Dennis L. Sun
I am Associate Professor (Teaching) of Statistics and Director of the Program in Data Science at Stanford University and a Staff Data Scientist (Research) at Google, Inc.
Previously, I was an Associate Professor of Statistics and Affiliate Professor of Computer Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
My research interests include data science education, statistical software, audio signal processing, and public health. My research has been supported by DARPA, NIH, and the NSF.
education
Ph.D., Statistics, M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2015.
A.B., Music and Mathematics (summa cum laude), Harvard College, 2010.
experience
Director, Program in Data Science, Stanford University, 2024 -.
Associate Professor (Teaching) of Statistics, Stanford University, 2023 -.
Associate Professor of Statistics, Cal Poly, 2020 - 2022.
Affiliate Professor of Computer Science, Cal Poly, 2018 - 2022.
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Cal Poly, 2016 - 2020.
Data Scientist, Google, 2015 - present.
selected awards
- Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014 (Stanford's highest teaching award)
- Best Student Paper Award, IEEE Int. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2014
- Best Student Paper Award, Interspeech, 2013
contact
dlsun@stanford.edu