I am a Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University, where I also serve as the inaugural director of the Computational and Data Systems Initiative (CDSI).

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I am a professor at McGill University in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and the inaugural director of the McGill Computational and Data Systems Initiative (CDSI). I am also an associate academic member at Mila, The Quebec AI Institute.

My research is focused on how statistical and machine learning theory and methods can support human endeavours enabled by computing and engineered systems, frequently from a network-based perspective of systems science. I collaborate regularly on problems in computational biology, computational neuroscience and, most recently, AI-assisted chemistry and materials science. I have published over one hundred articles, frequently with students and other coauthors, and several books on the topic of network analysis.

As an associate editor, I have had the privilege of serving on the boards of the Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA) and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (JRSSB) in statistics, the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering in engineering, and the SIAM Journal on Mathematics of Data Science (SIMODS) in mathematics. I also formerly served as co-chair of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering Roundtable on Data Science Education and as president of the New England Statistical Society. Finally, I’ve been honored to be named an elected fellow of the AAAS, ASA and IMS, an elected senior member of IEEE, and an elected member of the ISI.

This site is intentionally simple, organized with the goal of helping people quickly get to what they seek, which is generally publications, code, or a brief bio. See the links under my photo to the left (if viewing on a computer) or accessed by the “Follow” button (if on a smartphone). For those looking for a full-length academic CV, a relatively recent version can be found here.

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