Rosenthal graduated from Woburn Collegiate Institute in 1984, and received his B.Sc. (in mathematics, physics, and computer science) from the University of Toronto in 1988, and his Ph.D. in mathematics ("Rates of Convergence for Gibbs Sampler and Other Markov Chains") from Harvard University in 1992, supervised by Persi Diaconis.[2] He was an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota from 1992 to 1993.[3] Rosenthal began his career in the Department of Statistics at the University of Toronto as an assistant professor in 1993, became an associate professor in 1997, and has been a full professor since 2000.[3] Rosenthal has written numerous research papers about the theory of Markov chain Monte Carlo and other statistical computation algorithms, many joint with Gareth O. Roberts.[4][5]
Public engagements
In 2005 Rosenthal wrote a book for the general public, Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities,[6] which was a bestseller in Canada[7][8] and has been published in ten languages.[9] He has also written a graduate textbook on probability theory[10] and co-authored an undergraduate textbook on probability and statistics.[11] He has been interviewed by the media about such diverse topics as crime statistics,[12] pedestrian deaths,[13] gambling probabilities,[14][15] and television game shows,[16] and has appeared on William Shatner's Weird or What?.
Rosenthal's father Peter Rosenthal (1941—2024) and mother Helen Stephanie Rosenthal (1942–2017) were originally from Queens, New York City. They emigrated to Canada in 1967 where both of them became math professors at the University of Toronto.[1]
Duanmu, Haosui; Rosenthal, Jeffrey S.; Weiss, William (2021). Ergodicity of markov processes via nonstandard analysis. American Mathematical Society. ISBN978-1-4704-6813-2. OCLC1284944707.
Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. (2018). Knock on wood: luck, chance, and the meaning of everything. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HarperCollins. ISBN978-1-4434-5307-3. OCLC1047653556.
Evans, Michael; Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. (2010). Probability and statistics: the science of uncertainty (2nded.). New York: W.H. Freeman and Co. ISBN978-1-4292-2462-8. OCLC473463742.
Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. (2006). A first look at rigorous probability theory (2nded.). Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN981-270-371-3. OCLC81144993.
Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. (2006). Struck by lightning: the curious world of probabilities. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. ISBN0-309-09737-1. OCLC62742569.
↑ Rosenthal, Jeffrey S (2013). A First look at Rigorous Probability Theory (2nded.). New Jersey, N.J: World Scientific. ISBN978-981-270-371-2. OCLC949780371.
↑ Evans, Michael J; Rosenthal, Jeffrey S (2010). Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty (2nded.). New York: W.H. Freeman. ISBN978-1-4292-2462-8. OCLC961227736.
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