David Aldous: Miscellaneous Writings

Book reviews

• Martingale limit theory and its application (1980) by Peter Hall and Chris Heyde.
• Markov processes: Characterization and convergence (1986) by Stewart Ethier and Thomas Kurtz.
• Poisson Approximation (1992) by Andrew Barbour, Lars Holst and Svante Janson.
• Evolution of random search trees (1992) by Hosam M. Mahmoud.
• Genetic Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs (1996) by Zbigniew Michalewicz.
• Counting, Sampling and Integrating: Algorithms and Complexity (2003) by Mark Jerrum.
• Spin Glasses: a Challenge for Mathematicians (2003) by Michel Talagrand.
• Random Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes (2006) by Jean Bertoin.
• Random Graph Dynamics (2007) by Rick Durrett.
• Probability on Graphs: Random Processes on Graphs and Lattices (2010) by Geoffrey Grimmett.
• Markov Chains and Mixing Times (Second Edition, 2017) by David A. Levin and Yuval Peres.
• 50 Years of First-Passage Percolation (2018) by Antonio Auffinger, Michael Damron and Jack Hanson.

According to MathSciNet I have reviewed 219 papers for Math Reviews.

Interviews

• Another Conversation with Persi Diaconis. Statistical Science 28 (2013) 269-281.
• A Conversation with Jim Pitman. Statistical Science 33 (2018) 458-467.

Other

• Referee opinions versus subsequent citations: a little subjective data
• The Mathematics Survey Project (2005). A 4 page article (with Jim Pitman) in A.M.S. Notices outlining a big picture for research-level mathematics exposition on the web.
• Here is a panel report on Current and Emerging Research Opportunities in Probability (2002)
• The Life and Mathematical Legacy of Thomas M. Liggett (with Pietro Caputo et al.). A.M.S. Notices 68 (2021) 67--79.