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Alexander Rakhlin's appointment as director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center reinforces a major research hub dedicated to advancing theoretical foundations in statistics, machine learning, and AI. His leadership will likely focus on fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across MIT's data science ecosystem, which is critical for pushing the boundaries of current algorithmic capabilities. This personnel move signals continued institutional investment in high-level ML research rather than consumer applications or general computing infrastructure.

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Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center

MIT NewsAugust 3, 20263 min read

An expert in machine learning, statistics, and computation, Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra.

Alexander “Sasha” Rakhlin PhD ’06, the Distinguished Professor in Data, Systems, and Society at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS); a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT; and a principal investigator in the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) has been named the next director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center (SDSC). Rakhlin succeeds Ankur Moitra, the…

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