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Joaqu n D az-S iz

Curriculum Vitae

STATISTICIAN

Associate Professor of Statistics

Department of Decision and Information Sciences

College of Business Administration

University of Houston

Houston, TX 77204-6282

Telephones: 713-***-**** (office)

713-***-**** (fax)

E-Mail: *****-****@**.***

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Statistics, July 1985 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, U.S.A. Dissertation:

Time Series Analysis with Interventions: A Bayesian Approach

M.S. in Mathematical Statistics, December 1968 Centro Interamericano de Ense anza de

Estad stica, Santiago, Chile.

B.S. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, June 1966, Instituto Tecnol gico y de Estudios

Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, N. L., M xico.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor, (with tenure), Department of Decision and Information Sciences,

University of Houston. Responsibilities: Research, graduate and undergraduate teaching,

consulting, supervision of Ph.D. students. Courses taught: Statistical Methods for Business,

Forecasting Models, Nonparametric Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, C Programming. (From

September 1991 to present.)

Assistant Professor, Department of Decision and Information Sciences, University of Houston.

Responsibilities: research, graduate and undergraduate teaching, consulting, supervision of Ph.

D. students. Courses taught: Statistical Methods for Business, Forecasting Models, Time Series

Analysis, Multivariate Statistics. (From September 1985 to August 1991.)

Research Associate, Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University. Responsibilities:

research, undergraduate teaching. (From August 1983 to May 1985.)

Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matem ticas Aplicadas y Sistemas, Universidad

Nacional Aut noma de M xico, M xico, D. F., M xico. Responsibilities: research, graduate

teaching, supervision of graduate and undergraduate students, coordination of the Master's

program in Statistics. (From June 1976 to August 1983.)

Assistant Professor, Department of Sciences and Mathematics, University of the Americas,

Cholula, Pue. M xico. Responsibilities: teaching, supervision of undergraduate students. (From

February 1972 to June 1976.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Minnesota. Responsibilities: teaching

undergraduate courses and laboratories. (From January 1971 to December 1971.)

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Professor, Department of Mathematics, Instituto Tecnol gico y de Estudios Superiores de

Monterrey, Monterrey, N. L., M xico. Responsibilities: to teach undergraduate courses in

Mathematics. (From February 1969 to December 1970.)

Professor, Department of Mathematics, Instituto Tecnol gico y de Estudios Superiores de

Monterrey, Monterrey, N. L., M xico. Responsibilities: to teach undergraduate courses in

Mathematics. (From September 1966 to January 1967.)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:

Member of: American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Referee for the following Journals: Communications in Statistics, Statistics and Probability

Letters, Journal of the American Statistical Association, The American Statistician, Management

Science, Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Estad stica.

Associate Editor of: Communications in Statistics (from 1987 to 2006).

HONORS:

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Rice University. (From September 1999

to present.)

Kent Electronics Faculty Award (1992)

Halliburton Faculty Research Award (1988)

Elected to The Honor Society of Phi-Kappa-Phi (1985)

National Dean's List Student (1985)

Scholarship from the Inter-American Statistical Institute (1967-1968)

LANGUAGES:

SPANISH: can read, understand, speak and write very well (native language).

ENGLISH: can read, understand, speak and write very well.

PORTUGUESE, ITALIAN AND FRENCH: can read well.

PERSONAL DATA:

Born on September 20, 1944, in Xalapa, Ver., Mexico. Married.

Citizen of the U.S.A.

ADDENDA:

The following addenda to the Curriculum Vitae are attached:

ADDENDUM A; Publications

ADDENDUM B: Seminars and other Technical Presentation

ADDENDUM C: Consulting Experience

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ADDENDUM A: PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED ARTICLES

Visich, J.K., Khumawala, B.M., and Diaz-Saiz, J. (2010) An Empirical Comparison of

Improvement Heuristics for the Mixed-Model U-line Balancing Problem, International Journal of

Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 20, 25-44.

Gardner, E.S. and D az-S iz, J. (2007) Exponential Smoothing in the Telecommunications

Data, International Journal of Forecasting. Vol. 24, 170-174

Gardner, E.S. and D az-S iz, J. (2002) Seasonal Adjustment of Inventory Demand Series; A

Case Study, International Journal of Forecasting. Vol. 18, 117-123.

Peixoto, J. L. and D az J. (1996), On the Construction of Hierarchical Polynomial Regression

Models, ESTAD STICA, Vol. 48, 175-210.

Anderson, E.A., and D az J. (1996) Using Process Control Chart Techniques to Analyze Crime

Rates in Houston, Texas, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 47, 871-881.

Thompson, R. G., Dharmapala, P.S., D az, J. and Thrall, R.M. (1996) DEA Multiplier Sensitivity

Approach with an Illustrative Application to Independent Oil Companies The Annals of

Operations Research, Vol. 66, 163-177.

D az, J. and O Reilly, F. (1993), Ajuste Secuencial en Regresi n (La Parcela Faltante y la

Parcela Sobrante), Agrociencia, Serie MAEC, Vol. 4 192-213.

Diaz, J. (1992) Teaching Statistics in a College of Business in the U.S., Estadistica, Vol. 43, 91-

100

Tansey, R., Hyman, M. R., Zinkhan, G. M. and D az, J. (1992), A Piecewise Regression Test of

Riesman s Theory of Social Character, Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising, Vol.

14, 78-95

Diaz, J. (1991) A Bayesian Solution to the Multiple Outlier Problem in Time Series,

Communication in Statistics Theory and Methods, Vol. 20, 45-61.

Diaz, J. (1990) A Bayesian Forecasting for AR(1) Model With Normal Coefficients,

Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, Vol. 19, 2229-2246.

Diaz, J. (1988) A Bayesian Analysis of Regression Model with Time Series Errors, Bayesian

Analysis of Time Series and Dynamic Models, edited by J. C. Spall, Marcel Dekker, Inc. Chapter

13, 347-358.

Broemeling L. and D az (1986) An Adaptive Bayesian Solution to the Control Problem for Linear

Control Systems, Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods, Vol. 15, 1803-1817.

Mukhopadhyay, N. and J. Diaz, J. (1985) Two Stage Sampling for Estimating the Mean of a

Negative Binomial Distribution, Sequential Analysis, Vol. 4, 1-18.

Broemeling L. Yusoff, A. M. and D az (1985) Some Bayesian Solutions for Problems of Adaptive

Estimation in Linear Dynamic Systems, Communications in Statistics Theory and Methods,

Vol. 14, 401-418.

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Diaz, J., O Reilly, F.J. and Rinc n-Gallardo, S. (1983), A Set of Independent Sequential

Residuals for the Multivariate Regression Model, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,

Vol. 8, 21-25.

Diaz, J. (1982) Bayesian Detection of a Change of Scale Parameter in Sequences of

Independent Gamma Random Variables, Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 19, 23-29.

O Reilly, F.J. and D az, J. (1980), Correction to: On a Criterion for Simultaneous Extrapolation in

Nonfull Ran Normal Regression, Annals of Statistics, Vol. 8, 1177-1178.

RESEARCH ARTICLES SUBMITTED TO JOURNALS

TECHNICAL REPORTS

D az, J. (1968), Generalizaci n del Teorema (Unindimensional) de Cram r-Rao y Eficiencia

Conjunta, CIENES, Santiago, Chile (CIENES/6346-22/1 1/68.

D az J. (1976) Un Criterio para Determinar la Estimabilidad en un Modelo para Datos con dos

Criterios de Clasificaci n e Incidencia Arbitraria, IIMAS-UNAM, Comunicaciones T cnicas, Vol.

8, No. 141.

D az, J. (1977), Estimation of R eliability for a G eneralized Gamma D istr ibution, IIMAS -

UNAM, Comunicaciones T cnicas, Vol. 8, No. 144.

O'Reilly, F.J. and D az, J. (1977), On the Application of Sequential Updating in Regression to

Obtain U(0,1) Independent Transforms and Solve Some Unbalanced Designs, IIMAS-UNAM,

Comunicaciones T cnicas, Vol. 8, No. 149.

D az, J. (1977), Bayesian Estimation of Reliability for a Generalized Gamma Distribution, IIMAS-

UNAM, Comunicaciones T cnicas, Vol. 8, No. 161.

D az, J. and Trespalacios, P. (1979), Some Simulation Results on the Estimation of Reliability for

the Gamma Distribution, IIMAS-UNAM, Comunicaciones T cnicas, Vol. 10, No. 199.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

D az, J., O'Reilly, F.J. and Rinc n-Gallardo, S. (1980), Spanish translation of the book: Statistics for

Management and Economics, 3rd. Edition, by W. Mendenhall and J. E. Reinmuth, Duxbury

Press. Published by Wadsworth Internacional Iberoam rica.

D az, J., and Broemeling, L. (1993), Some Bayesian Methods for Selection and Ranking, ASA

Proceedings of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, 192-195.

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ADDENDUM B: SEMINAR AND OTHER TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

An lisis Bayesiano de Series de Tiempo, at the 12 Foro Nacional de Estad stica, organized by

the Mexican Statistical Association (Asociaci n Mexicana de Estad stica), Mexico City, 1997

Using Process Control Chart Techniques to Analyze Crime Rates, at the 155th Annual Meeting

of the American Statistical Association, Orlando, FL, 1995

Some Bayesian Methods for Selection and Ranking, at the Centro de Investigaci n en

Matem ticas, CIMAT, Guanajuato, GTO., MEXICO, 1993.

A Survey on Selection and Ranking Methods, at the XXVI Annual Meeting of the Mexican

Mathematical Society, Morelia, MICH., MEXICO, 1993.

Some Bayesian Methods for Selection and Ranking, at the First Meeting of the International

Society for Bayesian Analysis, ISBA, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1993.

Some Statistical Methods for Selection and Ranking, at the Colloquium of the Department of

Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, 1993.

Bayesian Analysis of Time Series, at the Department of Probability and Statistics, IIMAS,

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, MEXICO, 1992

Hierarchical Models in Polynomial Regression, at the Annual Meeting of the Mexican Statistical

Association, University of the Americas, Cholula, Pue., MEXICO, 1992.

Teaching Statistics in a College of Business in the U.S., at the Annual Meeting of the American

Statistical Association, Atlanta, GA., 1991.

Bayesian forecasting for AR(1) model with normal coefficients, at the Annual Meeting of the

American Statistical Association, Washington, D.C., 1989.

Bayesian forecasting for AR(1) model with normal coefficients, at the 38th NBER-NSF Seminar

on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO., 1989.

Bayesian forecasting for random coefficient autoregressive models, Department of Statistics,

Rice University, 1989.

Adaptive Bayesian solution to the control problem for linear control systems, at the 34th NBER-

NSF Seminar on Bayesian Inference In Econometrics, Duke University, Durham, NC., 1987.

Adaptive Bayesian solutions to the problems of estimation and control in linear dynamic

systems, at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 1987.

Bayesian analysis of time series with interventions, at the 32nd NBER-NSF Seminar on

Bayesian Inference in Econometrics, Columbus, OH., 1986.

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ADDENDUM C: CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:

Participated in consulting projects for the following organizations:

Mexico:

TELEVISA

FINANCIERA NACIONAL AZUCARERA

FIDEICOMISO DE ASISTENCIA A CAMPESINOS DE ESCASOS RECURSOS

U. S. A.:

TEXACO

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

C.W. UTILITIES

DELTA AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL

ACADEMY OF COMPOUNDING PHARMACISTS

MILLIMAN & ROBERTSON, INC.

SHELL OIL

TELECHECK

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