Dr. AMITAVA MUKHERJEE; Ph.D.

Email: amitava.mukherjee@tkk.fi; amitmukh2@yahoo.co.in

Residence:

Otaranta 6 as 1, 02150-Espoo, Finland.

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Educational Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Statistics from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, awarded on 09.05.2008. (Supervisor: Prof. U. Bandyopadhyay) 
  
  

  Title of the Thesis: "Some Partially Sequential Nonparametric Tests and Their Applications". Thesis consists of Six Chapters including Introduction. The dissertation leads to seven papers of which five are already published in reputed Elsevier and Taylor and Francis Group's Journals: (Indexed in MathSciNet and/or Thompson Reuter's Journal Citation Reports.)

• M.Sc. in Statistics from University of Calcutta, in 2002 with First Class.

•  B.Sc. in Statistics from prestigious St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, under University of Calcutta, in 1999 with First Class.

With Mathematics, Economics as Minor Subjects and English as Additional Subject - Secured First Division Including Minor and Additional subjects.

Research Interests :

• Parametric and Nonparametric Inference,

• Applied Sequential Methodologies,

• Environmental and Ecological Statistics including Geostatistics, Climate Change;

• Monitoring Econometric and Financial parameters - Market Research and Share Price Analysis,

• Cluster Analysis including Clustering Fuzzy Data,

• Statistical quality control and Reliability Estimation.

Affiliations:

• 1st August 2010 onward: Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and System Analysis, Aalto University, Finland.

• From 01-10-2008 to 31-08-2010: Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Umea University, [Northern Sweden's Largest University] Umea, Sweden. Area of Work: Environmental and Geostatistical Issues based on Lake Sediment Data.

• From 01-04-2008 to 30-09-2008: CSIR Senior Research Fellow [Extended] in University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India; [ I was one of the only two fellows selected for extension with higher pay scale in the Mathematical Science under CSIR sanction on the basis of Academic Record, Publications and subsequent Interview held in CSIR complex in New-Delhi, India, on 17.12.2007.]

• From 01-01-2005 to 31-03-2008: Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

• From 01-01-2003 to 31-12-2004: Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
   

Project Involvements and Guidance:

• Statistical Diagnosis of Restrictive Lung Disease (Guided By Prof. T Bandyopadhyay )

• Assisted 8 Master degree students in topics covering Nonparametric Inference, Share price analysis (BTST trading and Pattern Reorganization of Capital Outflow)

• Working with Dr. Barendra Purkait, Ex-Director, G.S.I, Kolkata, India, in the direction of Recognizing Patterns in Grain Size Distributions.

Academic Visits:

• Visited University of Connecticut, USA during March 3-7, 2010. (Host: Professor Nitis Mukhopadhyay, Editor: Journal of Sequential Analysis)

• Visited University of Washington at St. Louis, USA, during March 7-13, 2010 as a part of post-doctoral exchange programme (Host: Dr. Jimin Ding).

• Visited University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, USA, during March 14-26, 2010. (Host: Professor Subha Chakroborty)

Professional Services:

Teaching Experience:

• Served as a Guest Lecturer (Honorary) in Department of Statistics, Maulana Azad College (Govt.), Kolkata, during November 2002 - January 2005. Subjects taught in Under Graduate level: Statistical Inference, Demand Analysis, Population Statistics and Economic Statistics.

• Served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Geology, University of Calcutta during 2005-06 for two consecutive batches. Subjects taught in Graduate level: Geomathematics.

As Paper Setter and Examiner:

• Served as an External Examiner in Undergraduate Level in Different University Examinations.

• Served as a Paper Setter and Examiner in Postgraduate Level.

Awards/ Offers/External Grants and Career Highlights:

• Received travel grant from the Wallenberg foundation in Sweden for participation in Fifth International workshop on Applied Probability, on Madrid, Spain, during 05.07.2010 to 08.07.2010.

• U.S. Nair Young Statistician Award conferred by Indian Society for Probability and Statistics in January 2010.

• Received travel grant from the Wallenberg foundation in Sweden for participation in three International Conferences in India during 28.12.2009 to 13.01.2010.

• Selected for Umea University-Washington University Postdoctoral Exchange Programme for 2009-10 and offered an external grant.

• Received travel award from the Wallenberg foundation in Sweden for participation as an invited speaker at the second International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies (IWSM) at the University of Technology of Troyes in France, June 15-17, 2009.

• Offered a Position of Scientist in the GE Money-Madras School of Economics Financial Research and Decision Science Laboratory in February 2008.

• Offered a Visiting Professor Position in the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico in December 2007. (Offer renewed again on November 2009.)

• Awarded Second Prize in National Meet of Research Scholars in Mathematical Sciences Held in Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, India during October-November 2007 for excellent quality of Research and Presentation.

• Offered a Position of Guest Researcher in Chonnam National University in South Korea in October 2007.

• Held First Position in the Merit panel published By West Bengal College Service Commission in 2006 and subsequently offered to join as a lecturer in Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, India.

• Qualified UGC-CSIR JRF --NET in India (Ranked within top twenty percent among the list of successful candidates twice in succession in all India level and achieve the eligibility to appear in prestigious SPM fellowship test)

• Offered a position of Junior Research fellow in Indian Statistical Institute in 2002.

• Offered a position in a leading Bengali daily in 1999.

• Awarded National Scholarship for Meritorious Performance in Higher Secondary Examination in 1996.

• Awarded National Scholarship for Meritorious Performance in Secondary Examination in 1994. 

Publications:

On Internationally Refereed Statistical Journals:

• Simultaneous Semi-Sequential Testing of Dual Alternatives for Pattern Recognition. (2010). To Appear in Journal of Applied Statistics. (Taylor and Francis)

• Semi-Sequential One-Shot Monitoring of Small Disorders with Controlled Type-I Error rate. (2010). Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods, Vol: 39, No. 15: 2829 - 2847. (Taylor and Francis)

• Some Rank Based Two-Phase Procedures in Sequential Monitoring of Exchange Rate. (2009). Sequential Analysis, Vol: 28, No. 2:137-162. (Taylor and Francis)

• Simultaneous Tests for Patterned Recognition using Nonparametric Partially Sequential Procedure. (jointly with Prof. Uttam Bandyopadhyay and Dr. Barendra Purkait) (2008). Statistical Methodology, Vol: 5, No. 6: 535-551. ( Elsevier )

• Controlling Type-I Error Rate in Monitoring Structural Changes Using Partially Sequential Procedures. (jointly with Prof. Uttam Bandyopadhyay and Dr. Atanu Biswas) (2008). Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation, Vol: 26, No. 4: 466-485. (Taylor and Francis)

• Nonparametric Partial Sequential Tests for Patterned Alternatives in Multi-Sample Problems. (jointly with Prof. Uttam Bandyopadhyay and Dr. Barendra Purkait) (2007). Sequential Analysis, Vol: 26, No. 4: 443-466. (Taylor and Francis)

• Nonparametric Partial Sequential Test for Location Shift at an Unknown Time Point. (jointly with Prof. Uttam Bandyopadhyay) (2007). Sequential Analysis, Vol: 26, No. 1: 99-113. (Taylor and Francis)

In Reviewed International (Statistical) Conference/Workshop Proceedings:

• Semi-Sequential Rank Based Test for Location for Bivariate Populations (2009) International Workshop on Sequential Methodologies, Troyes, France. Electronic Proceedings of the Workshop (6 pages).

On Data Analysis in Interdisciplinary works:

• Geostatistical analysis of arsenic concentration in groundwater of West Bengal, India. (Jointly with Dr. Barendra Purkait) (2008) Frontiers in Earth Sciences in China, Vol: 2, No. 3:292-301. (Springer)

• A Statistical Approach to Correlate Arsenic Contamination in Ground Water with Some Related Parameters - A Case Study from Malda District, West Bengal, Eastern India. (Jointly with Dr. B. Purkait) (2006) International Conference on Application of Fluid Mechanics in Industry and Environment, 173-184, Research Publications, Chennai/Singapore.

List of Works under Revised/Communicated State:

• Nonparametric Partially Sequential Tests for Possible Presence of Trend in Location. Communicated.

• Semi-Sequential Rank Based Test for Location for Bivariate Population. Revised

Technical Report:

• Adaptive Rank Based Test using Partially Sequential Sampling. (jointly with Prof. Uttam Bandyopadhyay) #2003-3 of Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
  

Working Papers:

• On Sequential Monitoring of Global Mean Temperature.

• Sequential Lepage-Wofe Type Tests

• On a Nonparametric Control Chart based on Precedence Statistics.

• A statistical method to analyse varved lake sediments with respect to reconstruction of past environment and climate change

• Model Based 'Disperse - Cluster - Disperse' Algorithm for Exploratory Classification of Varved Lake Sediments over 6000 Years

• Estimation for Burr Type III Parameters In Step Stress Accelerated Life Tests based on Censoring

• A Nonparametric Adaptive Test for Symmetry 

Service as a Reviewer in International Journals:

• Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation,

• Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods,

• Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation,

• Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin,

• Sequential Analysis,

• Journal of Applied Statistics,

• Statistical Methodology,

• Journal of Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics,

• Journal of Kerala Statistical Association,

• Pakistan Journal of Statistics,

• Sedimentology

Professional Affiliations:

• Life Member of Calcutta Statistical Association.

• Life Member of Indian Science Congress Association.

• Member of European Geosciences Union

• Life Member of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics

• Formerly Student Member of Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Extra Curricular Achievements:

• Ranked second in High-School level Mock-Parliament Contest introduced by Govt. of West Bengal, India, for demonstrated skill in leadership quality.

• Awarded several prizes for demonstrated skill in project management.

• Performed significantly in the state and district level in various Science/Mathematics talent search test and Quiz contest.

• Received NCC 'A' certificate, in India

Favourite Time Pass:

• Poetry and Recitation,

• Playing Cricket and Chess,

• Travelling, 

• Learning Astrology [Passed 2-year Jyothisastry Course], Palmistry and Ancient Mathematics.

Invited Talks:

• Invited Speaker in 2nd International workshop on Sequential Methodologies in Troyes, France during 15-17 June 2009.

• Delivered an invited talk on Sequential Monitoring in colloquium lecture series in University of Connecticut at Storrs, USA on March 5, 2010.

• Delivered a talk on sequential monitoring problem on March 24, 2010 in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, USA.

• Invited to organize a Session and also deliver a talk during 5th International workshop on Applied Probability in Madrid, Spain, during July 5-8, 2010.

• Delivered a talk on a Sequential Inference Problems at the Joint seminar of the Estonian Doctoral School in Mathematics and Statistics and Finnish Doctoral Programme in Stochastics and Statistics at University of Tartu , Tartu, Estonia during 09.09.2010 to 12.09.2010.

Seminar/ Conferences/Workshops/Colloquiums:

• Attended a special Workshop cum Training Program in UNIX and C. (2001) during Master degree programme in University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.

In Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta/Calcutta Statistical Association as a Part of Host Institute and member of programme Sub-Committee during 2003-2008 (Pre-doctoral):

• 'National Seminar on Statistics in Industry, Business and Finance' held in March 21-22, 2003 under UGC sponsored DRS programmme.

• 'Fifth International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability and Statistics' during December 28-31, 2003, organized jointly by the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Calcutta Statistical Association.*

• 'National Seminar on Multivariate Analysis and its Applications' during March 15-16, 2004 under UGC sponsored DRS Phase-III programmme.

• 'National Seminar on Statistics in National, Social and Biological Sciences' during December 23-24, 2004.

• 'National Seminar on Statistics and Probability' during March 23-24, 2005 under UGC sponsored DRS Phase-III programmme.

• 'Workshop on Astrostatistics' organized jointly by the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics during December 21-23, 2005.

• 'A. K. Basu Memorial Seminar on Stochastic Modelling and its Application' during March 2-3, 2006.

• 'Sixth International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability and Statistics' during December 29-31, 2006, organized jointly by the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Calcutta Statistical Association. **

• 'P. K. Banerjee Memorial Seminar on Sample Survey and Economic Statistics' on December 28, 2007, organized by the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta.

• 'P. K. Banerjee Memorial Lectures' on December 29, 2007, organized by the Calcutta Statistical Association.

* Presented a paper entitled "Exact Adaptive Rank Test Based on Partially Sequential Sampling".

** Presented a paper entitled Controlling Type-I Error Rate in Monitoring Structural Changes Using Partially Sequential Procedures.

In Various Universities/Institutes in India as a Participant/Speaker:

• Presented paper entitled "Adaptive Cost Efficient Rank Test using Partially Sequential Sampling" in the Golden Jubilee Conference of Department of Statistics, University of Pune, India in 2003.

• Attended IMS Mini Meeting on Survey Sampling during January 1-3, 2004 in Raichak, West Bengal, India.

• Attended Workshop on Exchangeability in Bayesian Nonparametrics held in the Department of Statistics, University of Mysore during January 19-22, 2005.

• Presented paper entitled "Multiple Hypothesis Testing for Pattern Recognition using Nonparametric Partially Sequential Procedure" in International Conference on Statistics organized by Department of Statistics, as a part of Sesquicentennial Celebration of University of Mumbai during May 31 to June 2, 2007.

• Presented a paper entitled "Some Multiple Hypothesis Tests for Pattern Recognition using Nonparametric Partially Sequential Procedure" and awarded Second Prize for excellence in Research quality, Presentationa and Oratorial Skill in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 30th 0ct-3rd Nov, 2007.

• Attended International Symposium on Probability and Statistics held in Central University of Hyderabad, India as a Specially Selected Researcher during December 17-19, 2007.

• Presented paper entitled "Some Rank Based Two-Phase Procedures in Sequential Monitoring of Global Mean Temperature" in VI International Symposium on Optimization and Statistics organized by Department of Statistics, Aligarh Muslim University, UP, India during December 29-31, 2008.

• Delivered a talk on "Model Based Clustering of Varved Lake Sediments over 6000 Years - Problems and Challenges" in 'Seventh International Triennial Calcutta Symposium on Probability and Statistics' during December 28-31, 2009, organized jointly by the Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta and Calcutta Statistical Association.

• Delivered two talks on International Conference in conjunction with Joint Meeting of IISA-ISPS in Andhra University, India, during January 4-8, 2010

• Delivered a talk on "Semi-Sequential Rank Based Test for Location for Bivariate Populations" in International Conference on Statistics and Information Analytics, Loyola College Chennai, India during January 11-13, 2010.

In Universities/Institutes Outside India:

• Delivered a talk on "Semi-Sequential Rank Based Test for Location for Bivariate Populations" in Joint Statistical Seminar of Umea University on 1st December 2009.

• Attended Workshop on Climate Change and Extreme Value Theory at Eindhoven in Netherlands during May 11-13, 2009.

• Attended Conference of European Geo-science Union in Vienna in Austria during April 19-24, 2009.

• Delivered a talk on "Applications of Sequential Nonparametrics beyond Clinical Trials" in Joint Statistical Seminar of Umea University on 14th October 2008.

International Collaborations:

• In the area of Joint Modeling with Dr. Jimin Ding of University of Washington at St. Louis, USA

• In the area of Statistical Quality Control with Professor Subha Chakroborti University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, USA.

• In the area of Climate Statistics and Clustering with Professor Sara de Luna of Umea University, Umea, Sweden.

• In the area of Geostatistics with Dr. Barendra Purkait of Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, India.

• In the area of Reliability estimation with Dr. M.A. Abd-elfattah of Cairo University, Egypt.

 

Upcoming Events:

• Invited to deliver a talk in the International Conference On Development and Applications of Statistics in Emerging Areas of Science & Technology (ICDASEAST) Hosted by Department of Statistics, University of Jammu, India during December 8-10, 2010. 

• Invited to deliver a talk on Applied Sequential Methodologies in the 58th World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) to be held in Dublin, Ireland, from the 21st to the 26th August 2011.

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