Subhabrata "Subha" Chakraborti
PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS
Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science
University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870226
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0226
Telephone: (205) 348-8907; Fax: (205) 348-0560
E-mail: SCHAKRAB@CBA.UA.EDU
Worldwide Web:http://schakrab.people.ua.edu
University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870226
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0226
Telephone: (205) 348-8907; Fax: (205) 348-0560
E-mail: SCHAKRAB@CBA.UA.EDU
Worldwide Web:http://schakrab.people.ua.edu
EDUCATION
B. Sc. Presidency College; Calcutta, India 1979 Statistics
M. A. State University of New York at Buffalo 1982 Statistics
Ph. D. State University of New York at Buffalo 1984 Statistics
M. A. State University of New York at Buffalo 1982 Statistics
Ph. D. State University of New York at Buffalo 1984 Statistics
RESEARCH INTEREST: Nonparametric and Robust Statistical Inference
APPLICATIONS OF INTEREST: Statistical Process Control; Survival/Reliability Analysis; Econometrics; Statistical Computing; Extreme Values
TEACHING: Have taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate statistics courses, such as Mathematical statistics, Nonparametric statistics, Time series analysis, Statistical quality control; Interested in applications and use of technology to enhance quality of teaching and learning
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING: Experienced in FORTRAN and BASIC languages and Statistics Packages including R
APPLICATIONS OF INTEREST: Statistical Process Control; Survival/Reliability Analysis; Econometrics; Statistical Computing; Extreme Values
TEACHING: Have taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate statistics courses, such as Mathematical statistics, Nonparametric statistics, Time series analysis, Statistical quality control; Interested in applications and use of technology to enhance quality of teaching and learning
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING: Experienced in FORTRAN and BASIC languages and Statistics Packages including R
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (a sample)
- 2022 May and October: Fulbright Scholar (Visiting Professor) to Brazil
- 2019 June: Visiting Professor, CSIRO, Australia
- 2019 September, Visiting Professor, UFSCar, Sao Carlos, Brazil
- 2015 May-June, 2016 May, and 2017 May: Visiting Professor, Pontificia Universidade du Catholica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 2015 November: Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2015 June, November/December: Visiting Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- 2015 February: Visiting Professor, Amity University, New Delhi, India
- 2014 May: Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil
- 2007 May-June: Visiting Professor, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
- 2006 June-July: Visiting Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- 2005 September: Visiting Professor, University of Delhi, India
- 2004 February-July: Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- 2003 July: Visiting Professor, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 2000 May: Visiting Professor, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1998-1999: Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- 1998 May-June: Visiting Professor, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1995-Present: Professor, University of Alabama
- 1995-1997: Board of Visitor's Research Professor, University of Alabama
- 1996 June: Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- 1995 May-June: Visiting Associate Professor, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1989-1995: Associate Professor, University of Alabama
- 1984-1989 Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
- Fall 1991: Visiting Associate Professor University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Spring 1992: Visiting Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Fulbright Scholar Award to Brazil 2020-21.
- SEC Professor of the Year Award, The University of Alabama, 2020
- Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award, The University of Alabama, 2019
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association, 2008
- Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, Amsterdam, 2010
- Honorary Professor, Amity University, New Delhi, India, 2015
- Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2008-2016
- Morrow Faculty Excellence Fellow, C&BA, The University of Alabama, 2008
- South African Research Chairs Initiative Award, 2011
- Fulbright Scholar Award to South Africa, February-July, 2004
- Board of Visitors Research Professor, The University of Alabama, 1996-1998
- Burlington-Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Significant and Meritorious Achievement in Teaching, The University of Alabama, 1990
- Excellence Fund Research Award, College of Commerce, The University of Alabama, 1992-93, 1989-90
- Excellence Fund Teaching Award, College of Commerce, The University of Alabama, 1988-89,1989-90
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Has Served as an Associate Editor for: Quality Engineering; Communications in Statistics; Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
- Has Served as a reviewer for: Journal of the American Statistical Association, Biometrics, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Journal of Educational Statistics, Communications in Statistics, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Review of Economics and Statistics, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Israel National Science Foundation and Various Publishers like John Wiley, Marcel Dekker and Duxbury
- Served as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Alabama Chapter of the American Statistical Association
- Serving as a member of the Committee on Minorities of the American Statistical Association
RESEARCH SUPPORT
- CNPq, Brazil; Collaborative Research Grant: 2015-17
- DAAD Collaborative Grant, Germany, 2020
- NATO Collaborative Faculty Research Grant: 1993-94, 1997-99
- National Institute of Nursing Research: 1994-1997
- Phillips Fellowship, Phillips Corporation, Netherlands: 1999-2000
- SOMED (University of Alabama) Research Grant 1996
- University Summer Research Grant: 1985-86, 1988-90, 1993
- College of Commerce Summer Research Award: 1990-93, 1997, 2000, 2002, ..., 2019, 2023
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Chakraborty, N., Chakraborti, S. Human, S. W. and Balakrishnan, N. (2016). "A generally weighted moving average signed-rank control chart," Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Accepted.
Malela-Majika, J. C., Chakraborti., S. and Graham, M. A. (2016). "Distribution-free precedence control charts with improved runs rules," Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Forthcoming.
Malela-Majika, J. C., Chakraborti, S. and Graham, M. A. (2016). "Distribution-free Phase II Mann-Whitney control charts with runs-rules," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Accepted.
Diko, M., Chakraborti, S. and Graham, M. A. (2016). “Monitoring the process mean when standards are unknown: A classic problem revisited,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 32, 609-622.
Kumar, N. and Chakraborti, S. (2016). “Phase II Shewhart-type control charts for time between events and effects of parameter estimation,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 32, 315-328.
Celano, G., Castagliola, P., Chakraborti, S., and Nenes, G. (2015). "The performance of the Shewhart sign control chart for finite production horizon processes," International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.
Coelho, MLI, Chakraborti, S and Graham, MA (2015) “Distribution-free Phase I control charts: Which to use and when?” South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 26 (2), 178-190.
Mukherjee, A., Chakraborti, S. and McCracken, A. (2015). “Control charts for simultaneous monitoring of parameters of a shifted exponential distribution,” Journal of Quality Technology, 47, 2, 176-192.
Epprecht, E. K., Loureiro, L. D. and Chakraborti, S. (2015). “Effect of the Number and Size of the Phase I Sample on the Phase II Performance of S2 and S Control Charts,” Journal of Quality Technology, 47, 2, 139-155.
Kumar, N. and Chakraborti, S. (2015). “Improved Phase I control limits for monitoring times between events,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 31, 659-668.
Castagliola, P., Wu, S., Khoo, M. B. and Chakraborti, S. (2014). “Synthetic Phase II Shewhart-type attribute control charts when process parameters are estimated,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 30, 3, 315-335.
Chowdhury, S., Mukherjee, A. and Chakraborti, S. (2014). “Distribution-free Phase II CUSUM Control Chart for Joint Monitoring of Location and Scale”, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 31, 1, 135-151.
Kritzinger, P., Human, S. W. and Chakraborti, S. (2014). “Improved Shewhart-type runs-rules nonparametric sign charts,” Communications in Statistics, Theory and Methods, 43, 22, 4723-4748.
Graham, M. A., Chakraborti, S. and Mukherjee, A. (2014). “Design and implementation of CUSUM exceedance control charts for unknown location,” International Journal of Production Research, 52, 18, 5546-5564.
Dovoedo, Y. H. and Chakraborti, S. (2014). Power of depth-based nonparametric tests for multivariate locations, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 85, 10, 1987-2006.
Dovoedo, Y. H. and Chakraborti, S. (2014). “Boxplot-based outlier detection for the location-scale family,” Communications in Statistics—Simulation and Computation, 44, 6, 1492-1513.
Teoh, W. L., Khoo, M. B. Castagliola, P. and Chakraborti, S. (2013). “Optimal design of the double sampling X-bar chart with estimated parameters based on median run Length,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, 67, 104-115.
McCracken, A. K., Chakraborti, S. and Mukherjee, A. (2013). “Control charts for simultaneous monitoring of mean and variance of normally distributed processes,” Journal of Quality Technology, 45, 360-376.
McCracken, A. K., Chakraborti, S. (2013). “Control charts for joint monitoring of mean and variance: an overview,” Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 10, 17-36.
Dovoedo, Y.H., and Chakraborti, S. (2013), “Outlier detection for multivariate skew-normal data: a comparative study”, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 83, No. 4, 773–783.
Graham, M. A., Delport, F. C. and Chakraborti, S. (2013). “A letter to the editor about “A comparison study of three nonparametric control charts to detect shift in location parameters,” by Das, N. (2009), International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 41 (7-8), 799–807.
Dovoedo, Y. H. and Chakraborti, S. (2012). “Boxplot-based Phase I control charts for time between events,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 28, 123-130.
Mukherjee, A. M. and Chakraborti, S. (2012): “A distribution-free control chart for joint monitoring of location and scale,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 28, 335-352.
Chakraborti, S., Michaelson, G. M. and McCracken, A. K. (2012): “Shortest expected length confidence interval for the power of the t-test,” Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 41, 1-10.
Graham, M. A., Chakraborti, S. and Human, S. W. (2011): “A nonparametric EWMA sign chart for location based on individual measurements,” Quality Engineering, 23, 227-241.
Graham, M. A., Chakraborti, S. and Human, S. W. (2011): “A nonparametric exponentially weighted moving average signed-rank chart for monitoring location,” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 55, 2490–2503.
Human, S. W., Kritzinger, P. E. and Chakraborti, S. (2011): “On the robustness of the EWMA chart,” Journal of Applied Statistics, 38, 2071-2087.
Boone, J. M. and Chakraborti, S. (2011). “Two simple Shewhart-type multivariate nonparametric control charts,” ,” Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Volume 28, 130–140.
Chakraborti, S., Human, S.W. and Graham, M. A. (2011). “Nonparametric (Distribution-Free) quality control charts,” In Handbook of Methods and Applications of Statistics: Engineering, Quality Control, and Physical Sciences. N. Balakrishnan, Ed., 298-329.John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Human, S. W. and Chakraborti, S. (2010): “A unified approach for Shewhart-type Phase I control charts for the mean,” International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 17, 1–10.
Graham, M. A., Human, S. W. and Chakraborti, S. (2010): “A nonparametric Phase I control chart,” Journal of Applied Statistics, 37, 1795-1813.
Smit, C. F. and Chakraborti, S. (2009): “Sample capability indices: distributional properties and some applications,” South African Statistical Association Journal, 43, 117-125.
Human, S., Chakraborti, S. and Smit, C. F. (2009): “Shewhart-type control charts for variation in Phase I data analysis,” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 54, 863-874.
Chakraborti, S., Graham, M. A. and Human, S. W. (2009): “Phase I statistical process control charts: an overview and some results,” Quality Engineering. 21, 52-62.
Chakraborti, S., Eryilmaz, S. & Human, S. (2009): “A phase II Shewhart-type nonparametric control chart based on precedence statistics with runs-type signaling rules,” Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 53, 1054-1065.
Chakraborti, S. and M. Van De Wiel (2008): “A nonparametric control chart based on the Mann-Whitney statistic,” In Beyond Parametrics in Interdisciplinary Research, Festschrift to P. K. Sen, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Collections, Volume 1, Edited by N. Balakrishnan, E. Pena, and M. J. Silvapulle.
Eryilmaz, S. and Chakraborti, S. (2008): “On start-up demonstration tests under exchangeability,” IEEE-Transactions in Reliability, 57, 627-632.
Chakraborti, S. and J. Li (2008): “Letter to the Editor,” The American Statistician, 62, 187.
Chakraborti, S. and S. W. Human (2007): “Properties and performance of the c-chart for attributes data,” Journal of Applied Statistics, 35, 89-100.
Chakraborti, S. and Bakir, S. T. (2007): “Letter to the Editor,” Journal of Quality Technology, 39, 301-302.
Chakraborti, S. (2007): “Run length distribution and percentiles: the Shewhart X-bar chart with unknown parameters,” Quality Engineering, 19, 119-127.
Chakraborti, S. and M. A. Graham (2007): “Nonparametric control charts,” Encyclopedia of Quality and Reliability, John Wiley, New York.
Chakraborti, S. and J. Li (2007): “Confidence interval estimation of a normal percentile,” The American Statistician, 61, 331-336.
Chakraborti, S. and S. Eryilmaz (2006): “A nonparametric Shewhart-type signed-rank control chart based on runs,” Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 36, 335-356.
Chakraborti, S. and S. W. Human (2006): “Parameter estimation and performance of the p-chart for attributes data,” IEEE Transactions in Reliability, 55, 559-566.
Chakraborti, S., B. Hong and M. A. Van De Wiel (2006): “A note on sample size determination for a nonparametric test of location,” Technometrics, 48, 88-94
Chakraborti, S. (2006): “Parameter estimation and design considerations in retrospective applications of the X-bar chart,” Journal of Applied Statistics, 33, 439-459.
Chakraborti, S., P. Van der Laan and M. A. van De Wiel (2004): “A class of distribution-free control charts,” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C, 53, 443-462.
Olivier, K.N., Weber, D.J., Faiz, A.R., Lee, J.H., Chakraborti, S. and Knowles, M.R. (2003): “Prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in persons with cystic fibrosis: multi-center study of a potential pathogen in a susceptible population.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 167, 828-834.
Chakraborti, S., P. Van der Laan, P. and S. T. Bakir (2001): Nonparametric control charts: an overview and some results. Journal of Quality Technology, 33, 304-315.
Van der Laan, P. and S. Chakraborti (2001): Precedence tests and Lehmann alternatives. Statistical Papers, 42, 301-312.
Chakraborti, S. and P. K. Sen (2001): Control median type tests and contiguity: an appraisal. Journal of the Indian Statistical Association, 38, 187-207.
Chakraborti, S. and P. Van der Laan (2000): Precedence probability and prediction Intervals. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D, 49, 219-228.
Chakraborti, S. (2000): Run length, average run length and false alarm rate of Shewhart X-bar chart: exact derivations by conditioning. Communications in Statistics, 29, 61-82.
Buening, H. and S. Chakraborti (1999): Power comparison of several two-sample tests for general alternatives. Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, 83, 190-210.
Kao, L. H. and S. Chakraborti (1998): Nonparametric procedures for comparing treatments with a control in a randomized complete block design. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 17, 193-207.
Chakraborti, S. and P. Van der Laan (1997): An overview of precedence tests for censored data. Biometrical Journal, 39, 99-116.
Kao, L. H. and S. Chakraborti (1997): One-sided sign-type nonparametric for comparing treatments with a control in a randomized complete block design. Journal of Applied Statistics, 24, 251-264.
Chakraborti, S. and P. Van der Laan (1996): Precedence tests and confidence bounds for complete data: an overview and some results. The Statistician, 45, 351-369.
Chakraborti, S. and T. P. Hettmansperger (1996): Multi-sample inference for the simple-tree alternative based on one-sample confidence intervals. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 25, 2819-2837.
Desu, M. M., S. Park, S and S. Chakraborti (1996): Linear rank statistics for the simple-tree alternatives. Biometrical Journal, 38, 359-373.
Kao, L. H. and S. Chakraborti (1995): Small sample null distribution of two nonparametric tests for comparing treatments with a control in a two-way layout. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 24, 149-164.
Chakraborti, S. (1994): Asymptotically Distribution-free Joint Confidence Intervals for Generalized Lorenz Curves Based on Complete Data. Statistics and Probability Letters, 21, 229-235.
Bishop, J., S. Chakraborti and P. D. Thistle (1993): Relative inequality, Absolute Inequality, and Welfare: Large Sample Tests for Partial Orders. Bulletin of Economic Research, 46, 41-59.
Chakraborti, S. and Jean D. Gibbons (1993): Nonparametric Comparison of treatments with a standard in the one-way layout: some design considerations. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 22, 1-14.
Chakraborti, S. and Jean D. Gibbons (1992): One-sided nonparametric comparison of treatments with a standard for unequal sample sizes. Journal of Experimental Education, 60, 235-242.
Chakraborti, S. and Pranab Kumar Sen (1992): Order restricted quantile tests under unequal right-censorship. Sankhya, Series B, 54, 150-164.
Gibbons, Jean D. and S. Chakraborti (1992): Response to Zimmermann. Journal of Experimental Education, 60, 359.
Chakraborti, S. (1991): Graphical comparison of means with a standard in the one-way layout. Journal of Applied Statistics, 18, 309-319.
Chakraborti, S. and M. M. Desu (1991): Linear rank tests for comparing treatments with a control when data are subject to unequal patterns of censorship. Statistica Neerlandica, 45, 227-254.
Bishop, J. A., S. Chakraborti and P. D. Thistle (1991): Relative deprivation and economic welfare: a statistical investigation with Gini-based welfare indices. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 93, 421-437.
Chakraborti, S. and Jean D. Gibbons (1991): One-sided nonparametric comparison of treatments with a standard in the one-way layout. Journal of Quality Technology, 23, 102-106.
Gibbons, J. D. and S. Chakraborti (1991): Comparisons of the Mann-Whitney, Student's t and alternative t tests for means of normal distributions. Journal of Experimental Education, 59, 158-167.
Chakraborti, S. (1990): A one-sided test of homogeneity against simple tree alternative for right-censored data. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 19, 879- 890.
Chakraborti, S. (1990): A class of tests for homogeneity of quantiles under unequal right-censorship. Statistics and Probability Letters, 9, 107-109.
Chakraborti, S. and M. M. Desu (1990): Quantile tests for comparing several treatments with a control under unequal right censoring. Biometrical Journal, 32, 697-706.
Bishop, J. A., S. Chakraborti and P. D. Thistle (1990): An asymptotically distribution-free test for Sen's welfare index. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 52, 105-113.
Bishop, J. A., S. Chakraborti and P. D. Thistle (1989): Statistical inference for generalized Lorenz curves. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 25, 725-727.
Chakraborti, S. and Rahul Mukerjee (1989): A confidence interval for a measure associated with the comparison of a treatment with a control. South African Statistical Journal, 23, 219-230.
Chakraborti, S. (1988): Large sample tests for equality of medians under unequal right censoring. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 17, 4075-4084.
Chakraborti, S. and M. M. Desu (1988): Generalizations of Mathisen's median test for comparing several treatments with a control. Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 17, 947-967.
Chakraborti, S. and M. M. Desu (1988): A class of distribution-free tests for testing homogeneity against ordered alternatives, Statistics and Probability Letters, 6, 251-256.
Bishop, J. A., S. Chakraborti and P. D. Thistle (1988): Large sample tests for absolute Lorenz dominance, Economics Letters, 26, 291-294.
Chakraborti, S. and M. M. Desu (1986): A distribution-free confidence interval for the difference between quantiles with censored data, Statistica Neerlandica, 40, 93-98.
BOOK PUBLISHED
- Gibbons, J. D. and S. Chakraborti (2010): Nonparametric Statistical Inference, 5th Edition, CRC Press, Florida.
- Gibbons, J. D. and S. Chakraborti (2003): Nonparametric Statistical Inference, 4th Edition, Marcel Dekker, New York.
- Gibbons, Jean D. and S. Chakraborti (1992): Nonparametric Statistical Inference, Third Edition, Marcel Dekker, New York.
- Chakraborti, S. and M. A. Graham (2015; tentative): Nonparametric Statistical Process Control (Tentative), John Wiley, New York.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
- Maestre, A., R. Pitt, S. R. Durrans, S. Chakraborti (2005) “Stormwater quality descriptions using the three parameter lognormal distribution,” in Effective Modeling of Urban Water Systems, Monograph 13. Irvine et al., editors.
- Chakraborti, S. (2005): "Wilcoxon-type scale tests," invited section in the Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, 2nd edition, edited by Peter Armitage and Ted Colton, published by John Wiley.
- Chakraborti, S. (2001): Invited review of “Stat-Labs: Mathematical Statistics Through Applications,” Technometrics, 43, 155.
- Chakraborti, S., Van der Laan, P. & Van De Wiel (2000): “A class of distribution-free control charts,” in Proceedings of the Quality and Productivity Section of the American Statistical Association, 25, 1523-1557.
- Kao, L.-H. & Chakraborti, S. (1998): "Nonparametric tests for comparing treatments with a control," in Proceedings of the Quality and Productivity Section of the American Statistical Association, 23, 1723-1728.
- Chakraborti, S. (1998): "Wilcoxon-type scale tests," invited section in the Encyclopedia of Biostatistics, edited by Peter Armitage and Ted Colton, published by John Wiley.
- Chakraborti, S. (1997): Review of Statistical Analysis of Nonnormal Data, in Journal of the American Statistical Association, 45, 221-222.
- Chakraborti, S. & W. Schaafsma (1997): "Linear nonparametric tests against restricted alternatives: the simple-tree order and the simple order," in Advances in Combinatorial Methods and Applications to Probability and Statistics,edited by N. Balakrishnan, published by Birkhauser.
- Chakraborti, S. & W. Schaafsma (1996): "On the choice of scores in contingency tables in the Proceedings of the Biometric Society of the American Statistical Association.
- Letter to the Editor, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Bulletin, August 1992.
- Letter to the Editor, Journal of Quality Technology, 1995.
WORK IN-PROGRESS
PRESENTATIONS
- Organized and chaired a session on nonparametric process control methods at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association in Vancouver, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, and Seattle
- Statistical process control and applications, presented at the department of operational research, University of Delhi, India, September, 2005.
- Statistical process control, seminar presented at the department of statistics, University of Natal, South Africa, May, 2004.
- Nonparametric statistical process control, seminar presented at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, June, 2004.
- Statistical process control—some theory and applications, seminar presented at the department of statistics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, July, 2004.
- On a class of nonparametric control charts and their properties,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association, New York, NY, August 2002.
- Best Practices in Large Lectures symposium, University of Alabama, November, 2002. Co-presented with Edd Mansfield.
- A class of distribution-free control charts, paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association, Indianapolis, August, 2000.
- Nonparametric tests for comparing treatments with a control in a randomized complete block design, paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association, Anaheim, August, 1997.
- Linear nonparametric tests against restricted alternatives: the simple-tree order and the simple order, invited paper presented at the conference on Advances in Combinatorial Methods and Applications to Probability and Statistics in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, June, 1997.
- On the choice of scores in contingency tables, paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association, Chicago, August, 1996.
- Linear nonparametric tests for restricted alternatives I; paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Statistical Association, Toronto, Canada, August 1994.
- Linear nonparametric tests against restricted alternatives, talk presented at the department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, June 1994.
- Nonparametric tests for the simple-tree alternative in a two-way layout; paper presented at the 1994 Winter meetings of the American Statistical Association.
- Some nonparametric tests for restricted alternatives; Invited talk at Schering Plough Corporation, New Jersey, November 1992.
- A review of some nonparametric order restricted inference problems; talk presented at the Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, March 1992.
- Nonparametric tests for some order restricted inference problems in one-way classified data; Department of Mathematics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, September 1991.
- Some order restricted inference problems; Invited talk at the Department of Mathematics and Computing Science; Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, October 1991.
- Nonparametric many-to-one tests; Invited talk at the Department of Biostatistics; Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, November 1991.
- Order restricted quantile tests under unequal right-censorship; Annual meetings of the American Statistical Association; Anaheim, August 1990.
- Nonparametric tests for homogeneity against some restricted alternatives; Invited talk at the meetings of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute; Columbia, SC, February 1990.
- Stochastic dominance: concepts and methodology; Invited seminar at Presidency College; Calcutta, July 1989.
- Generalizations of Mathisen's median test for comparing several treatments with a control; Biometric Society meetings; Boston, March 1988.
- A class of distribution-free tests for homogeneity in the one-way classification against ordered alternatives; Applied Statistics Seminar, University of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, November 1987.
- K-sample test for censored data; Winter meetings of the Alabama chapter of the American Statistical Association; Birmingham, January 1986.
- A generalization of the control median test for censored data; Annual meetings of the American Statistical Association; Las Vegas, August 1985.
- A confidence interval for P(XY) when X and Y are independent exponential random variables; Applied Statistics Seminar, University of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, May 1985.
RESEARCH CONFERENCES ATTENDED
- Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Indianapolis, IN, August 2000.
- Annual Meetings of the ENAR Biometric Society, Atlanta, GA, March 1999.
- Annual Meetings of the ENAR Biometric Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 1998.
- Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Anaheim, CA, August 1997.
- Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Chicago, August 1996.
- Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Toronto, Canada, August 1994.
- Conference on Multivariate Analysis, Pennsylvania State University, PA, May 1992.
- Eugene Luckacs Conference, Bowling Green, OH, March 1992.
- Annual Meetings of the Dutch Statisticians, Lunteran, the Netherlands, November 1991.
- Annual Meetings of the Biometric Society, Houston, TX, March 1991.
- Southern Research Conference, Indialantic, FL, May 1991.
- Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Anaheim, CA, August 1990.
- Annual Meetings of the Biometric Society, Baltimore, MD, March 1990.
- NSF-CBMS Conference on Ranking Data, Amherst, MA, May 1990.
- Annual Meetings of the Biometric Society, Boston, MA, March 1989.
- Conference on Reliability and Survival Analysis, Columbia, MO, June 1988.
- Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Las Vegas, August 1985.
SHORT COURSES ATTENDED
- Mixed Models, Atlanta, 1999.
- Receiver Operating Characteristics, Atlanta, 1999.
- GEE, Atlanta, 1999.
- Counting Processes and Survival Analysis; Houston, 1991.
- Regression Diagnostics; Boston, MA, 1989.
- Time Series Analysis; Washington, DC, 1985.
STUDENTS SUPERVISED
- Served as the Ph.D. dissertation committee chairman of: Yaqi Wang (Applied Statistics): Current student. Biao Cai (Applied Statistics, 2005): Title: The use of the Gini coefficient in estimating the standard deviation in SPC applications. Nancy Kao (Applied Statistics, 1994): Title: Some nonparametric procedures for testing against the simple-tree alternatives in a two-way layout. Habib Ismail (Applied Statistics, 1992): Title: Nonparametric comparison of treatments with a control: procedures based on the sign test.
- Served as a co-promoter for the Master’s theses of Schalk Human and Marien Graham of university of Pretoria, South Africa (2005, 2006)
- Supervised Guangzhe Fan (Ph. D. student in Applied Statistics) on his application for a software award competition sponsored by the American Statistical Association (2001).
- Supervised research as a member of the Ph.D. dissertation committees of: Ali Guzel (Management Science), Samir Kamat (Finance), George Strong (Applied Statistics), Zainul Abedin (Applied Statistics), Thannaporn Supriyaslip (Civil Engineering), Larry Bowen (Applied Statistics), Tom Margavio (Applied Statistics), Unchul Yang (Economics), John Bishop (Economics), William Randolph (Finance), Victor Chow (Finance), David Shyu (Finance), Richard Fendler (Finance), Maneesh Sharma (Finance), Tom Lucy-Bouler (Management Science), Diane Miller (Management Science), Steve Reynolds (Management Science), Cyndi Edwards (Accounting)
COMMITTEE WORK
(A sample)
- Member, College Promotion and Tenure Committee
- Member, International Scholars Committee
- Member, University Faculty Senate
- Member, Faculty Executive Board
- Co-chair Research and Service Committee
- Chair, Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship Committee
- Member, Personnel Committee
- Member, Graduate Council
- Chair, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Statistical Association
- International Statistical Institute
- South African Statistical Association
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