Interview with Stephen Penneck

摘要

Before we talk about your contributions to official statistics, the ISI, the ISI, the IAOS, and the SJIAOS, let us focus on you. Our readers hail from many different parts of the world and it is always interesting to note what sets us apart and what brings us together besides our shared interest in statistics. Please give us some personal history. Where did you grow up, what special childhood experiences or childhood influences brought you to the field of statistics? Where did you receive your education? I grew up not very far from where I am today, in Sutton, which is a suburb on the south side of London. It is within the London commuting area. It is easy to get into town, but it also on the edge of the Surrey Downs and near to the countryside. It is actually a very nice part of the country to live in, and I have been here in this area nearly all my life apart from the years when I attended university (BSc in Economics and Statistics at Southampton University and a MSocSc in Econometrics from Birmingham University.) I came back to more or less the same area.