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Hirotsugu Akaike
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Memorial Page for Hirotsugu Akaike

Nov 5, 1927 – Aug 4, 2009(81 years)Died in:Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Japanese statistician

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Occupation(2)

mathematicianstatistician

Awards(6)

Kyoto Prize in Basic SciencesAsahi PrizeFellow of the Royal Statistical SocietyIEEE FellowFellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsFellow of the American Statistical Association

Education(1)

University of Tokyo

Hirotugu Akaike (* November 5, 1927 in Fujinomiya; † August 4, 2009 in Ibaraki Prefecture) was a japanese statistician. He was 81 years old. He studied at University of Tokyo. He received 6 awards, including Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, Asahi Prize. His cause of death was pneumonia.

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Born in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture

1927

Fellow of the American Statistical Association

1981

Asahi Prize

1988

Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

1988

Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences

2006

Died in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan (pneumonia)

2009

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Hirotsugu Akaike. Forever remembered.