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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

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.

Trevor Hastie and Hui Zou receive Founders of Statistics Prize

The International Statistical Institute is pleased to announce that Trevor Hastie and his student Hui Zou (2006, now full professor at the University of Minnesota) have been awarded the 2025 Founders of Statistics Prize for Contemporary Research Contributions in recognition of their influential paper,

2025 Rao Prize awarded to Trevor Hastie

The C. R. and Bhargavi Rao Prize honors outstanding and influential innovations in the theory and practice of mathematical statistics, international leadership in directing statistical research, and pioneering contributions by a recognized leader in the field.
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Upcoming Seminars & Events

May
19

  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Zhenyuan Zhang, Stanford Math
May
20

  4:00pm
  CoDa E160
  David Ritzwoller, Stanford GSB
May
27

  4:00pm
  CoDa E160
  Veronika Rockova, University of Chicago
June
2

  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Chun Yin Siu, Stanford Psychiatry
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Rob Tibshirani presenting at DSC2025

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

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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 calendar!

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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 discover something interesting every time!