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<strong>Avishek</strong> <strong>Chakraborty</strong><br />
Contact<br />
Information<br />
Citizenship<br />
Education<br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Science</strong> Voice: 919-672-5890<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> University Fax: 919-684-8594<br />
214, Old Chemistry Building ac103@stat.duke.edu<br />
BOX 90251<br />
www.stat.duke.edu/∼ac103<br />
Durham, NC 27708-0251, USA<br />
INDIA<br />
Ph.D. , <strong>Duke</strong> University, Durham, USA, Fall 2006 - Summer 2010<br />
Dissertation Title :: Modeling Point Patterns, Measurement Error and Abundance<br />
for Exploring Species Distributions, Advisor :: Alan E. Gelfand<br />
Master <strong>of</strong> Statistics, Indian <strong>Statistical</strong> Institute, Kolkata, India, July 2004 -<br />
July 2006<br />
Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Statistics (Honours.), Indian <strong>Statistical</strong> Institute, Kolkata, India,<br />
August 2001 - July 2004<br />
Research<br />
Interest<br />
Spatial statistics, Bayesian nonparametrics, Clustering, Efficient computation<br />
for large datasets, Sampling bias, Inference on diffusions.<br />
Publications<br />
• <strong>Chakraborty</strong>, A., Gelfand, A. E., Wilson, A. M., Latimer A. M. and Silander,<br />
J.A. (2010). Point pattern modeling for degraded presence-only data over<br />
large regions. submitted<br />
• <strong>Chakraborty</strong>, A., Gelfand, A. E., Wilson, A. M., Latimer A. M. and Silander,<br />
J.A. (2010). Modeling large scale species abundance with latent spatial<br />
processes, Annals <strong>of</strong> Applied Statistics, to appear.<br />
• <strong>Chakraborty</strong>, A. and Gelfand, A.E. (2010). Analyzing spatial point patterns<br />
subject to measurement error, Bayesian Analysis, 5(1)<br />
Work in<br />
Progress<br />
• Flexible mixture modeling <strong>of</strong> pattern pattern data based on covariate information<br />
with Alan Gelfand, manuscript in preparation<br />
• Spatial interaction models for labour market with Alan Gelfand and M. Asunción<br />
Beamonte, manuscript in preparation<br />
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• Imputation <strong>of</strong> confidential locations using point process. with Jerome Reiter<br />
and Alan Gelfand<br />
• Spatial analysis <strong>of</strong> clustering and richness for multiple species with Alan<br />
Gelfand et al.<br />
Teaching<br />
Assistant • Undergraduate probability (STA 104), <strong>Duke</strong> University, Fall 2006<br />
• Undergraduate probability/statistics in engineering (STA 113), <strong>Duke</strong> University,<br />
Spring 2007<br />
• Undergraduate workshop for Space-Time Analysis for Environmental Mapping,<br />
Epidemiology and Climate Change, SAMSI, Oct 2009<br />
• Undergraduate modeling workshop, SAMSI, May 2010<br />
Specialized<br />
Courseworks<br />
Spatial Statistics, Stochastic Calculus, Theory <strong>of</strong> Continuous Space and Time,<br />
Empirical Processes<br />
Project<br />
Experience<br />
• Life-time distribution <strong>of</strong> currency notes. (Spring 2004), undergraduate project,<br />
Indian <strong>Statistical</strong> Institute, Kolkata<br />
• (with Dr. Debapriya Sengupta) Detection <strong>of</strong> statistically interesting pixels in<br />
digital images with applications to object recognition. (Spring 2006), Masters<br />
project, Indian <strong>Statistical</strong> Institute, Kolkata<br />
Contributed<br />
Presentations<br />
• Invited paper presentation at International Indian <strong>Statistical</strong> Association (IISA)<br />
Conference, May 2008, Storrs, CT<br />
• 9th World meeting <strong>of</strong> ISBA, July 2008, Hamilton Island, Australia, Poster<br />
Title :: Measurement error modelling for noisy Point Patterns<br />
• ENAR International Biometric Society Spring Meeting, March 2009, San Antonio,<br />
TX, Talk Title :: Latent spatial modeling for species abundance<br />
• WNAR International Biometric Society Annual Meeting, June 2009, Portland,<br />
OR, Talk Title :: Spatial modeling <strong>of</strong> presence-only data over large regions<br />
• Workshop on <strong>Statistical</strong> Aspects <strong>of</strong> Environmental Risk, April 2010, SAMSI,<br />
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NC, Talk Title ::<br />
large regions<br />
Point Pattern modeling for degraded presence-only data over<br />
Workshops<br />
Attended<br />
• Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics, Oct 2007, Carnegie Mellon University,<br />
Pittsburgh, PA<br />
• Opening workshop, 2009-10 Program on Stochastic Dynamics, Aug-Sep 2009,<br />
SAMSI, NC<br />
• Opening workshop, 2009-10 Program on Space-time Analysis for Environmental<br />
Mapping, Epidemiology and Climate Change, Sep 2009, SAMSI, NC<br />
Working<br />
Groups<br />
• Spatial Point Process working group, Program on Space-time Analysis for Environmental<br />
Mapping, Epidemiology and Climate Change, SAMSI 2009-10.<br />
• Geostats working group, Program on Space-time Analysis for Environmental<br />
Mapping, Epidemiology and Climate Change, SAMSI 2009-10.<br />
Award<br />
• Travel award for attending Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics, Oct 19-20,<br />
2007 , Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA<br />
• Early Career Researcher Grant for attending 9th World meeting <strong>of</strong> ISBA, Jul<br />
21-24, 2008, Hamilton Island, Australia<br />
Computational<br />
Skills<br />
Other<br />
• <strong>Statistical</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware :: R, Matlab, ITSM<br />
• Programming Language :: C, Intel MKL<br />
• Applications :: Latex, MS <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
Webmaster, Spatial Point Process working group, Program on Space-time Analysis<br />
for Environmental Mapping, Epidemiology and Climate Change, SAMSI<br />
2009-10.<br />
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