Awarded the C.R. and Bhargavi Rao prize in 2025; co-authored 'Introduction to Statistical Learning, with Applications in Python' (published in 2023); co-authored 'Introduction to Statistical Learning, with applications in R (2nd edition)' (published in 2021); developed and updated online courses 'Statistical Learning with R' and 'Statistical Learning with Python'; developed glmnet 4.0 software package; co-authored 'Computer Age Statistical Inference' with Bradley Efron.
Research Experience
Served at Stanford University's Department of Statistics and the Department of Biomedical Data Science from 1994-2025; worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories for 9 years.
Education
No specific educational background information provided, such as degrees, schools, or advisors.
Background
The John A. Overdeck Professor, Professor of Statistics, and Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. Held a joint appointment in the Department of Statistics at Stanford University and the Department of Biomedical Data Science in the Stanford School of Medicine from 1994-2025. Previously, he was a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories for 9 years. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a dual citizen of the United States and South Africa.
Miscellany
Contributed significantly to the field of statistics, including interviews with renowned scholars such as Sir David Cox.