Model selection and model averaging Post-selection inference Lack of fit tests and Goodness of fit tests Nonparametric estimation (kernel smoothers, local polynomials,regression splines)

Memberships:
The Belgian Statistical Society,
the American Statistical Association,
the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,
the International Statistical Institute (Elected member),
Bernoulli Society.

Associate editor of Biometrika, 2008–present.
Associate editor of the Annals of Statistics, 2013–2018.
Associate editor of Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 2012–present.
Associate editor of International Statistical Review 11/2018–present.
Associate editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2005–2011 and 2019–2020.
Associate editor of Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 2008–2016.
Council member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 8/2015–8/2018.
Council member of the International Society for NonParametric Statistics (ISNPS), 1/1/2016–31/12/2019.
Guest editor for a special issue about model selection of Computational Statistics and Data Analysis,
published in 2013.
Elected member of the European Regional Committee (ERC) of the “Bernoulli Society”, 2008–2012.
Elected member of the board of the Belgian Statistical Society, 2010–2012.