Jerome H. Friedman

Jerome H. Friedman
Born (1939-12-29) December 29, 1939
EducationChico State College
University of California, Berkeley
Known forProjection pursuit regression
Gradient boosting
CART
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
Machine Learning
InstitutionsStanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stanford University
Doctoral advisorRonald R. Ross

Jerome Harold Friedman (born December 29, 1939) is an American statistician, consultant and Professor of Statistics at Stanford University, known for his contributions in the field of statistics and data mining.