Trevor Hastie

1953 -

country of citizenship: United States of America

educated at: Stanford University, University of Cape Town, Rhodes University

occupation: statistician, academic, university teacher

award received: Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Fellow of the American Statistical Association

official website: www-stat.stanford.edu/people/faculty/hastie/index.html, profiles.stanford.edu/trevor-hastie

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)