Academic Appointments
- ◆ Director, MacDATA Institute, McMaster University, July 2017 to present. (Acting Director, May to June 2017)
- ◆ Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, July 2014 to present.
- ◆ Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, July 2013 to June 2014.
- ◆ University Research Chair in Computational Statistics, University of Guelph, January 2011 to June 2014.
- ◆ Bioinformatics Director, University of Guelph, April 2012 to May 2014.
- ◆ Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, September 2010 to November 2013.
- ◆ Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, July 2010 to June 2013.
- ◆ Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, July 2007 to June 2010.
Other Appointments
- ◆ Faculty Affiliate, Vector Institute, Toronto, October 2019 to present.
- ◆ Associate Member, Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, July 2018 to present.
Education
- ◆ Ph.D. in Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
- ◆ M.Sc. in High Performane Computing, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
- ◆ B.A./M.A. in Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Professional Accreditation
- ◆ P.Stat., Statistical Society of Canada.
Awards and Honours
- ◆ Steacie Prize for the Natural Sciences, E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fund, 2020.
- ◆ E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship , Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2019.
- ◆ Member, College of the Royal Society of Canada , 2017 to present.
- ◆ University Scholar , McMaster University, 2017 to present.
- ◆ Canada Research Chair in Computational Statistics (Tier 1), 2015 to present.
- ◆ Chikio Hayashi Award, International Federation of Classification Societies, 2013.
- ◆ Distinguished Professor Teaching Award, University of Guelph Faculty Association, 2011.
- ◆ Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, 2011.
- ◆ Barrington Medal (120th Barrington Lecturer), Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006.
- ◆ RSS/Wiley Best Presentation Award, Royal Statistical Society Young Statistician's Meeting, 2006.
- ◆ Gold Medal, Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin, 2004.
Editorial Duties
- ◆ Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Classification, 2020-present.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 2019-2020.
- ◆ Data Science Section Editor, FACETS, 2018-2020.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Journal of Classification, 2018-2020.
- ◆ Editorial Board Member, Journal of Classification, 2016-2020.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, 2014-2020.
- ◆ Guest Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis fourth special issue on Advances in Mixture Models , 2017-2019.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Environmetrics, 2014-2019.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Statistical Methods and Applications (Journal of the Italian Statistical Society), 2013-2019.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Econometrics and Statistics, 2015-2018.
- ◆ Guest Editor, Advances in Data Analysis and Classification special issue on Big Data: Theory, Methods and Applications , 2014-2018.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2013-2018.
- ◆ Guest Editor, Econometrics and Statistics special issue on Mixture Models , 2015-2017.
- ◆ Statistical Advisor, BMC series, 2013-2016 .
- ◆ Guest Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis third special issue on Advances in Mixture Models , 2013-2015.
- ◆ Associate Editor, The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 2013-2015.
- ◆ Associate Editor, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: SeriesC, 2012-2015.
- ◆ Guest Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis second special issue on Advances in Mixture Models , 2011-2013.
Selected Other Service
- ◆ The Classification Society: Past-President (2020 to present); President (2018-2019); President-Elect (2016-2017); Director (2014-2015).
- ◆ Poster Chair, Joint Statistical Meetings 2018, Vancouver.
- ◆ Research Committee, Statistical Society of Canada: Chair (2017-2019). Member (2016-2017).
- ◆ ICT, Math and Physics panel for the Ontario Early Researcher Awards competition: Chair (2017, 2018, 2020); Member (2014, 2015, 2016).
- ◆ CANSSI: Chair, Data Science Committee (2018-present); Associate Director (2018-2019); Member, Industrial Innovation Ctee. (2015-2017).
- ◆ NSERC Evaluation Group 1508: Statistics Section Chair (2014/15 and 2015/16) and Incoming Chair (2013/14).
- ◆ Business and Industrial Statistics Section of the Statistical Society of Canada: President-Elect/President/Past-President (2013-2016).
- ◆ International Federation of Classification Societies: Publication Officer (2012-2018).