Persi Diaconis

Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics

Professor of Mathematics

Joint Appointment or Affiliation:

Symbolic Systems

I am a mathematician and statistician working in probability, combinatorics, and group theory with a focus on applications to statistics and scientific computing. A specialty is rates of convergence of Markov chains. I am currently interested in trying to adapt the many mathematical developments to say something useful to practitioners in large real-world simulations.

Rare new interview with Persi Diaconis

Erica Klarreich of Quanta Magazine managed a substantial one-on-one with our resident magician during the San Antonio JMMs this past January; the conversation ran from fluid mixing to a national smoosh.