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2026-2027 Applications

  • PhD Deadline: December 3, 2025, 11:59pm PST
  • MS Deadline: December 3, 2025, 11:59pm PST
  • Data Science Deadline: December 3, 2025, 11:59pm PST

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.

News & Announcements

Statistics is proud to announce this new recognition of our fantastic colleague, the highest academic award that Stanford bestows on a faculty member.
Scott Linderman has been interviewed for the Stanford Report, along with Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute colleague Laura Gwilliams, about the new Stanford Center for Neural Data Science.
The COPSS Presidents' Award is an esteemed recognition given annually to a young statistician for outstanding contributions to the field of statistics.

Upcoming Seminars & Events

December
1
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Hindy Drillick, Columbia
December
2
  4:00pm
  CoDa E160
  Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania
December
8
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Jun Yin, UCLA
January
5
  4:00pm
  Sequoia 200
  Persi Diaconis, Stanford Math and Statistics
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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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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!