Members
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Regular Members
| Member | Institution | Research Areas |
| Ethan Anderes | UC Davis |
Theoretical and applied methods for spatial statistics
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| James Annis | Fermilab | Bayesian inference, deep learning |
| G. Jogesh Babu | Penn State University | Statistical methods and theory |
| Jacek Becla | SLAC | Systems for managing extreme-scale data sets |
| Federica Bianco | University of Delaware | Transients and variable stars |
| Kirk Borne | Booz Allen | Large databases, data mining, knowledge discovery |
| Robert Brunner | University of Illinois | Observational cosmology, transient and variable phenomena |
| Tamas Budavari | Johns Hopkins University |
Computational statistics, low-dimensional embeddings, scientific databases
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| Douglas Burke | Harvard CFA | Galaxy clusters, galaxy evolution, virtual observatory, semantic astronomy |
| Nathaniel Butler | Arizona State University | Astrophysical transients |
| Juan Cabral | CIFASIS, IATE, CONICET |
Classification Methods, machine learning, software engeenering
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| Guillermo Cabrera | Millenium Institute of Astrophysics | Machine learning, computer vision, data-science, astroinformatics |
| Yen-Chi Chen | University of Washington | Nonparametric statistics, cluster analysis, statistical learning theory, large scale structure |
| David Chernoff | Cornell University | Cosmology, statistics and numerical methods for physics |
| Aleksandra Ciprijanovic | Fermilab |
Deep learning, domain adaptation,
algorithm robustness and uncertainties
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| Jessica Cisewski Kehe | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Statistical methods, topological data, approximate Bayesian computation |
| James Cordes | Cornell University | Radio astronomy, neutron stars, pulsars, signal processing techniques |
| George Djorgovski | Caltech |
Computational, data-intensive science, development of cyberinfrastructure
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| Pedro Antonio Escarate Monetta | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Electro-optics systems, spectroscopy, astronomical instrumentation |
| Susana Eyheramendy | Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile | Methods for Big Data |
| Eric Feigelson | Penn State University | X-ray studies of star formation, cross-disciplinary astrostatistics |
| Francisco Forster |
Center for Mathematical Modelling / Millennium Institute for Astrophysics, Chile
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Time series classification |
| Peter Freeman | Carnegie Mellon University | Implementation of statistical methods in astronomy |
| Christopher Genovese | Carnegie Mellon University | Statistical methods and theory, nonparametric methods |
| Karl Glazebrook | Swinburne University of Technology | Observational cosmology, the formation and evolutionary history of galaxies |
| Matthew Graham | Caltech | Data representation, visualization, storage, interpretation |
| Alexander Gray | IBM | Scalable machine learning |
| Carlo Graziani | University of Chicago | |
| Leanne Guy | AURA/LSST | Mining alert stream and catalogues |
| Nina Hernitschek | Vanderbilt University | Large time-domain data sets, classifcation of variable sources |
| Jon Hakkila | College of Charleston | Gamma ray bursts |
| Timothy Holt | Southwest Research Institute | Solar system body analysis |
| Jianhua Huang | Texas A&M | Gaussian process, functional data analysis, spatial temporal statistics, Bayesian statistics |
| Zeljko Ivezic | University of Washington | Large survey astronomy |
| Andrew Jaffe | Imperial College | Statistical cosmology, testing cosmological theories, Bayesian methods |
| Elise Jennings | Fermilab | Computational cosmology, large scale structure |
| Andres Jordan | Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile | Exoplanets, early-type galaxies |
| Vinay Kashyap | Harvard CFA | |
| Kevin Knuth | University at Albany | Information physics, Bayesian data analysis, source separation |
| Simon Krughoff | LSST/AURA | Astronomical survey planning, data reduction, simulation |
| Francois Lanusse | University of California, Berkeley | Weak gravitational lensing, deep learning, sparsity based methods |
| Chris Lintott | University of Oxford |
Machine learning, citizen science, serendipity
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| Ann Lee | Carnegie Mellon University | Statistical and machine learning methods, high-dimensional data |
| James Long | MD Anderson Cancer Center | Machine learning, signal frequency estimation, measurement error models, functional data analysis |
| Thomas Loredo | Cornell University | Statistical methods, Bayesian analysis, high energy astrophysics |
| Ashish Mahabal | Caltech | Astrophysical transients |
| Alex Malz | New York University | Uncertainty quantification and propagation, experimental design and metrics |
| Kaisey Mandel | University of Cambridge | Supernova cosmology, time domain and transient astronomy, Bayesian modelling |
| Justyn Maund | Unversity of Sheffield | Massive stars to supernovaes |
| Juan Carlos Maureira | Universidad de Chile | Discrete systems simulation |
| Francesca Mauro | MAS/Universidad de Concepcion | |
| Bruce McCollum | Caltech | |
| Jason McEwen | University College London | Harmonic and wavelet transforms, compressed sensing, Bayesian inference |
| Christopher Miller | University of Michigan |
Large-scale structure, galaxy clusters, astroinformatics
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| Anais Moller |
CNRS / LPC Clermont-Ferrand
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Reproducibility, statistical coherence, transient classification |
| Marcelo Mora | Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile | Galaxy formation |
| Daniel Mortlock | Imperial College London | Bayesian inference applied to astronomy |
| Roberto Pablo Munoz | Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile | Formation and evolution of galaxies in high-density environments |
| Alejandra Munozar Arancibia | IFA-UV | |
| Bob Nichol | ICG Portsmouth | Large-scale structure, supernovae, advanced statistical methods |
| Misha Pesenson | Caltech | |
| Giuliano Pignata | Universidad Andres Bello | Supernovae, cosmology, solar system |
| Kara Ponder | SLAC |
SN cosmology, Classification and Follow-up for Transients, Bayesian inference
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| Andrew Ptak | NASA GSFC | Extragalatic X-ray astrophysics, software development |
| Troy Raen | University of Pittsburgh | Classification methods |
| Umaa Rebbapragada | NASA JPL | Astronomical optical transient vetting, active learning |
| Karthik Reddy | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Extragalactic jets, X-ray and
radio astronomy
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| Gordon Richards | Drexel University | Extragalactic astrophysics, AGN |
| Joseph Richards | GE Digital | Statistical and machine learning methods for noisy, high-dimensional data |
| David Ruppert | Cornell University | Functional data analysis, measurement error models, semi-parametric methods, time series; for variable stars and extragalactic astronomy |
| Paula Sanchez Saez | Millenium Institute of Astrophysics / Pontificia Universidad | Classification of time series |
| Jeffrey Scargle | NASA Ames | High-energy astrophysics, time series and image analysis |
| Chad Schafer | Carnegie Mellon University | Statistical methods, cosmological parameter estimation |
| Samuel Schmidt | UC Davis | Photometric redshifts |
| Lior Shamir | Lawrence Tech | Image analysis, galaxy morphology |
| Aneta Siemiginowska | Harvard CFA |
Supermassive black holes, quasars and active galaxies
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| Colin Slater | University of Washington | Image differencing algorithms, Milky Way structure |
| Aleksandra Solarz | National Center for Nuclear Research | Classification |
| Keivan Stassun | Vanderbilt University | Formation of stars and planetary systems |
| Hyungsuk Tak | University of Notre Dame | Time series. image data analysis, Bayesian hierarchical modeling |
| Ricardo Vilalta | University of Houston | Pattern recognition, data mining, artificial intelligence |
| Ashley Villar | Columbia University | Transient classification, hierarchical modelling |
| Lucianne Walkowicz | Adler Planetarium | Discovery of unusual events, stellar magnetic activity |
| John Wallin | Middle Tennesee State Univ. | Gravitational interactions |
| Larry Wasserman | Carnegie Mellon University | Statistical methods and theory |
| Martin Weinberg | University of Massachusetts | Galaxy dynamics, simulation models |
| Robert Wolpert | Duke University | Statistical methods and theory |
| Michael Woodroofe | University of Michigan | Statistical methods and theory |
| Xiaomeng Yan | Texas A&M University | Time series classification |
| Ilsang Yoon | NRAO | Classification and characterization of AGN |
Affiliate Members
| Member | Institution |
| Stephen Bailey | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| Niel Brandt | Penn State University |
| Salman Habib | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Lynne Jones | University of Washington |
| Kian-Tat Lim | SLAC |
| Phil Marshall | KIPAC |
| Jeffrey Newman | University of Pittsburgh |
| Joshua Pepper | Lehigh University |
| Cathy Petry | AURA/LSST |
| Jonathan Sick | LSST |
| Michael Strauss | Princeton University |
| Jon Thaler | University of Illinois |