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A University of Iowa professor of mathematical sciences who's retiring today (Wednesday) is being awarded what's considered the Nobel Prize for his field
A University of Iowa professor of mathematical sciences who's retiring today (Wednesday) is being awarded what's considered the Nobel Prize for his field, after spending decades helping to build one of the most influential tools in modern statistics. Luke Tierney started work in the 1990s on the statistical computing platform -- known only by the letter R -- which is now available for free and is being used by millions worldwide. "It's a softwar…
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