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Persi Diaconis

Mary V Sunseri Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Mathematics

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Mathematics

Statistics

Symbolic Systems

Persi Diaconis is currently serving as a Mathematics Mary V Sunseri Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.

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Stanford University

Mary V Sunseri Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Mathematics

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applied mathematics mathematics statistics probability theory graph theory applied probability combinatorics applied statistics mathematical analysis sampling bayesian analysis data science number theory statistical methodology mathematical sciences combinatorial theory spectral theory bayesian inference probabilistic analysis markov chain monte carlo discrete algorithms statistical analysis matrix theory markov kernel analytic number theory markov chains estimation theory algebraic combinatorics numerical algorithms statistical physics bibliometrics matrix analysis applied algebra statistical science random walk mathematical optimization gibbs measure fourier analysis metropolis algorithm gibbs sampler statistical mechanics mathematical programming probabilistic graph theory lower bounds modern algebra mathematical statistics enumerative combinatorics stochastic calculus stochastic geometry spectral analysis finite markov chains reversible markov chains exchangeable pairs riffle shuffles entropy scientific data scientific computing numerical mathematics bayesian statistics random graphs random matrix rare event estimation decision analysis human cognition nilpotent groups abstract algebra theoretical analysis statistical problems hyperplane arrangements inconsistent bayes estimates importance sampling finite groups fixed points central limit theorem gibbs sampling engineering science

Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

An Algorithm for Uniform Generation of Unlabeled (PóLya) Trees. Forum of Mathematics Sigma (2026)

tree languagecombinatoricsgraph theorydiscrete algorithmsuniform generationcombinatorial theorytree automatontheoretical computer sciencecombinatorial optimizationapplied mathematicscomputer sciencealgorithm design

Counting the Number of Group Orbits by Marrying the Burnside Process With Importance Sampling. Advances in Applied Mathematics (2025)

enumerative combinatoricscombinatoricssamplingcoxeter groupgroup theoryapplied mathematicsmathematicsgeometric topology

Probabilizing Semigroups???. Semigroup Forum (2025)

Random Sampling of Contingency Tables and Partitions: Two Practical Examples of the Burnside Process. Statistics and Computing (2025)

combinatoricssamplingsampling (statistics)applied statisticscontingency tablesburnside processstatistical inferencepartition (database)statisticsstatistical methodologyapplied mathematicsrandom samplingcomputational statistics

An Algorithm for Uniform Generation of Unlabeled Trees (PóLya Trees), With an Extension of Cayley's Formula. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Bartholdi, LaurentDiaconis, Persi

combinatoricsgraph theoryuniform generationcombinatorial theorytree automatonunlabeled treesapplied mathematicscomputer science

Double Coset Markov Chains. Forum of Mathematics Sigma (2023)

Persi DiaconisArun RamMackenzie Simper

number theorymathematics

Enumerative Theory for the Tsetlin Library. Journal of Algebra (2023)

Sourav ChatterjeePersi DiaconisGene B. Kim

tsetlin libraryalgebramathematicsenumerative theory

Isomorphisms Between Random Graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B (2023)

Sourav ChatterjeePersi Diaconis

graph theorycombinatoricscombinatorial theory

On a Markov Construction of Couplings. Toulouse Capitole Publications (University Toulouse 1 Capitole) (2023)

Diaconis, PersiMiclo, Laurent

particle physicstopologymathematicsmarkov construction

Sequential Importance Sampling for Estimating Expectations Over the Space of Perfect Matchings. The Annals of Applied Probability (2023)

Yeganeh AlimohammadiPersi DiaconisMohammad RoghaniAmin Saberi

perfect matchingsstatisticsprobability theoryapplied probability

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Persi Diaconis

Mary V Sunseri Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Mathematics

Stanford University

Affiliations

School of Humanities and Sciences

Mathematics

Statistics

Symbolic Systems

Persi Diaconis is currently serving as a Mathematics Mary V Sunseri Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Persi Diaconis

Stanford University

Mary V Sunseri Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Mathematics

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

An Algorithm for Uniform Generation of Unlabeled (PóLya) Trees. Forum of Mathematics Sigma (2026)

Counting the Number of Group Orbits by Marrying the Burnside Process With Importance Sampling. Advances in Applied Mathematics (2025)

enumerative combinatoricscombinatoricssamplingcoxeter groupgroup theoryapplied mathematicsmathematicsgeometric topology

Probabilizing Semigroups???. Semigroup Forum (2025)

Random Sampling of Contingency Tables and Partitions: Two Practical Examples of the Burnside Process. Statistics and Computing (2025)

An Algorithm for Uniform Generation of Unlabeled Trees (PóLya Trees), With an Extension of Cayley's Formula. arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)

Bartholdi, LaurentDiaconis, Persi

combinatoricsgraph theoryuniform generationcombinatorial theorytree automatonunlabeled treesapplied mathematicscomputer science

Double Coset Markov Chains. Forum of Mathematics Sigma (2023)

Persi DiaconisArun RamMackenzie Simper

number theorymathematics

Enumerative Theory for the Tsetlin Library. Journal of Algebra (2023)

Sourav ChatterjeePersi DiaconisGene B. Kim

tsetlin libraryalgebramathematicsenumerative theory

Isomorphisms Between Random Graphs. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B (2023)

Sourav ChatterjeePersi Diaconis

graph theorycombinatoricscombinatorial theory

On a Markov Construction of Couplings. Toulouse Capitole Publications (University Toulouse 1 Capitole) (2023)

Diaconis, PersiMiclo, Laurent

particle physicstopologymathematicsmarkov construction

Sequential Importance Sampling for Estimating Expectations Over the Space of Perfect Matchings. The Annals of Applied Probability (2023)

Yeganeh AlimohammadiPersi DiaconisMohammad RoghaniAmin Saberi

perfect matchingsstatisticsprobability theoryapplied probability

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