Short Bio

• Ph.D., Statistics, Iowa State University, 1986
• M.S., Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, 1982
• B.S., Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, 1981

I joined the Statistics program at UMBC in 1986 as a junior faculty. I was promoted to Associate Professorship in 1993, and to Full Professorship in 1999. I was the Graduate Program Director for both Applied Mathematics and Statistics programs from 1995-1999. I was appointed Interim Chair for 1999-2000. I have been the Chair since 2006.

My research interests lie in modeling correlated data collected over time or/and in clusters. In particular, time series analysis and models for overdispersed categorical data. I like to participate in real projects working side by side with scientists and engineers giving the best statistical advice to the projects. Application areas I have worked with include, environment, transportation, agricultural and bio-mechanical engineering. I am also interested in statistical computing, and more recently in parallel computing relevant to statistical methods. Full CV: pdf / browser

Useful Links

Resources

• UMBC Policies
• UMBCposter A LaTeX package for making conference posters, written by Dr. Rouben Rostamian
• beamerposter Another LaTeX package for making conference posters
• Wolfram Alpha Search engine that can compute integrals, limits, etc
• The R Project for Statistical Computing
• The Geek Stuff

  Organizations

• UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
• REU Site: Interdisciplinary Program in High Performance Computing at UMBC
• UMBC Center for Interdisciplinary Consulting (CIRC)
• American Statistical Association (ASA)
• Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
• Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• SDMC Ujire 03-27-2023 (SDMC)