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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2022-: Course Director for the MPhil in Data Intensive Science
  • 2022-: Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science
  • 2017-: Deputy Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science
  • 2015-: Centre for Theorertical Cosmology Lecturer, University of Cambridge
  • 2009-2014: Research associate, University of Cambridge
  • 2005-2008: PhD student, University of Cambridge

Research

James is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics GR research group. His current research interests are primordial non-Gaussianity and the bispectrum of the CMB and Large Scale Structure. James looks after the Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science and the MPhil in Data Intensive Science. The Cambridge CDT in Data Intensive Science is an innovative, interdisciplinary centre, distributed between the Department of Physics (Cavendish Laboratory), Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS) and the Institute of Astronomy (IoA).  The MPhil in Data Intensive Science is an innovative new masters programme which provides cutting edge training in statistical analysis, machine learning and research computing and their application to scientific analysis.

Publications

Polyspectra searches for sharp oscillatory features in cosmic microwave sky data
JR Fergusson, HF Gruetjen, EPS Shellard, B Wallisch
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2015)
91,
123506
Observed parity-odd CMB temperature bispectrum
M Shiraishi, M Liguori, JR Fergusson
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2015)
2015,
007
Combining power spectrum and bispectrum measurements to detect oscillatory features
JR Fergusson, HF Gruetjen, EPS Shellard, M Liguori
– Physical Review D
(2015)
91,
023502
Chapter 10 Cosmic Microwave Background Analysis Nested Parallelism in Practice
JP Briggs, SJ Pennycook, JR Fergusson, J Jäykkä, EP Shellard
(2015)
171
Planck 2013 results. XXIII. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB
PAR Ade, N Aghanim, C Armitage-Caplan, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, F Atrio-Barandela, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, N Bartolo, E Battaner, R Battye, K Benabed, A Benoît, A Benoit-Lévy, JP Bernard, M Bersanelli, P Bielewicz, J Bobin, JJ Bock, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, M Bridges, M Bucher, C Burigana, RC Butler, JF Cardoso, A Catalano, A Challinor, A Chamballu, RR Chary, HC Chiang, LY Chiang, PR Christensen, S Church, DL Clements, S Colombi, LPL Colombo, F Couchot, A Coulais, BP Crill, M Cruz, A Curto, F Cuttaia, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P De Bernardis, A De Rosa, G De Zotti, J Delabrouille, JM Delouis, FX Désert, JM Diego, H Dole, S Donzelli, O Doré, M Douspis, A Ducout, X Dupac, G Efstathiou, F Elsner, TA Enßlin, HK Eriksen, Y Fantaye, J Fergusson, F Finelli, O Forni, M Frailis, E Franceschi, M Frommert, S Galeotta, K Ganga, M Giard, G Giardino, Y Giraud-Héraud, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, S Gratton, A Gregorio, A Gruppuso, FK Hansen, M Hansen, D Hanson, DL Harrison, G Helou, S Henrot-Versillé, C Hernández-Monteagudo, D Herranz, SR Hildebrandt, E Hivon, M Hobson, WA Holmes, A Hornstrup, W Hovest
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2014)
571,
A23
Planck 2013 results. XXV. Searches for cosmic strings and other topological defects
PAR Ade, N Aghanim, C Armitage-Caplan, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, F Atrio-Barandela, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, N Bartolo, E Battaner, R Battye, K Benabed, A Benoît, A Benoit-Lévy, JP Bernard, M Bersanelli, P Bielewicz, J Bobin, JJ Bock, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, M Bridges, M Bucher, C Burigana, RC Butler, JF Cardoso, A Catalano, A Challinor, A Chamballu, LY Chiang, HC Chiang, PR Christensen, S Church, DL Clements, S Colombi, LPL Colombo, F Couchot, A Coulais, BP Crill, A Curto, F Cuttaia, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P De Bernardis, A De Rosa, G De Zotti, J Delabrouille, JM Delouis, FX Désert, JM Diego, H Dole, S Donzelli, O Doré, M Douspis, A Ducout, J Dunkley, X Dupac, G Efstathiou, TA Enßlin, HK Eriksen, J Fergusson, F Finelli, O Forni, M Frailis, E Franceschi, S Galeotta, K Ganga, M Giard, G Giardino, Y Giraud-Héraud, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, S Gratton, A Gregorio, A Gruppuso, FK Hansen, D Hanson, D Harrison, S Henrot-Versillé, C Hernández-Monteagudo, D Herranz, SR Hildebrandt, E Hivon, M Hobson, WA Holmes, A Hornstrup, W Hovest, KM Huffenberger, TR Jaffe, AH Jaffe, WC Jones, M Juvela, E Keihänen
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2014)
571,
A25
Planck 2013 results. XIX. The integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect
PAR Ade, N Aghanim, C Armitage-Caplan, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, F Atrio-Barandela, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, N Bartolo, E Battaner, K Benabed, A Benoît, A Benoit-Lévy, JP Bernard, M Bersanelli, P Bielewicz, J Bobin, JJ Bock, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, M Bridges, M Bucher, C Burigana, RC Butler, JF Cardoso, A Catalano, A Challinor, A Chamballu, HC Chiang, LY Chiang, PR Christensen, S Church, DL Clements, S Colombi, LPL Colombo, F Couchot, A Coulais, BP Crill, A Curto, F Cuttaia, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P De Bernardis, A De Rosa, G De Zotti, J Delabrouille, JM Delouis, FX Désert, C Dickinson, JM Diego, K Dolag, H Dole, S Donzelli, O Doré, M Douspis, X Dupac, G Efstathiou, TA Enßlin, HK Eriksen, J Fergusson, F Finelli, O Forni, P Fosalba, M Frailis, E Franceschi, M Frommert, S Galeotta, K Ganga, RT Génova-Santos, M Giard, G Giardino, Y Giraud-Héraud, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, S Gratton, A Gregorio, A Gruppuso, FK Hansen, D Hanson, D Harrison, S Henrot-Versillé, C Hernández-Monteagudo, D Herranz, SR Hildebrandt, E Hivon, S Ho, M Hobson, WA Holmes, A Hornstrup, W Hovest, KM Huffenberger, S Ilić, AH Jaffe
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2014)
571,
A19
Planck2013 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results
PAR Ade, N Aghanim, MIR Alves, C Armitage-Caplan, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, F Atrio-Barandela, J Aumont, H Aussel, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, R Barrena, M Bartelmann, JG Bartlett, N Bartolo, S Basak, E Battaner, R Battye, K Benabed, A Benoît, A Benoit-Lévy, JP Bernard, M Bersanelli, B Bertincourt, M Bethermin, P Bielewicz, I Bikmaev, A Blanchard, J Bobin, JJ Bock, H Böhringer, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, F Boulanger, H Bourdin, JW Bowyer, M Bridges, ML Brown, M Bucher, R Burenin, C Burigana, RC Butler, E Calabrese, B Cappellini, JF Cardoso, R Carr, P Carvalho, M Casale, G Castex, A Catalano, A Challinor, A Chamballu, RR Chary, X Chen, HC Chiang, LY Chiang, G Chon, PR Christensen, E Churazov, S Church, M Clemens, DL Clements, S Colombi, LPL Colombo, C Combet, B Comis, F Couchot, A Coulais, BP Crill, M Cruz, A Curto, F Cuttaia, A Da Silva, H Dahle, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P De Bernardis, A De Rosa, G De Zotti, T Déchelette, J Delabrouille, JM Delouis, J Démoclès, FX Désert, J Dick, C Dickinson, JM Diego, K Dolag, H Dole, S Donzelli, O Doré, M Douspis, A Ducout, J Dunkley, X Dupac
– Astronomy & Astrophysics
(2014)
571,
a1
Planck2013 results. XXIV. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity
PAR Ade, N Aghanim, C Armitage-Caplan, M Arnaud, M Ashdown, F Atrio-Barandela, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday, RB Barreiro, JG Bartlett, N Bartolo, E Battaner, K Benabed, A Benoît, A Benoit-Lévy, JP Bernard, M Bersanelli, P Bielewicz, J Bobin, JJ Bock, A Bonaldi, L Bonavera, JR Bond, J Borrill, FR Bouchet, M Bridges, M Bucher, C Burigana, RC Butler, JF Cardoso, A Catalano, A Challinor, A Chamballu, HC Chiang, LY Chiang, PR Christensen, S Church, DL Clements, S Colombi, LPL Colombo, F Couchot, A Coulais, BP Crill, A Curto, F Cuttaia, L Danese, RD Davies, RJ Davis, P De Bernardis, A De Rosa, G De Zotti, J Delabrouille, JM Delouis, FX Désert, JM Diego, H Dole, S Donzelli, O Doré, M Douspis, A Ducout, J Dunkley, X Dupac, G Efstathiou, F Elsner, TA Enßlin, HK Eriksen, J Fergusson, F Finelli, O Forni, M Frailis, E Franceschi, S Galeotta, K Ganga, M Giard, Y Giraud-Héraud, J González-Nuevo, KM Górski, S Gratton, A Gregorio, A Gruppuso, FK Hansen, D Hanson, D Harrison, A Heavens, S Henrot-Versillé, C Hernández-Monteagudo, D Herranz, SR Hildebrandt, E Hivon, M Hobson, WA Holmes, A Hornstrup, W Hovest, KM Huffenberger, AH Jaffe, TR Jaffe, WC Jones, M Juvela, E Keihänen
– Astronomy and Astrophysics
(2014)
571,
a24
Efficient optimal non-Gaussian CMB estimators with polarization
JR Fergusson
– Physical Review D
(2014)
90,
043533
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Research Group

Relativity and Gravitation

Room

B1.12

Telephone

01223 765247