Awards
- Wolfson Merit Award, Royal Society, 2011
- Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research, Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, 2010
- Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2010
- Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Dean’s Award for Service, Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, 2008
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association, 2006
External Positions
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, ISBA 2014 World Meetings, 2013 - 2014
- Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, Imperial Centre for Inference and Cosmology Inaugural Workshop,, 2012 - 2012
- Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, California-Harvard AstroStatistics Collaboration Workshop, 2012 - 2012
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on Statistical Issues in Searches, 2011 - 2012
- ISBA Mitchell Prize Committee, International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2011 - 2012
- Elected Program Chair (Elect, Chair, Past), Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining, American Statistical Association, 2011 - 2014
- Member, Program Committee, 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings, 2010 - 2012
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V,, 2010 - 2011
- Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on Computational AstroStatistics: Challenges and Methods for Massive As- tronomical Data,, 2010 - 2010
- Member, Executive Board, Astrostatistics Committee of the International Statistical Institute, 2009
- Member, Program Committee, 41st Symposium on the Interface: Computing Sciences and Statistics, 2009 - 2010
- Member, Workgroup on the Future of Electronic Publications, American Statistical Association, 2009 - 2009
- Elected Member, Board of Directors, International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 2009 - 2012
- Co-Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, Twelfth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2008 - 2009
- Member, Program Committee, 40th Symposium on the Interface: Computing Sciences and Statistics,, 2007 - 2008
- Member, Management Committee of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, American Statistical Association, the Institute for Mathe- matical Statistics, and the Interface Foundation, 2007 - 2010
- Student Paper Competition Selection Committee, Chair, Section of Bayesian Statistical Sciences, American Statistical Association, 2007 - 2008
- Elected Program Chair (Elect, Chair, Past), Section on Bayesian Statistical Analysis, American Statistical Association, 2007 - 2010
- Member, Program Committee, 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings, 2006 - 2008
- Member, Program Committee, 39th Symposium on the Interface: Computing Sciences and Statistics, 2006 - 2007
- Member, Planning Committee, SAMSI: Program on Astrostatistics, 2005 - 2006
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, IPAM Conference: Mathematical Challenges in Astronomical Imaging,, 2003 - 2004
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on Current Challenges in Multi-Scale Deconvolution Methods, 2002 - 2003
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy III, 2000 - 2001
- Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on Statistical Challenges from Large Datasets in Cosmology and Particle Physics, Banff International Research Station - 2013
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, Astrostatistics Committee of the International Statistical Institute
- Life Member, The American Statistical Association
- Life Member, The Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Life Member, The International Chinese Statistical Association
- Life Member, The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
- Fellow, The Royal Statistical Society
Editorial Boards
- Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods), Associate Editor, 2012
- Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Associate Editor, 2011
- Spinger Series in Astrostatistics,, Member of Editorial Board, 2011
- Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Foundation, Conference Referee, 2010 - 2010
- Journal of Machine Learning Research Workshop and Conference Proceedings, Guest Co-Editor, 2009 - 2009
- Statistical Science, Guest Co-Editor, 2007 - 2009
- Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Editor in Chief, 2006 - 2009
- Statistica Sinica, Associate Editor, 2005 - 2010
- Journal of the American Statistical Association, Applications & Case Studies, Associate Editor, 2004 - 2006
- Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Associate Editor, 2000 - 2006