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Statistical Laboratory

I am the Professor of Astrostatistics and Data Science at the University of Cambridge. I hold this interdisciplinary faculty position jointly at the Statistical Laboratory of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, and at the Institute of Astronomy. As of 2024, I am the Past Chair of the Astrostatistics Interest Group of the American Statistical Association, a member of the Council of the International Astrostatistics Association, and Turing Fellow Alumnus of The Alan Turing Institute. I am a founder and co-organiser of the Cambridge Astro Data Science Discussion Group. My research interests lie at the intersections of astrophysics, cosmology, statistics, and machine learning, and include:

  • Astrostatistics, astronomical machine learning, astroinformatics
  • Statistical applications in time-domain astronomy and cosmology
  • Bayesian modelling and inference
  • Statistical computation

Publications

HUBBLE RESIDUALS OF NEARBY TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE ARE CORRELATED WITH HOST GALAXY MASSES
PL Kelly, M Hicken, DL Burke, KS Mandel, RP Kirshner
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2010)
715,
743
TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA LIGHT-CURVE INFERENCE: HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN ANALYSIS IN THE NEAR-INFRARED
KS Mandel, WM Wood-Vasey, AS Friedman, RP Kirshner
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2009)
704,
629
TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE ARE GOOD STANDARD CANDLES IN THE NEAR INFRARED: EVIDENCE FROM PAIRITEL
WM Wood-Vasey, AS Friedman, JS Bloom, M Hicken, M Modjaz, RP Kirshner, DL Starr, CH Blake, EE Falco, AH Szentgyorgyi, P Challis, S Blondin, KS Mandel, A Rest
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2008)
689,
377
Weak gravitational lensing of high-redshift 21 cm power spectra
KS Mandel, M Zaldarriaga
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2006)
647,
719
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Cambridge Statistics Clinic

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