▁frequently ▁references ▁Stan ford . ▁Its ▁main ▁character , ▁Richard ▁Hend r icks , ▁is ▁a ▁Stan ford ▁drop - out ; ▁Mon ica ▁Hall , ▁P ied ▁Pi per ' s ▁C FO , ▁earned ▁her ▁M BA ▁at ▁Stan ford ; ▁Nelson ▁B igh etti , ▁P ied ▁Pi per ' s ▁" M aj or ity ▁In vest or ", ▁becomes ▁a ▁guest ▁lect urer ▁at ▁Stan ford ' s ▁Department ▁of ▁Computer ▁Science ▁during ▁the ▁show ; ▁and ▁G av in ▁Bel son , ▁CE O ▁of ▁H ool i , ▁graduated ▁from ▁Stan ford . ▁The ▁We iss man ▁Sc ore , ▁an ▁efficiency ▁metric ▁intended ▁to ▁compare ▁loss less ▁compression ▁applications , ▁was ▁specifically ▁developed ▁for ▁the ▁show ▁by ▁Stan ford ▁research ers ▁Ts ach y ▁We iss man ▁and ▁Vin ith ▁Mis ra . ▁Its ▁most ▁inf am ous ▁com edic ▁scene ▁( S 1 E 8 ) ▁involving ▁an ▁extended ▁ph all ic ▁jo ke ▁was ▁also ▁written ▁by ▁Stan ford ▁research er ▁Vin ith ▁Mis ra . ▁Er lich ▁( S 3 E 1 ) ▁k icks ▁a ▁Stan ford ▁Rob ot ics ▁" B amb ot " ▁after ▁it ▁coll ides ▁with ▁his ▁car . ▁In ▁the ▁TV ▁show ▁Hann ah ▁Mont ana , ▁M iley ▁Stewart ' s ▁friend ▁L illy ▁is ▁admitted ▁to ▁Stan ford , ▁their ▁dream ▁school , ▁but ▁she ▁is ▁not , ▁and ▁drives ▁to ▁the ▁adm issions ▁office ▁to ▁in quire ▁about ▁why ▁she ▁was ▁rejected .