My Mission: To develop my capacity in delivering quality teaching and carrying out quality research.
My Favorite quote: "Dream is not the thing you see in sleep but is that thing that doesn't let you sleep." - APJ Abdul Kalam.
Office Address: 413 Mathematical Sciences,
Stillwater, OK, 74078.
Email: haridas.das@okstate.edu
Welcome, and thank you for visiting my webpage.
I'm Haridas Kumar Das, a researcher in infectious disease modeling at the Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University (OSU). I use mathematics and data to understand and help control epidemics. My dissertation research applies mathematical modeling using novel data sources, such as cell phone–based mobility patterns, to study infectious disease transmission. Specifically, I use data-driven methods and metapopulation models to investigate the role of human mobility in shaping transmission dynamics and to inform prevention strategies. Beyond this, I have worked on forecasting infectious diseases using machine learning (ML) and stochastic modeling. My broader research lies at the intersection of mathematics, data science, and public health, integrating mathematical and data-driven modeling, statistical inference, and AI/ML to analyze and predict disease dynamics. I study how human movement, environmental factors, and demographic changes shape the spread of infectious diseases, including vector-borne, respiratory, emerging, and re-emerging diseases ( e.g.,COVID-19, Dengue, Malaria, Mpox, and Influenza).
Please take a look at my list of publications. Please feel free to contact me at haridas.das@okstate.edu for my CV, research collaborations, questions about my research, or additional details about my work.
My Ph.D. mentor is Dr. Lucas M. Stolerman at OSU, USA. I earned my B.S. in Mathematics and M.S. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), and an M. Sc. in Mathematics from Concordia University (Canada). During my time at Concordia, I was fortunate to be mentored by the late Professor Syed Twareque Ali, whose guidance profoundly influenced my academic journey. Following my M.Sc. from Concordia, I began my faculty role in Fall 2015 at the Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Earlier, I organized a biweekly seminar for the SIAM OSU Student Chapter and co-organized the study Session in mathematical epidemiology and dynamical systems (main organizer is my advisor, Dr. Lucas M. Stolerman) at OSU. I was also founder of the SIAM OSU Student Chapter and the president from 2023 to 2024 and from 2024 to 2025. I served as the main organizer of the 2025 SIAM Central States Section Student Conference (https://tinyurl.com/26ksu3fr) held on March 29 at OSU.
Software Skills and Computer Programming
MATLAB (simulation), Python (data science, spatial mapping, machine learning, & AI modeling), R, Mathematica, QGIS, high-performance computing (supercomputers & GPUs via Google Colab), Adobe Illustrator (figure production).
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