The Deparment of Statistics and Applied Probability is dedicated to the following:
- The coordination and consolidation of statistics courses on the UCSB campus, together with the other departments involved in statistical teaching;
- The extension and improvement of the graduate program in statistics and applied probability;
- The formalization and broadening of the existing Statistical Consulting Laboratory; and
- The encouragement of research activities, in part through the implementation of an active colloquium series and visitors program