Selected Works of Terry Speed [Hardcover]

The purpose of this volume is to provide an overview of Terry Speeds contributions to statistics and beyond. Each of the fifteen chapters concerns a particular area of research and consists of a commentary by a subject-matter expert and selection of representative papers. The chapters, organized more or less chronologically in terms of Terrys career, encompass a wide variety of mathematical and statistical domains, along with their application to biology and medicine. Accordingly, earlier chapters tend to be more theoretical, covering some algebra and probability theory, while later chapters concern more recent work in genetics and genomics. The chapters also span continents and generations, as they present research done over four decades, while crisscrossing the globe.

The commentaries provide insight into Terrys contributions to a particular area of research, by summarizing his work and describing its historical and scientific context, motivation, and impact. In addition to shedding light on Terrys scientific achievements, the commentaries reveal endearing aspects of his personality, such as his intellectual curiosity, energy, humor, and generosity.

This selection of work by the prolific statistician, which covers 15 research areas, provides an overview of the breadth of his contribution to the subject as well as a complete bibliography of his works and commentary by respected contemporary statisticians.

Algebra.- Probability.- Sufficiency.- Analysis of Variance.- Cumulants.- Interaction Models.- Asymptotics and Coding Theory.- Applied Statistics and Exposition.- History and Teaching Statistics.- Genetic Recombination.- Molecular Evolution.- Statistical Genetics.- DNA Sequencing.- Biological Sequence Analysis.- Microarray Data Analysis.

From the book reviews:

This massive book of 665 pages contains 42 papers written by Terry, both alone and with various co-authors, and provides alƒX