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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Applied Probability Trust</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent institution</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Joseph Mark (Joe) Gani</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Focus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Applied_probability" title="Applied probability">Applied probability</a> research</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">Chair</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Remco van der Hofstad</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Yarrow, Executive Editor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data label">Hicks Building, K27

<p>Hounsfield Road

Sheffield

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S3 7RH</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United Kingdom</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.appliedprobability.org">http://www.appliedprobability.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>Applied Probability Trust</b> is a <a href="United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>-based <a href="Non-profit" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-profit">non-profit</a> foundation for study and research in the mathematical sciences, founded in 1964 and based in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the <a href="University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a>, which it has been affiliated with since 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2></div>

<p>The Applied Probability Trust (APT) published two world leading research journals, the <a href="Journal_of_Applied_Probability" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of Applied Probability">Journal of Applied Probability</a> and <a href="Advances_in_Applied_Probability" class="mw-redirect" title="Advances in Applied Probability">Advances in Applied Probability</a>, until 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joe Gani, founding editor for the two journals, intended to create outlets for researchers in <a href="Applied_probability" title="Applied probability">applied probability</a>, as they increasingly had difficulty in getting published in the few journals in probability and statistics that existed at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-statsci_1995_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statsci_1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Journal of Applied Probability appeared first, in 1964,<sup id="cite_ref-statsci_1995_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statsci_1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with a prominent editorial board from the beginning, it secured contributions from renowned probabilists.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Advances in Applied Probability started in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-statsci_1995_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statsci_1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, <a href="Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a> took over the publication of the two journals.

</p><p>In addition to these two journals, two further magazine style publications have been published, The Mathematical Scientist and Mathematical Spectrum.

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<ul><li>Journal of Applied Probability (1964 – present)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Advances in Applied Probability (1972 – present)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The Mathematical Scientist (1976 – 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>Mathematical Spectrum (1968 – 2016)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<p>To mark special occasions, the Applied Probability Trust commissions special issues of the journal. These include:

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<ul><li>Perspectives in Probability and Statistics (1975)</li>

<li>Essays in Statistical Science (1982)</li>

<li>Essays in Time Series and Allied Processes (1986)</li>

<li>A Celebration of Applied Probability (1988)</li>

<li>Studies in Applied Probability (1994)</li>

<li>Probability, Statistics and Seismology (2001)</li>

<li>Stochastic Methods and Their Applications (2004)</li>

<li>New Frontiers in Applied Probability (2011)</li>

<li>Celebrating 50 Years of the Applied Probability Trust (2014)</li>

<li>Probability, Analysis and Number Theory (2016)</li>

<li>Branching and Applied Probability (2018)</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Board_of_Trustees,_Past_and_Present">Board of Trustees, Past and Present</h2></div>

<p>The Applied Probability Trust was set up by Joe Gani in 1964 along with Norma McArthur, Edward Hannan and support from the <a href="London_Mathematical_Society" title="London Mathematical Society">London Mathematical Society</a>. Over the history of the APT, many world renowned probabilists have accepted the invitation to join the APT board of trustees. A complete list of trustees, past and present can be found below:

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<li>Norma McArthur (1964 – 1984)</li>

<li><a href="Edward_J._Hannan" title="Edward J. Hannan">Edward J. Hannan</a> (1964 – 1994)</li>

<li>London Mathematical Society (1964 – 2008)</li>

<li><a href="Chris_Heyde" title="Chris Heyde">Chris Heyde</a> (1984 – 2008)</li>

<li>Daryl Daley, Australian National University (1997 – present)</li>

<li>Søren Asmussen (2008 – 2020)</li>

<li>Peter Taylor, University of Melbourne (2008 – present)</li>

<li><a href="Frank_Kelly" title="Frank Kelly">Frank Kelly</a> (2008 – 2021)</li>

<li>Peter Glynn, Stanford University (2014 – present)</li>

<li>Ilya Molchanov, University of Bern (2019 – present)</li>

<li>Jiangang (Jim) Dai, Cornell University (2019 – present)</li>

<li>Remco van der Hofstad, Eindhoven University of Technology (2019 – present)</li>

<li><a href="Christina_Goldschmidt" title="Christina Goldschmidt">Christina Goldschmidt</a>, Oxford University (2021 – present)</li>

<li>Nigel Bean, University of Adelaide (2021 – present)</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_and_Current_Editors">Past and Current Editors</h2></div>

<ul><li>Joe Gani, Founding Editor-in-Chief (1964 – 1989)</li>

<li><a href="Chris_Heyde" title="Chris Heyde">Chris Heyde</a>, Editor-in-Chief (1990 – 2007)</li>

<li>Søren Asmussen, Editor-in-Chief (2005 – 2015)</li>

<li>Peter Glynn, Editor-in-Chief (2016 – 2018)</li>

<li>Peter Taylor, Editor-in-Chief (2019 – present)</li>

<li>Nicole Bäuerle, Deputy Editor-in-Chief (2022 – present)</li></ul>

<p>The APT board of trustees decided who holds the position of Editor-in-Chief.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applied_Probability_Trust_Prizes">Applied Probability Trust Prizes</h2></div>

<p>The Applied Probability Trust as a long history of donating funds to institutions around the world to support the awarding of prizes. The form a prize takes is at the discretion of the host institution, however the award title often comes with small cash sum or funds to purchase books. Current prizes include:

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<ul><li>Australian National University: Applied Probability Trust Prize</li>

<li>CWI, Amsterdam: Applied Probability Trust Prize</li>

<li>Imperial College, London: Hyman Levy Prize</li>

<li>The Open University: George Barnard Prize</li>

<li>University of Adelaide: Applied Probability Trust Prize</li>

<li>University of California, Santa Barbara: Abraham Wald Prize and Ruth and Joe Gani Prize</li>

<li>University of Cambridge: Bartlett Prize and Rollo Davidson Trust</li>

<li>University of Kentucky: R. L. Anderson Prize</li>

<li>Université Libre de Bruxelles: Ruth and Joe Gani prize</li>

<li>University of Manchester: M. S. Bartlett Prize</li>

<li>University of Melbourne: Norma McArthur Prize</li>

<li>University of Newcastle, New South Wales: Applied Probability Trust Statistics Prize</li>

<li>University of Sheffield: Sir Edward Collingwood Prize</li>

<li>University of Sydney: Applied Probability Trust Prize</li>

<li>University of Waterloo: George Barnard Prize</li>

<li>University of Western Australia: Richard Tweedie Memorial Applied Probability Trust Prize and Abraham Wald Prize</li>

<li>University of Wollongong: William Sealy Gosset Prize and Applied Probability Trust Prize</li></ul>

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