Background
Hastie was born on 27 June 1953 in South Africa.
Hastie was born on 27 June 1953 in South Africa.
Hastie joined the doctoral program at Stanford University in 1980 and received his Doctor of Philosophy in 1984 under the supervision of Werner Stuetzle.
He is currently serving as the John A. Overdeck Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Professor of Statistics at the 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.
He received his Bachelor of Surgery in statistics from the Rhodes University in 1976 and Master"s degree from University of Cape Town in 1979.
His dissertation was "Principal Curves and Surfaces". Hastie began his professional career in 1977 with the South African Medical Research Council.
After receiving his Master"s degree in 1979, he spent a year interning at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and the Biomath department at Oxford University. After receiving his doctoral degree from Stanford, Hastie returned to South Africa to work with his former employer South African Medical Research Council.
He returned to United States in 1986 and joined the American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey and remained there for nine years.
He joined Stanford University in 1994 as Associate Professor in Statistics and Biostatistics. He was promoted to full Professor in 1999. During the period 2006-2009, he was the Chair of Department of Statistics at Stanford University.
In 2013 he was named the John A. Overdeck Professor of Mathematical Sciences.