Frank Hampel

Frank Rudolf Hampel
Hampel in 1997
Born1941 (1941)
Heidelberg, Germany
DiedOctober 2, 2018(2018-10-02) (aged 76–77)
EducationUniversity of Göttingen
University of Munich
University of California, Berkeley
Known forinfluence function
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsETH Zürich
ThesisContributions to the Theory of Robust Estimation (1968)
Doctoral advisorErich Lehmann
Doctoral studentsHans-Rudolf Künsch
Peter Rousseeuw
Andreas Buja

Frank Rudolf Hampel (1941 in Heidelberg – October 2, 2018 in Thalwil) was a German statistician and a pioneer in robust statistics. He was professor at ETH Zurich for most of his career.