Peter J. Huber
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.
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Peter Huber in 1975 | |
| Born | 25 March 1934 |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | ETH Zürich |
| Known for | Heteroscedasticity-consistent standard errors |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | ETH Zürich Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Bayreuth |
| Doctoral advisor | Beno Eckmann |
| Doctoral students | David Donoho Emery N. Brown |
A native of Wohlen, Aargau, Huber earned his Ph.D. at the ETH Zürich in 1962, under supervision of Beno Eckmann. He later changed his research area from topology to statistics. In 2012, he became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
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