Richard Samworth

I am a Reader in Statistics in the Statistical Laboratory, a sub-department of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics. This is part of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. I am also a Teaching Fellow at St John's College. I currently hold a one-year Leverhulme Research Fellowship.

Research interests:

• Shape-constrained estimation problems

• Nonparametric classification, clustering and regression problems

• High-dimensional statistical inference

• The bootstrap

• Applications, including archaeology and oceanography

Editorial service:

• Associate editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (August 2006-). Manuscripts are handled through ScholarOne

• Associate editor, Biometrika (August 2010-). Manuscripts are also handled through ScholarOne

• Associate editor, Statistica Sinica (August 2011-). Manuscripts are handled through the Statistica Sinica Online Submission and Editorial System

• Advisory Board member, StatProb: The Encyclopedia Sponsored by Statistics and Probability Societies (July 2010-)

• From January 2009 to December 2010, I was Honorary Secretary of the Research Section Committee of the Royal Statistical Society. This committee is responsible for administrating the RSS read papers at its Ordinary Meetings.