Name: Ross Ihaka

Born: 1954 in Waiuku in the Auckland Region of New Zealand

  • Associate Professor of statistics at the University of Auckland.
  • One of the creators of the R programming language.

Significant publications

  • How a Computational Specialist Contributes to the Deployment of Statistical Methodology (2011).
  • Literate programming with and for R [Computer software] (2011).
  • R: Lessons Learned, Directions for the Future (2010).

Honors and awards

  • Royal Society of New Zealand’s Pickering Medal (2008).
  • Robert Gentleman

Websites

  • Ross Ihaka personal website