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The Statistics and Data Science Center is an MIT-wide focal point for advancing research and education programs related to statistics and data science. The Center was created in 2015 with the goal of formalizing and consolidating efforts in statistics at MIT. The Center’s academic mission is to host and develop new academic programs, from a minor to a PhD in statistics and data science.

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September 16, 2026

Measure by measure, studying society accurately

Naoki Egami has become a standout in political methodology, helping refine tools that give scholars durable results.

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September 15, 2026

New method enables AI for safety-critical situations

MIT researchers including SDSC faculty Navid Azizan and SES/IDPS student Kaveh Alim have developed a new technique that helps generative artificial intelligence models find specific solutions to high-stakes problems.

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September 14, 2026

Anette ‘Peko’ Hosoi on The Curiosity Desk

SDSC faculty and co-founder of the MIT Sports Lab discusses athletic intelligence and football IQ on recent podcast.

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