Trevor Hastie
Trevor John Hastie | |
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| Born | 27 June 1953 |
| Citizenship | American, South African |
| Alma mater | Stanford University University of Cape Town Rhodes University |
| Spouse | Lynda Hastie |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistical learning, Data science, Biostatistics, Statistical computing |
| Institutions | Stanford University AT&T Bell Laboratories London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine South African Medical Research Council |
| Doctoral advisor | Werner Stuetzle |
| Doctoral students | Ph.D. advisor to 28 students: among these, Gareth James, Mu Zhu, Ji Zhu, Saharon Rosset, Hui Zou, Rahul Mazumder, Will Fithian, Jason Lee, Qingyuan Zhao, Zijun Gao, Elizabeth Chin, and Elena Tuzhilina are now university professors. |
Trevor John Hastie (born 27 June 1953) is an American statistician and computer scientist. He is currently serving as the John A. Overdeck Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Professor of Statistics at Stanford University. Hastie is known for his contributions to applied statistics, especially in the field of machine learning, data mining, and bioinformatics. He has authored several popular books in statistical learning, including The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction. Hastie has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Mathematics by the ISI Web of Knowledge. He also contributed to the development of S.