Professor Kaisey Mandel

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

A hierarchical Bayesian SED model for Type Ia supernovae in the optical to near-infrared

KS Mandel, S Thorp, G Narayan, AS Friedman, A Avelino

– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

(2021)

510,

3939

(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3496)

Testing the consistency of dust laws in SN Ia host galaxies: a BAYESN examination of Foundation DR1

S Thorp, KS Mandel, DO Jones, SM Ward, G Narayan

– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

(2021)

508,

4310

(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2849)

The Photometric LSST Astronomical Time-series Classification Challenge (PLAsTiCC): Selection of a performance metric for classification probabilities balancing diverse science goals

AI Malz, R Hložek, T Allam, A Bahmanyar, R Biswas, M Dai, L Galbany, EEO Ishida, SW Jha, DO Jones, R Kessler, M Lochner, AA Mahabal, KS Mandel, JR Martínez-Galarza, JD McEwen, D Muthukrishna, G Narayan, H Peiris, CM Peters, KA Ponder, CN Setzer, TLDES Collaboration, TL Transients, VSS Collaboration

(2021)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1809.11145)

Results of the Photometric LSST Astronomical Time-series Classification Challenge (PLAsTiCC)

R Hložek, KA Ponder, AI Malz, M Dai, G Narayan, EEO Ishida, T Allam, A Bahmanyar, R Biswas, L Galbany, SW Jha, DO Jones, R Kessler, M Lochner, AA Mahabal, KS Mandel, JR Martínez-Galarza, JD McEwen, D Muthukrishna, HV Peiris, CM Peters, CN Setzer

(2020)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2012.12392)

First Cosmology Results using Supernovae Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: Survey Overview, Performance, and Supernova Spectroscopy

M Smith, CB D’Andrea, M Sullivan, A Möller, RC Nichol, RC Thomas, AG Kim, M Sako, FJ Castander, AV Filippenko, RJ Foley, L Galbany, S González-Gaitán, E Kasai, RP Kirshner, C Lidman, D Scolnic, D Brout, TM Davis, RR Gupta, SR Hinton, R Kessler, J Lasker, E Macaulay, RC Wolf, B Zhang, J Asorey, A Avelino, BA Bassett, J Calcino, D Carollo, R Casas, P Challis, M Childress, A Clocchiatti, S Crawford, C Frohmaier, K Glazebrook, DA Goldstein, ML Graham, JK Hoormann, K Kuehn, GF Lewis, KS Mandel, E Morganson, D Muthukrishna, P Nugent, Y-C Pan, M Pursiainen, R Sharp, NE Sommer, E Swann, BP Thomas, BE Tucker, SA Uddin, P Wiseman, W Zheng, TMC Abbott, J Annis, S Avila, K Bechtol, GM Bernstein, E Bertin, D Brooks, DL Burke, AC Rosell, MC Kind, J Carretero, CE Cunha, LN da Costa, C Davis, J De Vicente, HT Diehl, TF Eifler, J Estrada, J Frieman, J García-Bellido, E Gaztanaga, DW Gerdes, D Gruen, RA Gruendl, J Gschwend, G Gutierrez, WG Hartley, DL Hollowood, K Honscheid, B Hoyle, DJ James, MWG Johnson, MD Johnson, N Kuropatkin, TS Li, M Lima, MAG Maia, M March, JL Marshall, P Martini, F Menanteau, CJ Miller, R Miquel, E Neilsen, RLC Ogando, AA Plazas, AK Romer, E Sanchez, V Scarpine, M Schubnell, S Serrano, I Sevilla-Noarbe, M Soares-Santos, F Sobreira, E Suchyta, G Tarle, DL Tucker, W Wester

– The Astronomical Journal

(2020)

160,

267

(doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/abc01b)

Type Ia Supernovae are Excellent Standard Candles in the Near-Infrared

A Avelino, AS Friedman, KS Mandel, DO Jones, PJ Challis, RP Kirshner

– Astrophysical Journal

(2019)

887,

106

(doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2a16)

The Photometric LSST Astronomical Time-series Classification Challenge PLAsTiCC: Selection of a Performance Metric for Classification Probabilities Balancing Diverse Science Goals

– The Astronomical Journal

(2019)

158,

171

(doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab3a2f)

RAPID: Early Classification of Explosive Transients Using Deep Learning

D Muthukrishna, G Narayan, KS Mandel, R Biswas, R Hložek

– Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

(2019)

131,

118002

(doi: 10.1088/1538-3873/ab1609)

Models and Simulations for the Photometric LSST Astronomical Time Series Classification Challenge (PLAsTiCC)

R Kessler, G Narayan, A Avelino, E Bachelet, R Biswas, PJ Brown, DF Chernoff, AJ Connolly, M Dai, S Daniel, R Di Stefano, MR Drout, L Galbany, S González-Gaitán, ML Graham, R Hložek, EEO Ishida, J Guillochon, SW Jha, DO Jones, KS Mandel, D Muthukrishna, A O’Grady, CM Peters, JR Pierel, KA Ponder, A Prša, S Rodney, VA Villar

– Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

(2019)

131,

094501

(doi: 10.1088/1538-3873/ab26f1)

First cosmology results using Type Ia supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: Simulations to correct supernova distance biases

R Kessler, D Brout, CB D'Andrea, TM Davis, SR Hinton, AG Kim, J Lasker, C Lidman, E Macaulay, A Moeller, M Sako, D Scolnic, M Smith, M Sullivan, B Zhang, P Andersen, J Asorey, A Avelino, J Calcino, D Carollo, P Challis, M Childress, A Clocchiatti, S Crawford, AV Filippenko, RJ Foley, K Glazebrook, JK Hoormann, E Kasai, RP Kirshner, GF Lewis, KS Mandel, M March, E Morganson, D Muthukrishna, P Nugent, Y-C Pan, NE Sommer, E Swann, RC Thomas, BE Tucker, SA Uddin, TMC Abbott, S Allam, J Annis, S Avila, M Banerji, K Bechtol, E Bertin, D Brooks, E Buckley-Geer, DL Burke, A Carnero Rosell, MC Kind, J Carretero, FJ Castander, M Crocce, LN da Costa, C Davis, J De Vicente, S Desai, HT Diehl, P Doel, TF Eifler, B Flaugher, P Fosalba, J Frieman, J Garcia-Bellido, E Gaztanaga, DW Gerdes, D Gruen, RA Gruendl, G Gutierrez, WG Hartley, DL Hollowood, K Honscheid, DJ James, MWG Johnson, MD Johnson, E Krause, K Kuehn, N Kuropatkin, O Lahav, TS Li, M Lima, JL Marshall, P Martini, F Menanteau, CJ Miller, R Miquel, B Nord, AA Plazas, A Roodman, E Sanchez, V Scarpine, R Schindler, M Schubnell, S Serrano, I Sevilla-Noarbe, M Soares-Santos, F Sobreira, E Suchyta, G Tarle, D Thomas, AR Walker, Y Zhang, DES Collaboration

– Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

(2019)

485,

1171

(doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz463)