Buddhananda Banerjee
(Ph.D in Statistics, ISI Kolkata)
Assistant Professor
N309A, Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Medinipur, West BengalIndia. PIN: 721302Email: bbanerjee@maths.iitkgp.ac.inBuddhananda Banerjee
(Ph.D in Statistics, ISI Kolkata)
Assistant Professor
N309A, Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Medinipur, West BengalIndia. PIN: 721302Email: bbanerjee@maths.iitkgp.ac.inResearch Interest
Statistics on manifolds
Functional data analysis
Change point analysis
Surrogate analysis in Clinical Trails
Directional data analysis
Topological data analysis
Books:
Black, K.: Business statistics: for contemporary decision making.
Miller, M. & Miller, I. : John E. Freund's Mathematical Statistics: With Applications.
Rice, John A. : Mathematical statistics and data analysis.
Lay, D. C.: Linear algebra and its applications.
Useful Links
Probability
Random variable and vector
Moments
Transformation of random variables
Sampling distributions
Law of large numbers (LLN)
Inference
MA30235+MA39211 : Advanced Machine Learning + Lab (Autumn,2026) Click for details
Focus areas: Deep learning architectures (ANN, RNN, CNN, GNN), Training methodologies and optimization, Applications across vision, sequential data, and graphs Decision-making frameworks through reinforcement, defussion and transformer.
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of AI & ML, Design & Analysis of Algorithms
Bishop, C. M., & Bishop, H. (2023). Deep learning: Foundations and concepts. Springer Nature.
Murphy, K. P. (2023). Probabilistic machine learning: Advanced topics. MIT press.
Pedrycz, W., & Chen, S. M. (2020). Deep learning: Concepts and architectures. Cham: Springer.
Islam, T. (2026). Hands-on Deep Learning: Building Models from Scratch. Springer Nature.
Zhang, A., Lipton, Z. C., Li, M., & Smola, A. J. (2023). Dive into deep learning. Cambridge Univ. Press.
MA60056/MA60280 : Regression and Time series Models (Spring,2026) Download Lecture Notes
Regression: Linear Algebra (Revision) , Testing of Hypothesis (Revision) , Linear models, Miticollinearity, Regularization, Generalized Linear models. Model acccuracy checking
Time-Series: Linear processes, Stationarity, Autocovariance, ACF, PACF, Estimation, ARIMA, SARIMA
Prerequisites: Probability & Statistics
Introduction to Linear Regression Analysis, 5th Edition: Douglas C. Montgomery, Elizabeth A. Peck, G. Geoffrey Vining
Regression Analysis by Example, 5th Edition Samprit Chatterjee, Ali S. Hadi
Time Series Analysis and Its Applications: With R Examples : Robert H. Shumway , David S. Stoffer
Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting : Brockwell, Peter J., Davis, Richard A.
MA60274 : AI & ML (Spring ,2026) [Get Lecture references]
[ I will cover the ML part only ]
AI: Graph structures and search strategies, including uninformed and heuristic-based algorithms such as BFS, DFS, A*, and game-theoretic decision-making using minimax and Monte Carlo tree search. Logical reasoning through propositional logic complements algorithmic problem-solving.
ML: Supervised and unsupervised learning with emphasis on clustering methods, regression models, gradient-based optimization, and neural networks, backpropagation. Evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms,
Prerequisites: Probability & Statistics , Linear Algebra
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Stuart J. Russell and Peter Norvig.
Artificial Intelligence: Structures and Strategies for Complex Problem Solving : G. F Lunger
Pattern recognition and machine learning. : C. M. Bishop,
An introduction to statistical learning with applications in R :G James, D Witten, T Hastie, and R Tibshirani
Handbook Statistical foundations of machine learning: Gianluca Bontempi
MA20205 : Probability and Statistics (Autumn,2025) Download Class Notes
Prerequisites: 1st year mathematics courses
Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis by John A. Rice
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by S.M. Ross
Probability and Statistical Inference by R.V. Hogg, E.A. Tanis, & D. L. Zimmerman
Introduction to Probability Theory by Paul G. Hoel, Sidney C. Port and Charles J. Stone
MA60263 : Multivariate Statistical Methods (Autumn,2025) Download Lecture note
Principal Component analysis , Factor Analysis , Discriminant Analysis , Classification, Clustering , High dimensional data analysis
Prerequisites: Probability & Statistics , Linear Algebra
Johnson, R. A., & Wichern, D. W. (2002). Applied multivariate statistical analysis (Vol. 5, No. 8).
Zelterman, D. (2015). Applied multivariate statistics with R
Boyd, S., & Vandenberghe, L. (2018). Introduction to applied linear algebra: vectors, matrices, and least squares.
Strang, G. (2020). Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares [Bookshelf].