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Peter David Hoff

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Statistical Science
Statistical Science
214 Old Chemistry Bldg, Durham, NC 27708-0251

Current Appointments & Affiliations


James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Statistical Science · 2025 - Present Statistical Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Statistical Science · 2016 - Present Statistical Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published March 25, 2025
Duke Honors 31 New Distinguished Professors
Published March 22, 2021
Machine Learning Meets the Maestros
Published October 2, 2016
Peter Hoff: Reckoning With Big Data to Tease Out Network Patterns

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Recent Publications


The multirank likelihood for semiparametric canonical correlation analysis

Journal Article Journal of Multivariate Analysis · November 1, 2025 Many analyses of multivariate data focus on evaluating the dependence between two sets of variables, rather than the dependence among individual variables within each set. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) is a classical data analysis technique that est ... Full text Cite

Information geometry and asymptotics for Kronecker covariances

Journal Article Bernoulli · November 1, 2025 We explore the information geometry and asymptotic behaviour of estimators for Kronecker-structured covariances, in both growing-n and growing-p scenarios, with a focus towards examining the estimator proposed by Linton and Tang, which we refer to as the p ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Wisconsin, Madison · 2000 Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison · 1994 M.S.
Indiana University at Bloomington · 1993 B.S.

External Links


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