Education
And Doctor of Philosophy (1951) degree in mathematics from Harvard University, the latter on the thesis Some Estimates for Extremal Distance advised by Lars Ahlfors.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Henry Otto
Edit Profilemathematician statistician computer scientist
Career
Born in Vienna, Austria, he since moved to United States of America. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (1947) from Yale University. He earned an Master of Arts Pollak then joined Bell Labs (1951), where he in the early 1960s became director of the Mathematics and Statistics Research Center. He authored near forty papers, many of these with David Slepian and Henry Landau on analysis, function theory, probability theory, and mathematics education.
He has applied mathematics to solve problems in physics and networks, communication theory, discrete systems, statistics and data analysis, and economic analysis.
Pollak also holds patents in the area of signalling. He has held teaching positions in the mathematics department at Columbia University.
Achievements
-
Earle Raymond Hedrick lecturer (1973) Mathematical Association of America chair of New Jersey section (1958-1959), governor (1961-1963) and president (1975-1976). honorary Doctor of Science. at Bowdoin College (1977) honorary doctorate from Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (1981) Dan Christie lecture on On the Addressing Problem in Loop Switching, or, How to Embed an Arbitrary Graph in a Squashed Cube at Bowdoin College (1983) Mathematical Association of America Meritorious Service Award (1990).
-
Born
-
Nationality
United States
Education
Awards
-
Earle Raymond Hedrick lecturer (1973) Mathematical Association of America chair of New Jersey section (1958–59), governor (1961–63) and president (1975–76). honorary Sc.D. at Bowdoin College (1977) honorary doctorate from Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (1981) Dan Christie lecture on On the Addressing Problem in Loop Switching, or, How to Embed an Arbitrary Graph in a Squashed Cube at Bowdoin College (1983) Mathematical Association of America Meritorious Service Award (1990)Earle Raymond Hedrick lecturer (1973) Mathematical Association of America chair of New Jersey section (1958–59), governor (1961–63) and president (1975–76). honorary Sc.D. at Bowdoin College (1977) honorary doctorate from Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (1981) Dan Christie lecture on On the Addressing Problem in Loop Switching, or, How to Embed an Arbitrary Graph in a Squashed Cube at Bowdoin College (1983) Mathematical Association of America Meritorious Service Award (1990)