Albert Shiryaev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Albert Shiryaev

Soviet and Russian mathematician

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1934

Place of Birth: Shchyolkovo, Russia

Profession: professor, mathematician

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Albert Nikolayevich Shiryaev (Russian: ?????´?? ??????´???? ????´??; born October 12, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician.
He is known for his work in probability theory, statistics and financial mathematics. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1957.
From that time until now he has been working in Steklov Mathematical Institute.
He earned his candidate degree in 1961 (Andrey Kolmogorov was his advisor) and a doctoral degree in 1967 for his work "On statistical sequential analysis".
He is a professor of the department of mechanics and mathematics of Moscow State University, since 1971.
He was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1997 and a full member in 2011.
As of 2007 Shiryaev holds a 20% permanent professorial position at the School of Mathematics, University of Manchester.