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Computer Science in Statistics

Statistics acts as the backbone of computer science

Data mining, speech recognition, vision and image analysis, and artificial intelligence are just a few examples of computer science aiding statistical work. Statistics work often includes handling large data sets, running models, and more. If numbers excite you, combining statistics with computer science is an excellent way to merge your interests.

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Hear from people who use their programming skills and knowledge to advance the field of Statistics and how the industry is changing today.

Computer science is becoming more focused on data rather than computation, and modern statistics requires more computational sophistication to work with large data sets.

John Lafferty

Professor at University of Chicago

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Computer science is helping to shape and expand the statistics industry.

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