
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.
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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Stanford Data Science hosts its 4th annual conference on April 29th: Register now
Inaugurating the new Simonyi Conference Center at CoDa, this daylong event will bring together faculty, postdocs, students, and staff from multiple disciplines to showcase the cutting-edge work of our early-career researchers. Join us to spark ideas, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthen our data science community!

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.

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!