Dennis Sun

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Statistics

Joint Appointment or Affiliation:

Data Science

My research is focused on making statistics and data science more accessible, by (1) improving the way we teach and communicate statistical ideas and (2) developing software tools to make it easier for practitioners to use existing methods. In addition to my research in statistics education and software, I also collaborate with researchers in music and public health.

Graduation Year

2015

Dissertation Title

Valid Inference After Data Snooping

Advisor Name

Taylor

Committee Names

Walther, Smith (Music/EE)

Dennis Sun is on a mission to make statistics more relatable

In this feature article from the School of Humanities and Sciences website, our incoming data science program director describes his ambition to help students see how statistics, data science, and probability apply to their everyday lives by infusing introductory courses in these subjects with relatable examples, and even a lot of fun.

Dennis Sun appointed new Associate Professor (Teaching)

Dennis returns to Stanford in January to become Associate Professor (Teaching) of Statistics. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 2015 under the advising of Jonathan Taylor, he most recently has been Associate Professor of Statistics and Affiliate Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a Senior Data Scientist at Google.