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Dr. Brewster obtained B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees
in mathematics from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc.
degree in mathematics from the University of Toronto. His main research
interests are in experimental design, foundations of statistics,
statistical decision theory and computer experimentation, and he
has supervised a number of graduate students working in diverse
areas of statistics. His research is funded by the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada. John has consulted and
collaborated extensively with companies and organizations in Manitoba,
and has given a number of workshops on experimental design in the
aerospace, agri-food, mining and semiconductor sectors. He has been
actively involved in professional organizations, having served as
President of the Statistical Association of Manitoba, Secretary
of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) and President of the Business
and Industrial Statistics Section of the SSC. In addition, he has
served the SSC as Chair of the Publications Committee, as a regional
representative on the Board of Directors, and as a member of the
Executive, Finance and Consulting Services Committees. John is a former Director of the Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences in the Faculty of Science and a former Director of the Statistical Advisory Service in the
Department of Statistics. He is also a past recipient of the Dr.
& Mrs. H.H. Saunderson Award for Excellence in Teaching at the
University of Manitoba.
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