Professor Robin Lyth Hudson, eminent British mathematician, received honorary doctorate from the University of Lodz. The ceremony of awarding was held at the Biedermann Palace at Franciszkańska Street in Łódź.
Rector of the University of Lodz Prof. Włodzimierz Nykiel was very content with the fact that among the honorary doctors the university would have "such a great scholar" who "is an outstanding specialist in quantum probability and co-creator of quantum stochastic calculus".
Nykiel reminded that the University Senate adopted the resolution on granting honorary doctorate to Hudson on December 10, 2012. The supervisor was Prof. Stanisław Goldstein, and reviewers were: Prof. Martin Lindsay from Lancaster University, Prof. Marek Bożejko from the University of Wrocław and Prof. Adam Paszkiewicz from the University of Lodz.
At the award ceremony, Goldstein reminded that Robin Hudson was one of the founders of mathematical discipline known today as the Quantum Probability. "In this area he remains the ultimate authority as the co-creator of the first limit theorems and most important theorems of quantum stochastic calculus" - said Goldstein.
Hudson, who came the award ceremony with his wife Olga, in a short speech thanked the authorities of the University of Lodz for recognising his scientific achievements. He also emphasised that Poland and the United Kingdom had good relations not only on scientific, but also on many other levels.
The new honorary doctor of the University of Lodz referred to his new title as one of the greatest honours in his scientific career. He became interested in Polish mathematics already as a student. Later, this resulted in his collaboration with the University of Lodz, where he once spent several months as a visiting professor. He said he had very fond memories not only of this visit, but also of all other contacts with Polish scientists who visited him in Nottingham.
73-year-old Hudson (born 4 May 1940 in Aberdeen, Scotland) began his studies at the University of Oxford in 1958. He only took three years to obtain master\'s degree with honours. In 1966 he received a doctorate in mathematics. Two years earlier, he became associated with the University of Nottingham, where he worked until 1998. In the last years of his academic career, he was employed at the University of Loughborough. He is currently professor emeritus at both universities.
Since the beginning of his scientific activity, Hudson was interested in quantum aspects of the theory of probability. Then he became interested in non-commutative martingales and stochastic calculus. He is the author of over 100 scientific papers. He also supervised 13 PhDs.
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