Alexander Rakhlin has been appointed as the new director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center. He specializes in machine learning, statistics, and computation.
Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra in this role. His expertise is relevant for researchers and engineers working on models and data science projects.
This appointment may influence the center's research directions and collaborations in data science and AI.
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/alexander-rakhlin-named-director-mit-statistics-data-science-center-0803