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'''Luc P. Devroye''' is a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[computer scientist]] and [[mathematician]] and a [[James McGill]] [[Professor]] in the [[McGill University School of Computer Science|School of Computer Science]] of [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada.<br />
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Devroye wrote around 300 mathematical articles, mostly on [[probabilistic analysis of algorithms]], on the [[asymptotic analysis]] of combinatorial structures (like trees and graphs), and on [[random number generation]] (more precisely, on efficient simulation of different probability distributions).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zbmath.org/authors/?q=ai:devroye.luc-p|title=Luc P. J. A. Devroye - Author Profile - zbMATH Open|website=zbmath.org}}</ref><br />
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He also contributed to [[typography]] (creating several fonts).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://luc.devroye.org/|title=Luc Devroye's Home Page|website=luc.devroye.org}}</ref><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
He studied at [[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]] and subsequently at [[Osaka University]] and in 1976 received his [[PhD]] from [[University of Texas at Austin]] under the supervision of Terry Wagner, for his thesis « Nonparametric Discrimination and Density Estimation ».<ref>{{Mathgenealogy|73385|Luc P. J. A. Devroye}}.</ref><br />
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Devroye then joined the [[McGill University]] in 1977.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Devroye won an [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council|E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship]] (1987), a [[Humboldt Research Award]] (2004), the [[Isaak-Walton-Killam Award|Killam Prize]] (2005) and the [[Statistical Society of Canada]] gold medal (2008).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/Members/patrick/school_news.2008-07-14.0541388353 |title=Luc Devroye wins Statistical Society of Canada gold medal — |access-date=2008-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803090845/http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/Members/patrick/school_news.2008-07-14.0541388353 |archive-date=2008-08-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received an honorary doctorate from the [[Université catholique de Louvain|University of Louvain]] (UCLouvain) in 2002,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uclouvain.be/en-322600.html |title=UCL - Honoris Causa |access-date=2012-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901025652/http://www.uclouvain.be/en-322600.html |archive-date=2011-09-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he received an honorary doctorate from [[University of Antwerp]] on March 29, 2012.<ref>http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=*NEWS&n=103924{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref><br />
In 2018, he was awarded the [[Flajolet Lecture Prize]], and, in 2019, he got the {{interlanguage link|Laplace Prize|fr}} of the [[French Statistical Society]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Natasha Devroye]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://luc.devroye.org Luc Devroye's Homepage]<br />
* [http://www.planet-typography.com/news/typo/devroye.html The Mathematician Typographer]<br />
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