News & Announcements

Our Adjunct Professor of Statistics, Lester has been named one of 20 recipients of this prestigious honor recognizing exceptional creativity and promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishments to date.
The department shares this announcement that the Stanford Science Fellows program is accepting applications for its 2024 cohort of postdoctoral fellows. We want to encourage our community members to learn more about this important initiative.
This year our Graduation Cake Celebration was the scene of the announcement of these wonderful awards! The Statistics Department Teaching Assistant Awards emphatically underscore Stanford's dedication to teaching excellence, not only by our faculty but also by

Upcoming Seminars & Events

December
11
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Andrea Montanari, Stanford Math and Statistics
January
8
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Dylan Altschuler, Carnegie Mellon
January
22
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Sky Cao, MIT
February
26
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Dingding Dong, Harvard
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Faculty Searches

Searches currently underway include: 
 

  • Open Rank Faculty Position in the Department of Statistics
  • Assistant Professor in Stanford Data Science and the Department of Statistics
  • Stein Fellow in Statistics or Probability

WiDS Stanford 2024

Register now to attend Women in Data Science Worldwide at Stanford on Friday, 8 March 2024. Pricing levels are available for academic professionals as well as students and postdocs. The conference sessions will also be available free via live stream. But be in the room to experience the energy of this unique conference: everyone is welcome!

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Industrial Affiliates

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!