Bradley Efron
is a Professor at the Department of Health Research and Policy, Max H. Stein Professor in Humanities
and Science and Chairman of the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Program at Stanford
University. His research focuses on statistical inference, both in theory and practice. The theory
comprises mainly concerned statements of accuracy, as in "these polls are accurate to +-4%", and their
honest assessment in complicated situations. Modern computer-intensive methods, particularly the
bootstrap, extend classical ideas to almost any problem. Such methods are at the center of his research.
On the practical side, he applies these ideas to the analysis of biomedical data sets. In fact, the line
between theory and practice is blurry, the practice often leading to better general methodology. He has
received many honors and awards, including the Parzen Prize for Statistical Innocation in 1998, and has
several publications.
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