Joseph Michael Hilbe is a US statistician

Statistician

A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...

 and philosopher, a
two-time national champion track & field athlete, and Olympic Games official.
He is author of several popular texts on statistical modeling, and is founding chair of the ISI
astrostatistics committee and Network.

Hilbe is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 at the University of Hawaii

University of Hawaii

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, an adjunct professor
of statistics at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

 (since 1992), and a Solar System Ambassador

Solar System Ambassador

The Solar System Ambassadors Program is a public outreach program of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Nearly 500 volunteers in all 50 states as well as Washington DC and Puerto Rico share information about exploration missions and recent discoveries to their local communities.The program is an...

with NASA

NASA

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/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...

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