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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

Berkeley Supernova Ia Program – I. Observations, data reduction and spectroscopic sample of 582 low-redshift Type Ia supernovae
JM Silverman, RJ Foley, AV Filippenko, M Ganeshalingam, AJ Barth, R Chornock, CV Griffith, JJ Kong, N Lee, DC Leonard, T Matheson, EG Miller, TN Steele, BJ Barris, JS Bloom, BE Cobb, AL Coil, L-B Desroches, EL Gates, LC Ho, SW Jha, MT Kandrashoff, W Li, KS Mandel, M Modjaz, MR Moore, RE Mostardi, MS Papenkova, S Park, DA Perley, D Poznanski, CA Reuter, J Scala, FJD Serduke, JC Shields, BJ Swift, JL Tonry, SD Van Dyk, X Wang, DS Wong
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2012)
425,
1789
THE SPECTROSCOPIC DIVERSITY OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE
S Blondin, T Matheson, RP Kirshner, KS Mandel, P Berlind, M Calkins, P Challis, PM Garnavich, SW Jha, M Modjaz, AG Riess, BP Schmidt
– The Astronomical Journal
(2012)
143,
126
Confronting 2D delayed-detonation models with light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae
S Blondin, D Kasen, FK Röpke, RP Kirshner, KS Mandel
– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(2011)
417,
1280
TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA LIGHT CURVE INFERENCE: HIERARCHICAL MODELS IN THE OPTICAL AND NEAR-INFRARED
KS Mandel, G Narayan, RP Kirshner
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
731,
120
Do spectra improve distance measurements of Type Ia supernovae?⋆
S Blondin, KS Mandel, RP Kirshner
– Astronomy & Astrophysics
(2010)
526,
a81
HUBBLE RESIDUALS OF NEARBY TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE ARE CORRELATED WITH HOST GALAXY MASSES
PL Kelly, M Hicken, DL Burke, KS Mandel, RP Kirshner
– 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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Frontpage talks

Cambridge Statistics Clinic

Cambridge Statistics Clinic

22
Oct
16:30 - 17:30: Title to be confirmed
Peter Whittle Lecture

22
Oct
16:30 - 17:30: Title to be confirmed
Peter Whittle Lecture

23
Oct
14:00 - 15:30: Title to be confirmed
Statistics

Research Group

Statistical Laboratory

Room

D1.07

Telephone

01223 337955