Purdue University for the latter portion of his career.