Gavin J. Gibson

Gavin J. Gibson received the BSc degree in mathematics and the PhD degree in commutative algebra from Edinburgh University in 1982 and 1986, respectively. After a year as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Virginia, he returned to the United Kingdom, where he carried out research in digital signal processing with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Edinburgh University and, later, with Plessey Research Roke Manor. He joined Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland in 1991 before moving to Heriot-Watt University as a professor of statistics in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences in 2000. His main research interests include Bayesian inference for stochastic models with applications in the study of epidemics and in signal processing. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, and the Royal Statistical Society.