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Stanford University

Mathematics Probability Theory Statistics

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Persi Diaconis is the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. He earned a B.S. in Mathematics from the City College of New York in 1971, an M.A. in Mathematical Statistics from Harvard University in 1972, and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics from Harvard University in 1974. Diaconis began his career as Assistant Professor of Statistics at Stanford University (1974–1979), followed by Associate Professor (1979–1980) and Professor of Statistics (1981–1987). He subsequently served as George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University (1987–1997) and David Duncan Professor in the Departments of Mathematics and Operations Research and Industrial Engineering at Cornell University (1996–1998). Since 1998, he has held his current positions at Stanford, with additional visiting appointments at institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Cornell University, and Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis (2006–2007).