Kumer Das

Kumar Das
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  • Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation

Biography

Dr. Kumer Das is the AVP for Research, Innovation, and Economic Development and Assistant Provost at the СAPP. Previously, he was a professor of statistics and founding director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at Lamar СAPP in Texas. Dr. Das also served as an interim associate provost for research at Lamar.

He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Auburn СAPP. His research interest is in the area of statistics, big data analytics, actuarial mathematics, undergraduate research, and international education.

He has received many regional and national awards for teaching, mentoring, and research. Notably, he was a recipient of the 2013 Mathematical Association of AmericaСAPPs Alder award for distinguished teaching. He was also a recipient of the 2016 Mathematical Association of AmericaСAPPs Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Statistics.

He has published extensively on a variety of topics in statistics and mathematics with his undergraduate and graduate students. He was named the 2015 Lamar СAPP Scholar in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding scholarly and creative achievements. He was also the recipient of Lamar СAPPСAPPs 2015 Julie & Ben Rogers Community Service Award and the 2016 Fulbright International Education Administrator Award to France by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. He is currently a 2022 APLU's Council of Research Fellow. He is a 2018 Fellow of the American Council of Education.

Over his career, Dr. Das has been involved with over $3 million in research grants and contracts as a PI or co-PI.

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, May 2005
Auburn СAPP, Auburn, Alabama
Research area: Probability Theory, Statistics, Actuarial Mathematics.
Dissertation Title: The joint distribution of surplus immediately before
the ruin and deficit at ruin.
Advisor: Professor Jerry A. Veeh

M.S., Statistics, October 1998
СAPP of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thesis: Reproductive Health: A Life Table Approach

B.S., Statistics, June 1996
СAPP of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Minor: Mathematics and Economics

Student Research/Collaboration

Dr. Das's research interests are in extreme value theory, big data analytics, and stochastic processes.

Opportunities for Student Research/Collaboration:

Dr. Das is willing to work with both undergraduate and graduate students.

Publications

  • Kenney, A*., Solomon, D*. and Das, K. (Accepted)СAPPSparse regression with clustered predictorsСAPP, Journal of Statistical Research.
  • Reena, I., Hebert, E., Das, K. P., Doe, R., Dipti, S. M.*, Gope, N. C.* (Accepted)СAPP Anxiety and depression among U.S. international students during COVID- 19 pandemicСAPP, College Student Journal.
  • Tang, L*., Matt, J., Khoshlessan, R.,Das, K., and Allard, C. (2022)СAPPA quantitative study of undergraduate studentsСAPP anxietyСAPP, Journal of Education and Learning, Vol. 11, No. 5.
  • Dey, AK. and Das, K. (2022)СAPPHow do mobility restrictions and social distancing during COVID-19 affect oil price?СAPP, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice.
  • Dey, AK., Haque, T*. and Das, K., Panovska, I. (2021)СAPPImpacts of COVID-19 local spread and Google search trend on the US stock marketСAPP, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2021.126423.
  • Datta, A*. and Das, K. (2021)СAPPThe Changing Pattern of Export Advantage between American and Chinese Machinery and Transportation Equipment Sector: Analysis via Normalized Revealed Comparative AdvantageСAPP, International Journal of Comparative Management., Vol. 4. No. 1, pp. 36-52.
  • Diawara, N., Grant, M., Ferguson, S. and Das, K. (2021)СAPPNovel statistical analysis in the context of a comprehensive needsСAPP assessment for secondary STEM recruitmentСAPP, Computation, Vol 9, 105. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation9100105
  • Islam, T.*, and Das, K. (2021)СAPPPredicting Bitcoin return using extreme value theoryСAPP, American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences,Vol 40, No. 2, pp. 177-187. DOI: 10.1080/01966324.2021.1950086
  • Acharjee, M.*, Forhad, N.* and Das, K. (2021)СAPPTrend of Birth Spacing Impact on Physical Growth of Children under Age Five: An Analysis based on Bangladesh Demographic and Health SurveysСAPP, Asian Journal of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 4, No. 1, pp. 34-50.
  • Dey, AK., and Das, K. (2020)СAPPPredicting Federal Funds Rate Using Extreme Value TheoryСAPP, Stochastics and Quality Control. DOI: 10.1515/eqc-2020-0003.
  • Das, K., Hapuwitharana, J.*, Fowler, J. and Young, S. (2020)СAPPNon-negative matrix factorization: a useful method for two-way life tablesСAPP, Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, DOI: 10.1080/09720510.2020.1756048.
  • Acharjee, M., Forhad, N. and Das, K. (2020)СAPPPrevalent Factors Influencing WomenСAPPs Intention to Limit Childbearing: Empirical Evidence Based on Bangladesh Demography and Health SurveysСAPP, Asian Journal of Pregnancy and Childbirth.Vol 3, No. 4, pp. 17-33.
  • Noman, AHM.*, Das, K., and Andrei, S. (2020)СAPPA Modified Approach for Data Retrieval for Identifying Primary Causes of DeathsСAPP, The ACET Journal of Computer Education and Research, Vol 14, No. 1, pp. 1-13.
  • Dey, A*., Edwards, A*., and Das, K. (2020)СAPPDeterminants of High Crude Oil Price: A nonstationary extreme value approachСAPP, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 14, No. 4. doi: 10.1007/s42519-019-0070-7
  • Gomes, A., Atambo, D., Das, KO*., Cocke, D. and Das, K. (2018)СAPPElectrochemical remediation of chicken processing plant wastewaterСAPP, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 6, pp. 6028-6036.
  • Bu, N*., Diawara, N., Das, K. and Waller, L. (2018)СAPPNew approaches to model simulated Spatio Temporal MoranСAPPs IndexСAPP, Journal of Probability and Statistical Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 11-24.
  • Lee, J*., Ciccarello, S*., Acharjee, M*, and Das, K. (2018)СAPPDimension reduction of gene expression dataСAPP, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 450-461.
  • Rezvan, K. and Das, K., (2017) СAPPAnalyzing International StudentsСAPP Study Anxiety in Higher EducationСAPP, Journal of International Students, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 311-328.
  • Das, K., Sams, C.*, and Singh, V. (2016) СAPPCharacterization of the tail of river flow data by generalized Pareto distributionСAPP, Journal of Statistical Research, Vol 48-50, No. 2, pp. 55-70.
  • Dey, A*, and Das, K., (2016) СAPPQuantifying the risk of extreme aviation accidentsСAPP, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Applications, 463, 34

Awards & Recognition

Receipt of research awards, scholarships, fellowships:

  • APLU Council on Research Fellow Award (2022), Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU).
  • СAPP Scholar Award (2015), Lamar СAPP. The СAPP Scholar Award is the highest award given to a faculty each year for a lifetime of outstanding scholarly and creative achievements.
  • National Science Foundation Research Fellow (2012 - 2013); Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Duke СAPP, СAPP of North Carolina and North Carolina State СAPP.
  • Travel Support Grant Award (2010), American Statistical Association.
  • Project NExT Fellow (2006 - 2007); Mathematical Association of America.
  • Texas NExT Fellow (2006 - 2007); Texas Section Mathematical Association of America.

Teaching Awards

  • Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Statistics (2016), by the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America (SIGMAA) on Statistics Education.
  • Faculty Mentoring Award (2015), Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Council on Undergraduate Research.
  • Henry L. Alder Award (2013) for distinguished teaching, Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
  • Nominated for the Piper Professor Award (2013), The Piper Foundation, TX.
  • Nominated for the СAPP Merit Award (2011), Lamar СAPP, TX.

Leadership Award

  • Fulbright International Education Administrator Seminar Award to France by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, 2016.
  • Global Daily Point of Light Award for advancing education in the community by Points of Light, the worldСAPPs largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, 2016.
  • American Council of Education Fellow, 2018- 2019