Onno J. Boxma is a Dutch

Dutch people

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 mathematician

Mathematician

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, known for several contributions to queueing theory

Queueing theory

Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines, or queues. The theory enables mathematical analysis of several related processes, including arriving at the queue, waiting in the queue , and being served at the front of the queue...

 and applied probability theory

Probability theory

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Born in Den Haag, he earned a B.Sc. in mathematics at Delft University (1974), Boxma
got his Ph.D. in mathematic from Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Utrecht University is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,082 students in 2008, and employed 8,614 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors....

 (1977) on the dissertation
Analysis of Models for Tandem Queues, advised by Wim Cohen

Wim Cohen

Jacob Willem "Wim" Cohen was a Dutch mathematician, well known for over hundred scientific publications and several books in queueing theory....

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He continued at Utrecht as faculty (1974–85) and was IBM Research

IBM Research

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  postdoctoral fellow (1978–79), before joining the faculty of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica  in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 (1985–98), being adjunct at University of Tilburg (1987–89), and joining Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (1998-). He was the editor-in-chief of Queueing Systems

Queueing Systems (journal)

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from 2004-2009.