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ARITRASENGUPTA

The Ohio State University Office: 304E Cockins Hall

Department of Statistics Phone : 1-614-***-****

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Columbus, OH43210

CURRENT

Graduate Associate/ PhD Candidate

Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University.

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University (OSU).

GPA (4 point scale): 3.965

Advisor: Dr. Noel Cressie.

Area of Research: Generalized linear spatial random effects modeling.

M.Sc. Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,2007.

Cumulative Point Index (10 point scale): 9.4

B.Sc. Statistics, Calcutta University (India),2005.

Minors: Maths and Physics.

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Spatial Statistics and Spatio-Temporal Modeling.

Bayesian Methods and its Applications.

Analysis of Network Data.

Time Series Models.

EXPERIENCE

ResearchAssociateshipwithDr.Cressie,atTheOhioStateUniversity

Spatial-Random-Effects (SRE) Modeling for Cloud Data. July 2011 - Dec 2011, Apr 2012 -

present

This research involves analysis of the MODIS cloud mask data. The goal of this research

has been to quantify the uncertainty in the data and to produce optimal predictions of

the

cloud-probability process, along with measures of its uncertainty.

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Statistical Analysis of Network Data.

Oct2010 - Dec2010

Work included reading the literature on Network Data, preparing a report, and formulating

statistical research problems.

TeachingAssistantshipatTheOhioStateUniversity

RecitationInstructor:

Stat145 : Introduction to the Practice of Statistics.

[Winter2008 - Fall2008, Spring2009,

Fall2009, Winter2010, Fall2010, Winter2011, Fall2011, Winter2012.]

Stat135 : Elementary Statistics. [Winter2009.]

CourseGrader:

Stat528 : Data Analysis-I.[Fall2007.]

Stat602 : Early Start in Statistics. [Summer2008]

Stat631 : Introduction to Spatial Statistics. [Spring2009, Spring2011]

Stat662 : Environmental Statistics. [Spring2010, Spring2012]

Stat829 : Spatial Statistics. [Spring2010]

Stat825 : Advanced Bayesian Analysis. [Spring2011]

Stat743 : Generalized Linear Models. [Winter2012]

COMPUTERSKILLS

Languages : C, C++

Statistical Software used : R, SAS, Matlab, MINITAB, JMP

SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS9. (Certification obtained9/10/2010)

A

Proficient in Word and LTX

E

Operating Systems : Windows, LinuxPROJECTSANDINTERNSHIPS

Internship with the Analytics Team at the Retail Financial Services, Chase Bank,

Columbus,

Ohio, USA.[June21 - Sept15,2010]

Project: Determining the capacity of a market for more ATM placement.

Reference: Dr. Rebecca J. Sela

Project with the Division of Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS), Marine Labs

in Hobart, CSIRO, Australia. [July13 - Sept18,2009]

Title : Location error in Kalman filter updates for ocean data assimilation schemes,

using data from animal tags.

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Project Supervisors : Dr. Mark Bravington, CMIS, CSIRO; Dr. Scott Foster, CMIS,

CSIRO.

MSc Project, IIT Kanpur, India. [

Jan - April,2007]

Title: M-Estimation of the parameters of a linear compartment model using a genetic

algorithm.

Project Supervisor: Dr. Amit Mitra, Professor, IIT Kanpur, India.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed

Sengupta,A., and Cressie, N. (

Sengupta,A., Foster,

S. D., Patterson, T. A., and Bravington, M. (

PRESENTATIONS

Talks:

"A hierarchical GLM for cloud data using the Spatial Random Effects model;" Joint

Statisti-

cal Meetings, San Diego, CA, USA.Topic Contributed Paper; July2012

"Empirical hierarchical modeling for counts using the Spatial Random Effects model;" Ed-

ward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University. Feb2012

"Statistical insights into paleoclimate reconstructions : Space-time separability of

covariance

functions and issues related to change-of-support;" Discussion Group on Paleoclimate Data

and Models, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University. Feb2012

"Empirical-Bayesian inference for count data using the Spatial Random Effects model;"

Joint

Statistical Meetings, Miami Beach, FL, USA.Aug2011

"Generalized linear Spatial Random Effects model;" Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver,

Canada. Aug2010

"Location error in Kalman filter updates for oceanographic models, using data from animal

tags;" SSES Brown Bag Seminar, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University. Oct

2009

"Data assimilation with animal tag data: Handling location error in Kalman filter

updates;"

Division of Mathematical and Information Sciences, CSIRO, Hobart, Australia. Sept2009

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Posters:

"Hierarchical spatial modeling for the exponential family using the Spatial Random

Effects

model;" SSES Conference on Spatial and Environmental Statistics, Department of

Statistics,

The Ohio State University. Apr2012

"Hierarchical modeling for counts using the Spatial Random Effects model;" SAMSI Uncer-

tainty Quantification: Observations Workshop, Asheville, NC, USA.Jan2012

"Empirical hierarchical model for counts using the Spatial Random Effects model;" Statis-

tical Climatology Poster Session, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University.

Oct

2011

SERVICE

Refereeing

Review for European Journal of Soil Science.

AtOhioState

Delegate (from the Department of Statistics) to the Council of Graduate Students,

OSU.July

2011 - June2012

Volunteer for2011 OUAB Welcome Week Picnic (Sept2011), and2012 Annual Hayes Form

(

Feb2012

).

Judge,

Ohio State Science Fair; Columbus, OH.May2011

Member, Graduate Recruitment Committee, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State Uni-

versity. Jan2011 and Jan2008

TA mentor for new STAT145 afternoon TA-s at the Department of Statistics, The Ohio State

University. Fall2010

Volunteer for Asian Festival2010, held in Columbus, Ohio. May2010HONORSANDAWARDS

Gary Koch Travel Award (from the Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University

)

to attend the

Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami Beach, FL, USA (Aug2011

) and the Joint

Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, Canada (Aug2010).

Ranked second among all the students of the Statistics Department of IIT Kanpur (MSc,

2007)

Received the Ahibhusan Chatterjee Memorial Prize for the second best performance among

the Statistics students of the Undergrad College (the Presidency College, Calcutta Univer-

sity) in the statistics honours exam (BSc,2005)

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ORGANIZATIONS

REFERENCE

Dr. Noel Cressie

Director, SSES Program, and Professor of Statistics

Department of Statistics

1958 Neil Avenue,404 Cockins Hall

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH43210-1247

Office: 614-***-****

E-mail: ********@****.***.***

Last updated: August13,2012

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