Peter J. Huber | |
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Peter Huber in 1975
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Born |
Wohlen, Aargau |
25 March 1934
Nationality | Swiss |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions |
ETH Zürich Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Bayreuth |
Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
Doctoral advisor | Beno Eckmann |
Doctoral students | David Donoho |
Known for | Heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors |
Peter Jost Huber (born 25 March 1934) is a Swiss statistician. He is known for his contributions to the development of heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors.
A native of Wohlen, Aargau, Huber earned his Ph.D. at the ETH Zürich in 1962, under supervision of Beno Eckmann. In 2012, he became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.