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).

Teaching

I co-teach the Statistical Data Science Practicum (MATH 527d1/d2) at McGill.

For some background on the concept, see the article Statistics Practicum : Placing 'Practice' at the Center of Data Science Education, joint with my former colleagues Haviland Wright and Masanao Yajima at Boston University.

The following is central to my perspective on the process of learning:

"The fish trap exists because of the fish; once you’ve gotten the fish, you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him ?" — Chuang Tzu