Overview
Dr. Paul McNicholas is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University, where he holds the (Tier 1) Canada Research Chair in Computational Statistics. His research focuses on computational statistics, especially mixture model-based clustering and classification. Current research includes work on non-Gaussian mixtures, matrix variate distributions, and real problems in big data analytics. His research group currently comprises a PDF, eight Ph.D. students, a Master's student, and an undergraduate researcher. He has received several recognitions for his research, including membership of The College of the Royal Society of Canada and the John L. Synge award from the Royal Society of Canada.
