Department of Statistics

Sequoia Hall front entrance seen from Math Corner

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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News & Announcements

2025 Departmental and Centennial Teaching Assistant Awards

Our Teaching Assistant Awards are an important highlight of the annual calendar, emphasizing Stanford's dedication to teaching excellence not only by faculty but also by very talented graduate students.

2025 Department Dissertation Awards

With sincere appreciation for all those involved in the nomination and review process, the Department of Statistics is proud to announce the following winners of our annual doctoral dissertation awards.

Awards

Amanda Kuhn receives H&S Dean's Award of Merit for 2025

Amanda has been recognized as one of four recipients of the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Award of Merit. This award began in 1999 to acknowledge the important role staff play in the success of the school and the university as a whole.

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DSC2025 Keynote Address

The recording of Rob Tibshirani's presentation at the 4th annual Stanford Data Science Conference is now available on their YouTube channel:

"UniLasso” — a novel statistical method for sparse regression, and "LLM-lasso" — sparse regression with LLM assistance

Award Season

Our amazing alums are making headlines (again):

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 calendar!

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 discover something interesting every time!