Frank Kelly Scientist

Francis Patrick "Frank" Kelly, CBE, FRS (born 28 December 1950) is professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.His research interests are in random processes, networks and optimisation, 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.He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989. In December 2006 he was elected 37th Master of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to mathematical science.

Personal facts

Frank Kelly
Birth dateDecember 28, 1950
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Residence
Cambridge
Education
Durham University
University of Cambridge
Known for
Network congestion
Routing in the PSTN
Quasireversibility
Loss network

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awards
John von Neumann Theory Prize
Royal Society
Guy Medal
Rollo Davidson Prize
doctoral advisor
Field of study
Network theory
Mathematical optimization
Queueing theory

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