Hi Robert, Most statistics grad schools don't teach you much about the things you're interested in. It would be best to find a combination degree in stats and CS that focuses on data mining. Call me at home and we can talk. +46-8-736-9857 cheers Mark Mark Reimers, Assistant Professor, Director, KI Sequence Analysis Center Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Karolinska Institute, S - 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden Ph: +46-8-728-7826 Fax: +46-8-33 79 83 http://reimers.cgb.ki.se/