Sally McClean
Sally Ida McClean | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Statistician Computer scientist Operations researcher |
| Title | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ulster University at Coleraine |
| Thesis | Stochastic models of manpower planning applied to several British and Irish firms (1976) |
| Academic advisors | Andrew Young |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ulster University |
| Website | Ulster University |
Sally Ida McClean FRSS is a Northern Irish statistician, computer scientist, and operations researcher. She is a professor of mathematics in the school of computing at Ulster University,[1] and a former president of the Irish Statistical Association. Topics in her research include workforce modeling, health administration, interactive architecture, and survey methodology.
Education[edit]
McClean was born in Belfast. She earned an MA in mathematics from the University of Oxford in 1970 and an MSc in mathematical statistics and operations research from Cardiff University in 1972.[2] She completed a Ph.D. in 1976 at the Ulster University at Coleraine.[3][4] Her dissertation, Stochastic models of manpower planning applied to several British and Irish firms, was supervised by Andrew Young.[4]
Books[edit]
McClean's books include:
- Statistical techniques for manpower planning (2nd ed., with David J. Bartholomew and Andrew F. Forbes, Wiley, 1991)
- Questionnaire design: A practical introduction (with Noel Wilson, University of Ulster Press, 1994)
Recognition and service[edit]
McClean is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, and Fellow of the Operational Research Society.[2] She was the second president of the Irish Statistical Association, serving as president from 1998 to 2000.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Professor Sally McClean", School of Computing, Ulster University, retrieved 9 January 2020
- ^ a b "Sally McClean", The Conversation, retrieved 9 January 2020
- ^ "Sally McClean", Atlas of Irish mathematicians, retrieved 9 January 2020
- ^ a b Sally McClean at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Past ISA Presidents, Irish Statistical Association, retrieved 9 January 2020
External links[edit]
- Sally McClean publications indexed by Google Scholar
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| National | |
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- Living people
- Statisticians from Northern Ireland
- Women statisticians
- Computer scientists from Northern Ireland
- Women computer scientists from Northern Ireland
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of Cardiff University
- Alumni of Ulster University
- Academics of Ulster University
- Women mathematicians from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century British women mathematicians
- 21st-century British women mathematicians
- 20th-century British mathematicians
- 21st-century British mathematicians