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Subhra Sankar Dhar
PhD (ISI Calcutta)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Research Interest
Primary: Multivariate quantiles and rank, Data depth, Measure of association and Isotonic regression
Secondary: Likelihood based inference, Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cluster analysis and Missing data analysis.
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
IIT Kanpur, India
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Non-parametric and robust statistical methods,Research interests: Primary: Multivariate quantiles and rank, Data depth, Measure of association and Isotonic regression,Secondary: Likelihood based inference, Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cluster analysis and Missing data analysis.
Education
PhD, (in Statistics) from Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 2012.Thesis Title:A Study of Some Statistical Procedures Based on Median and Other Quantiles.Supervisor:Pending
M.Sc., in Statistics in 2005 from University of Calcutta
B.Sc., (Hons. in Statistics) from Presidency College, Calcutta from 2003.
Professional Affiliations
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, England: From December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012
Assistant Professor in Statistics at the Presidency University, India: From January 2, 2013 to June 28, 2013
Assistant Professor in Statistics at the IIT Kanpur, India: From July 1, 2013 to November 2018
Associate Professor in Statistics at the IIT Kanpur, India: From November 2018 to present
Selected Publications
Dhar, S. S., Chakraborty, B. and Chaudhuri, P. (2014) Comparison of Multivariate Distributions Using Quantile-Quantile Plots and Related Tests. Bernoulli, 20, 1484-1506.
Dhar, S. S. and Chaudhuri, P. (2012) On the Derivatives of the Trimmed Mean. Statistica Sinica, 22, 655-679.
Dhar, S. S. and Chaudhuri, P. (2011) On Statistical Efficiency of Robust Estimators of Multivariate Location. Statistical Methodology, 8, 113-128.
Dhar, S. S. and Chaudhuri, P. (2009) A Comparison of Robust Estimators Based on Two Types of Trimming. Advances in Statistical Analysis, 93, 151-158.
Awards & Fellowships
CSIR-UGC junior research fellowship (in Mathematical Science) in June and December, 2005.
Junior research fellowship (in Statistics) in 2005 at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.
Post-doctoral fellowship (in Statistics) at the University of Cambridge, UK from December 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.
Keywords
Non-parametric and robust statistics.
Professional Experience
Several Master degree project supervision of the students from different academic institutes in India (like IIT Kanpur, ISI Calcutta, ISI Chennai, Banaras Hindu University)
Ongoing PhD supervision
Chairing the session "Data Depth with Applications" in the conference organized by International Society of Nonparametric Statistics, June 12-16, 2014, Cadiz, Spain
Served as a referee or a reviewer for Advances in Statistical Analysis, American Mathematical Society, Colombian Journal of Statistics (Revista Colombiana de Estadisyica), Communication in Statistics-Theory and Methods, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics,Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Statistica Sinica, Statistics and Probability Letters
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: From August, 2013 to present, the convenor of the STAMATICS at the IIT Kanpur. STAMATICS is a hobby group of Department of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur, which organises series of events varying from Academic helping sessions to Interactive sessions
From August, 2013 to present, a member of SCHOLARSHIP AND PRIZES COMMITTEE in theDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur
From August, 2013 to present, a member of SEMINAR AND FACULTY SEARCH COMMITTEE in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, IIT Kanpur