PhD 1987, University of Toronto, Department of Statistics
Research
1. Statistical Theory & Methods: nonparametric curve estimation, integral transforms, goodness-of-fit tests, time series, spatial processes, nonstationary & locally stationary processes, irregularly spaced data, ratio of means estimation, statistical applications of large deviations
2. Statistical problems in the environment: trend & surface estimation, change points, species count problems and other large scale and long term aspects
Education
Higher Secondary Exam, Science Stream, Bethune Collegiate School, Calcutta, India
B.Sc. with Honours in Statistics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India
M. Stat. with specialization in Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research, Indian Statistical Institute, India
SQC-OR Diploma: Indian Statistical Institute, India
Ph.D. Statistics. University of Toronto, Department of Statistics. (PhD Thesis: Some tests of normality using methods based on transforms).
Jobs
Current: Visiting Scientist at WSL & Lecturer at ETH, Zürich.
Previous university faculty positions: Scientific Staff (WSL), Tenure track Asstant Professor of Statistics (Cornell University & Texas A&M University), Honorary visiting fellow (York University, UK, Mathematics Department), Visiting lecturer (UNC Chapel Hill), Visiting scholar (Stanford University, Statistics Department)
Jobs during graduate student years: Graduate teaching assistant as instructor/lecturer, marker etc. (University of Waterloo - Mathematics, University of Toronto - Statistics), Statistical Consulting Service (University of Toronto).
Editorial Boards of Journals
1. Forest Snow and Landscape Research, Haupt (Editorial Board Member: 1999-2009) (http://www.wsl.ch/dienstleistungen/publikationen/schriftenreihen/archiv/journal/board_EN)
2. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Elsevier (Associate Editor: 2014 -) (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-statistical-planning-and-inference/editorial-board/)
Refereeing
1. Grants, Reports etc.:
American Mathematical Society (AMS), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4, AR5 & others), Israel Science Foundation, ProClim (Swiss Academy of Sciences), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF).
2. Journal refereeing:
Annals of Forest Science, Annals of Statistics, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Biometrics, Bernoulli, Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, Community Ecology, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Dendrochronology, Ecological Complexity, Economic quality control, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Environmetrics, Forestry, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Journal of Quality Technology, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - B, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Journal of Vegetation Science, Mathematical Biosciences, Mathematical Reviews, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Silva Fennica, Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Student (published by the University of Neuchatel)
Teaching experience
1. Switzerland:
* Smoothing and Nonparametric Regression, Lectures, D-MATH, ETH Zürich; Since 2008.
2. UK:
* Statistics II for undergraduates, Lectures (jointly with Gilbert Morrey, York), University of York, Department of Mathematics, (summer 2007)
3. Germany:
* Regression for graduate students, Lectures, University of Konstanz, Germany, Department of Mathematics & Statistics (Winter semesters, 2001 - 2005)
4. USA:
* Undergraduate and graduate Statistics courses, Lectures, Cornell University, ILR school (1988-1990)
* Introductory Statistics & Probability for undergraduates, Lectures, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Statistics (1987-1988)
5. Canada:
* Introductory Statistics & Probability for undergraduates, Lectures, University of Toronto, Department of Statistics (1982- 1987)
* Various Statistics courses, Teaching assistant, University of Toronto, Department of Statistics (1982-1987)
* Calculus, Teaching assistant, University of Waterloo, Faculty of Mathematics (1981-1982)
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