# Alexander "Sasha" Rakhlin

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## Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center

DevFeed: [Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/alexander-rakhlin-named-director-of-the-mit-statistics-and-data-science-center-37943.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/alexander-rakhlin-named-director-mit-statistics-data-science-center-0803>)

Author: Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Published: 2026-08-03T19:50:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>)

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### AI overview

Alexander Rakhlin has been named the next director of MIT's Statistics and Data Science Center, succeeding Ankur Moitra. Rakhlin has been affiliated with the center since 2016 and has led its interdisciplinary doctoral program, overseeing more than 75 successful PhD defenses.

### Source excerpt

An expert in machine learning, statistics, and computation, Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra.