Professor Frank Kelly, FRS (born 28 December 1950) is professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... The Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge comprises the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. ... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ... Full name Christs College Motto Souvent me Souvient I Often Remember Named after Christ Previous names Gods-house (1437), Christs College (1505) Established 1505 Sister College(s) Wadham College Master Prof. ...

His research interests are in random processes, networks and optimization, especially in very large-scale systems such as telecommunication or transportation networks. In the 1980s, he worked with colleagues in Cambridge and at British Telecom's Research Labs on Dynamic Alternative Routing in telephone networks, which was implemented in BT's main digital telephone network. He has also worked on the economic theory of pricing to congestion control and fair resource allocation in the internet. From 2003 to 2006 he served as Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom Department for Transport. Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising facts. ... In the mathematics of probability, a stochastic process can be thought of as a random function. ... Network theory or diktyology is a branch of applied mathematics and physics, with the same general subject matter as graph theory. ... In mathematics, the term optimization, or mathematical programming, refers to the study of problems in which one seeks to minimize or maximize a real function by systematically choosing the values of real or integer variables from within an allowed set. ... BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (also previously as British Telecom and is still commonly known as such amongst the general public) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ... Adastral Park is the name given to what was once the BT Research Laboratories based at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. ... In the context of the public switched telephone network, routing is the process by which telephone calls are routed around the telephone network. ... In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ...

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989. In December 2006 he was elected 37th Master of Christ's College, Cambridge in succession to Malcolm Bowie. The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... Malcom Bowie is Master of Christs College, Cambridge Categories: Substubs ...

Awards

• 1979: Davidson Prize of the University of Cambridge
• 1989: Guy Medal in Silver of the Royal Statistical Society
• 1989: Fellow of the Royal Society
• 1992: Lanchester Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• 1997: Naylor Prize of the London Mathematical Society
• 2001: Honorary D.Sc. from Heriot-Watt University
• 2005: IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
• 2006: Companionship of OR by the Operational Research Society

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References

• Biography from Christ's College, retrieved 18 December 2006
• Frank Kelly's homepage, retrieved 8 December 2006
• Biography from Frank Kelly's website, retrieved 8 December 2006
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