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X.-L. Meng 559AcknowledgementsThe material on multi-resolution inference benefitted greatly from criticalcomments by Alex Blocker and Keli Liu, both of whom also provided many insightfulcomments throughout, as did David Jones. The joint work with AlexBlocker and Xianchao Xie (cited in the reference list) shaped the formulationof the multi-phase inference, which was greatly encouraged by ChristineBorgman, who also taught me, together with Alyssa Goodman, Paul Groth,and Margaret Hedstrom, data curation and data provenance. Dr. Jeremy Wuinspired and encouraged me to formulate the multi-source inference, and providedextremely helpful information and insights regarding the LED/LEHDprogram. Keli Liu also provided invaluable editing and proofreading, as didSteven Finch. “Good stuff!” coming from my academic twin brother AndrewGelman was all the encouragement I needed to squeeze out every possibleminute between continental breakfasts and salmon/chicken dinners. I givethem 100% thanks, but 0% liability for any naïveté, wishful thinking, and signof lack of sleep — this has been the most stressful paper I have ever written.I also thank the NSF for partial financial support, and the Editors, especiallyXihong Lin and Geert Molenberghs, for help and extraordinary patience.ReferencesArlot, S. and Celisse, A. (2010). A survey of cross-validation procedures formodel selection. Statistics Surveys, 4:40–79.Bethlehem, J. (2009). The Rise of Survey Sampling. CBS Discussion PaperNo. 9015.Blitzstein, J. and Meng, X.-L. (2010). Nano-project qualifying exam process:An intensified dialogue between students and faculty. The AmericanStatistician, 64:282–290.Blocker, A.W. and Meng, X.-L. (2013). The potential and perils of preprocessing:Building new foundations. Bernoulli, 19:1176–1211.Borgman, C.L. (2010). Research data: Who will share what, with whom,when, and why? China-North America Library Conference, Beijing, People’sRepublic of China.Bouman, P., Dukic, V. and Meng, X.-L. (2005). A Bayesian multiresolutionhazard model with application to an AIDS reporting delay study. StatisticaSinica, 15:325–357.