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Faculty of Mathematics

 

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 Past Chair of the Astrostatistics Interest Group of the American Statistical Association and a Turing Fellow Alumnus of The Alan Turing Institute. My research interests lie at the intersections of astrophysics, cosmology, statistics, and machine learning.

Research Interests: Astrostatistics and astroinformatics, Applications in time-domain astronomy and cosmology, Bayesian modeling and inference, Statistical computation

 

Publications

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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Research Groups

Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information
Statistical Laboratory
Statistics

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D1.07

Telephone

01223 337955