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CIRM, Luminy, 1995
Posted in Statistics with tags CIRM, ESF, European Science Foundation, HSSS, Luminy, memories, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Sylvia Richardson, University of Cambridge on May 12, 2023 by xi'an
Mike Titterington (1945-2023)
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel, University life with tags Biometrika, Edinburgh, editor, finite mixtures, Glasgow, memories, Mike Titterington, obituary, Scotland, University of Glasgow on April 14, 2023 by xi'an
Most sadly, I just heard from Glasgow that my friend and coauthor Mike Titterington passed away last weekend. While a significant figure in the field and a precursor in many ways, from mixtures to machine learning, Mike was one of the kindest persons ever, tolerant to a fault and generous with his time, and I enjoyed very much my yearly visits to Glasgow to work with him (and elope to the hills). This was also the time he was the (sole) editor of Biometrika and to this day I remain amazed at the amount of effort he dedicated to it, annotating every single accepted paper with his red pen during his morning bus commute and having the edited copy mailed to the author(s). The last time I saw him was in October 2019, when I was visiting the University of Edinburgh and the newly created Bayes Centre, and he came to meet me for an afternoon tea, despite being in poor health… Thank you for all these years, Mike!
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Art Ensemble of Chicago, Barbican, French police, Jazz à Caen, London, Maisons de la Culture, memories, Rouen Jazz Action, Steve Lacy, The Guardian on December 21, 2019 by xi'an
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