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Statistics is a uniquely fascinating discipline, poised at the triple conjunction of mathematics, science, and philosophy.

As the first and most fully developed information science, it's grown steadily in influence for 100 years, combined now with 21st century computing technologies. What do statisticians do? Everything.

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Ten Statistical Ideas That Changed the World

In this collection of videos, Trevor Hastie and Rob Tibshirani interview authors of seminal papers in the field of statistics. This project was part of Stanford's STATS 319 class held in Winter Quarter of 2024.

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News & Announcements

A new Stein Fellow for 2024

Andrew Ilyas will join our community of Fellows at the start of the fall quarter. Andrew has completed a lengthy career at MIT — undergraduate, graduate, and PhD — and hopes to teach on topics of deep learning, general machine learning, algorithms, causal inference, optimization, and more.

Brian Trippe arrives as Assistant Professor of Statistics

A new appointment will join our department on July 1 (jointly supported by Stanford Data Science). Brian comes to us from a postdoctoral stint with the Columbia University Department of Statistics as well as a visiting researcher post with the University of Washington's Institute for Protein Design in Seattle.

Dennis Sun is on a mission to make statistics more relatable

In this feature article from the School of Humanities and Sciences website, our incoming data science program director describes his ambition to help students see how statistics, data science, and probability apply to their everyday lives by infusing introductory courses in these subjects with relatable examples, and even a lot of fun.
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2025-26 Graduate Admission Application Deadlines

PhD program: December 4, 2024

MS programs: January 15, 2025

Prospective Students

Upcoming Seminars & Events

October
14

  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Theo McKenzie, Stanford Math
October
15

  4:30pm
  Sloan 380Y
  Amanda Coston, UC Berkeley
October
21

  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Sourav Chatterjee, Stanford Math and Statistics
October
22

  4:30pm
  Sloan 380Y
  Andrew Ilyas, Stanford Statistics
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Appointment Searches Underway

Stanford Statistics is pleased to announce new opportunities available in the areas below: application deadlines are in November.

 

  • Open Rank Faculty in Statistics or Probability
  • Stein Fellow in Statistics or Probability
  • Data Science Lecturer

ICME 20th Anniversary, Nov 21 & 22

Marking two decades of groundbreaking research, innovation and academic excellence, the festivities begin with an all-day research symposium on Thursday followed by a celebration event on Friday afternoon featuring alumni keynotes and speed talks. The agenda is set and registration is open! Be sure to save your place by November 8th.

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Industrial Affiliates Program

Our IA Program develops practical relationships between the department and the industrial community by creating opportunities for scientists, engineers, and developers from high-profile businesses to meet with our graduate students and share research topics in an informal setting. The annual conference for members, faculty, and final-year PhD candidates is a highlight event in our academic year.

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Department Technical Reports

The entire collection of Tech Reports issued by the Statistics Department — since 1949 — is available in PDF format. Browse the Archive in date order or search by Author, Year, Series, or Title keyword: advance your research or just find something interesting every time!