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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Emery Brown at his office at the Picower Institute
MIT News | April 29, 2025

In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use

Clinical trial from researchers including IDSS faculty Emery Brown finds that monitoring brain waves while administering anesthesia led to improv...


Caroline Uhler, Devavrat Shah, Munther Dahleh, Philippe Rigollet
IDSS | April 23, 2025

New IDSS and Broad research collaborations in biomedical science

In collaboration with the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center at the Broad Institute, SDSC faculty are bringing new machine learning applications to ch...


Philippe Rigollet and his book, Statisical Optimal Transport
April 23, 2025

Statistical Optimal Transport

Philippe Rigollet's new book provides an introduction to statistical optimal transport and its applications in statistics and machine learning.



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