Research Talks
Conference Papers and Other Presentations
1. Parameter Estimation in Fractionally Differences ARIMA Models -- at the First New England Statistics Symposium held at the University of Connecticut in April 1987.
2. Time Domain Estimation in Fractionally Differenced Noise Processes -- at the second New England Statistical Symposium held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in April 1988.
3. Parameter Estimation in Low Order Fractionally Differenced ARMA Processes -- at the American Statistical Association meeting held at New Orleans in August 1988.
4. Maximum Likelihood Estimation in Long Memory Time Series Models -- at the Annual Conference of the American Mathematical Society held at Louisville, KY in January 1990.
5. Problem of Model Misspecification in Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Long Memory Time Series Models - at The International Conference on Probability and Statistics, held at Delhi University in December 1990.
6. Modeling Persistence in Time Series Data -- at the International Conference on Applications of Statistics in Business and Actuarial Sciences, held at I.T.A.M, Mexico City, Mexico in September 1991.
7. Modeling Long Memory Time Series Data - at the Department of Statistics, Hong Kong University, February 1993.
8. Long Range Dependence in Time Series Data - at the Mathematics and Statistics Department, Thammasat University, Bangkok, March 1993.
9. Estimating Long Memory Time Series Models in the Time Domain -- at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Statistical Society held at Wolfville, Nova Scotia in June 1993.
10. Fitting a Fractional ARIMA Model to Time Series Data - at the International Conference on Stochastic Modeling held at Delhi in January 1994.
11. A Time Domain Approach to Estimating Fractionally Integrated ARIMA Models -- at the Environmetrics Conference held at Burlington Ontario in August 1994.
12. PVA's Electronic Video Poker -- A Game of Chance or a Game of Skill -- at the Mathematics Colloquium, USM, May 1996.
13. Estimation of Dose Response Curves -- at the December 1996 quality control conference of the International Statistical Institute and the Center for Improvement in Quality and Productivity (Waterloo), Cochin, India.
14. Recent Advances in Time Series Modeling - at the International Conference on Statistical Inference, Combinatorics and Related Areas, held at Banaras, India, Dec. 18-21, 1997.
15. Statistical Consulting and its Role in Undergraduate Education - at the international conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas held at Mobile, Alabama, December 1999.
16. Quantifying the Sensitivity Level of Personal Interview Survey Questions using RRT Technique - at the international conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas held at Mobile, Alabama, December 1999.
17. Estimation of Fractionally Differenced ARIMA Models - at the Indian Science Congress held at New Delhi, Jan 2001.
18. Collecting Data on Sensitive Variables - at Jamia Millia University, Delhi, March 2001.
19. Role of Consulting in Statistics Education and Research - at the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, March 2001.
20. Validation of Partial Randomized Response Technique to Circumvent Social Desirability Response Bias in Personal Interview Survey Questions - at the International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas held at University of Wollongong, Australia from Dec 19-21, 2001.
21. Circumventing Social Desirability Response Bias Using Randomized Response Techniques - at the International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas held at University of Allahabad, India, December 21-23, 2002.
22. On the Use of Transformed Auxiliary Variables in Estimating Population Mean by Using Two Auxiliary Variables - at SCRA 2003 held at University of Southern Maine, October 3-6, 2003.
23. On Modified Warner’s Randomized Response Model - at the International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas held at Lucknow, India during December 27-29, 2004.
24. Statistics in Legal cases: A Case Study - at the International Conference on Statistics, Combinatorics and Related Areas held at Lucknow, India during December 27-29, 2004.
25. Improved Estimation of Finite Population Mean under Different Sampling Designs - at New University of Lisbon, December 2004.
26. Use of Randomized Response Techniques in Circumventing Social Desriability Response Bias in Personal interview Surveys - at Tomar Polytechnical Institute, Portugal, December 2004.
27. Parameter Estimation in Long Memory Time Series Models - at Lisbon Institute of Agricultural Technology, December 2004.
28. Statistical Consulting and its Impact: Some Case Studies - at Lisbon Institute of Agricultural Technology, December 2004.
29. Use of Randomized Response Techniques in Dealing with Social Desirability Response Bias - at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada held at Montreal during May 30 – June 2, 2004.
30. Statistics in Legal Cases: A Case Study - at Clark Atlanta University, February 11, 2005.
31. Predictors of Student Success in Entry-Level Undergraduate Mathematics Courses - at the Lilly South Conference held in Greensboro, February 18-20, 2005
32. Use of Randomized Response Techniques in Circumventing Social Desirability Response Bias in Survey Questions - for the Fast Forward Program for High School Teachers held at UNCG, June 21-22, 2005.
33. A Comparison of Mean Estimators Based on Transformed Auxiliary Variables, UNCG colloquium, October 27, 2005.
34. Estimation of Population Mean using Transformed Auxiliary Variables - at Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, December 13, 2005.
35. Statistical Consulting and its Impact on the Teaching of Statistics- Some Case Studies - Quad-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 17, 2005.
36. Circumventing Social Desirability Response Bias using RRT Models – Keynote talk at the 8th Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences held at Lahore, Pakistan, December 19, 2005.
37. Mean Estimation using Transformed Auxiliary Variables - at the International Statistics Conference on Statistics in the Technological Age, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 27-31, 2005.
38. Sensitivity Estimation in a Two-Stage Optional Randomized Response Model - International Conference on Statistics and Informatics in Agriculural Research, IASRI, New Delhi, December 27-30, 2006
39. A Two-Stage Optional Randomized Response Model – at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Mathematical and Statistical techniques, Institute of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, May 20-23, 2007
40. Estimation of the Mean and Variance of a Population under Simple Random Sampling – invited talk at University of Maine, Orono, September 2007
41. Randomized Response Models: Methodology and Some Recent Results – invited talk at East Carolina University, November 2007
42. Randomized Response Models: Methodology and Some Recent Results – invited talk at the 2008 Indian Science Congress, Vizag, India, January 2008
43. Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – invited talk at The Bowling Green State University, October 17, 2008
44. Statistical Consulting Techniques: Collaboration between Academia and Industry invited talk at the Pre-ICM International Convention on mathematical Sciences, held at University of Delhi, India, December 18-22, 2008
45. Sensitivity Estimation in Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at the International Statistics Symposium, Aligarh Muslim University, India, December 29-31, 2008
46. Mean and Sensitivity Estimation in Optional Randomized Response Models – The annual ASA meeting held at Washington, D. C. in August 2009
47. Additive vs. Multiplicative Scrambling in Two-step Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at the University of Texas at San Antonio, January 15, 2010
48. Two-Step Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at Lamar University, January 19, 2010
49. Usefulness of Two-Stage Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at IASRI, New Delhi, India, January 29, 2010
50. Optimization in Statistical Estimation Theory with a Focus on Sampling Methods – Invited talk at Delhi University, Delhi, India, February 13, 2010
51. Some Optimization Issues with Two-Step Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India, February 17, 2010
52. Did Weather Play a Role in the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster? Invited talk at Allahabad University, Allahabad, India, February 20, 2010
53. Usefulness of Two-Stage Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India, February 26, 2010
54. Selecting the Most Appropriate Data Analysis Tool and Making Legitimate Inference – Invited talk at M. D. University, Rohtak, India, March 29, 2010
55. Estimation in Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the LinStat 2010 conference held at Tomar, Portugal, July 27-31, 2010
56. The Effects of Nurse Presenteeism on Quality of Care and Patient Safety – Talk at the annual INQRI research conference of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, September 14-16, 2010
57. Estimating the Mean of a Sensitive Variable in the Presence of Auxiliary Information – Invited talk at International Conference on Development and Applications of Statistics in Emerging Areas of Science and Technology, Jammu University, India, December 8, 2010
58. Statistical Consulting: Some Real Case Studies – Invited talk at University of Delhi, India, December 13, 2010
59. Estimation in Two-Stage Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the International Conference on mathematical and Statistical Techniques held at Patna University, India, December 19, 2010
60. Optimal Two-Stage Optional Randomized Response – Invited talk at the University of New Orleans, May 2, 2011
61. Parameter Estimation in Two-Stage Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, May 9, 2011
62. Optimality Issues in Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – Colloquium talk at UNCG, September 14, 2011
63. Optimality Issues in Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at University of Memphis, October 27, 2011
64. Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at University of Houston – Clear Lake, October 31, 2011
65. Additive, Multiplicative and Generalized Scrambling in Two-Stage Optional RRT Models - Invited talk at Lehigh University, November 18, 2011
66. Data Analysis and Inferential Limitations- Invited talk at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Junagarh, India, December 15, 2011
67. Optimality Issues in Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Gujarat University, India, December 16-18, 2011
68. Optimality Issues in Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at University of Delhi, December 22, 2011
69. Randomized Response Models – Math Club Talk at UNCG, February 15, 2012
70. Two-Stage Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at the UAE University, Al Ain, March 11, 2012
71. Multi-Stage RRT Models - Invited talk at Appalachian State University on March 30, 2012
72. Analysis of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Data – Invited talk at the University of New England, Maine, April 23, 2012
73. Recent Developments in RRT Models – Invited talk at the LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, May 14, 2012
74. New Advances in Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the International Conference on Mathematics and Statistics, University of Memphis, May 15-17, 2012
75. Randomized Response Models and Some Optimality Issues – Invited talk at James Madison University, October 22, 2012
76. Data Analysis – Selecting the Right Statistical Tool and Making the Right Inference – Invited talk at University of Houston- Clear Lake, November 13, 2012
77. On Multi-Stage Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India, December 10, 2012
78. Randomized Response Models and Some Optimality Issues – Invited talk at the Statistics for the 21st Century – 2012 conference held at Kerala University, December 10, 2012
79. Data Analysis and Interpretation– Some Case Studies – Invited talk at the Agricultural College & Research Institute, Madurai, India, December 12, 2012
80. Optimal Two-Stage Randomized Response Models – Distinguished Lecture at the International Conference on Statistics and Informatics in Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India, December 18, 2012
81. Optimal Two-Stage Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at Banasthali University, Jaipur, India, December 22, 2012
82. Some New Results in Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the Statistics Department, University of Delhi, January 4, 2013
83. Some New Results in Optional Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the Statistics Department, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, March 12, 2013
84. Randomized Response Models: Efficiency vs. Privacy Protection – Invited talk at Statistics Department, Hacettepe University in Ankara, March 14, 2013
85. Optional Randomized Response Models: Efficiency vs. Privacy Protection – Invited talk at UNC- Chapel Hill, March 25, 2013
86. Optional RRT Models: Efficiency vs. Privacy Protection” Invited talk at New University of Lisbon on November 22, 2013
87. Field Work Validation of Optional Unrelated Question RRT Models – Predictors of STD, Invited talk at University of Delhi, India, December 12, 2013
88. Newer Trends in Statistical Research in the 21st Century. Keynote address at the International Conference on Recent Developments in Statistical Theory and Practice, Pondicherry University, India, December 14, 2013
89. Optional RRT Models: Do they really lead to loss of Privacy? Invited talk at the International Conference on Recent Developments in Statistical Theory and Practice, Pondicherry University, India, December 14, 2013
90. Data Analysis – Choosing the Correct Analysis Tools, Invited talk at the University of Madras, India, December 16, 2013
91. Optional RRT Models: Applications, Efficiency, and Privacy Protection, Invited talk at the Conference is on Statistics and Informatics in Agricultural Research, Varanasi, India, December 18, 2013
92. Newer Trends in Statistical Research, Invited talk at University of Delhi, December 23, 2013
93. New Binary RRT Models and their Validation, invited talk at University of Delhi, December 23, 2013
94. New Paradigms in RRT Models, invited talk at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, February 11, 2014
95. Some Interesting Issues Associated with Newer Families of Randomized Response Models, Seminar, Math/Stats Department, UNC Greensboro, April 8, 2014
96. Statistics – Valid Science or a Clever Tool to Prove Your Point, Seminar talk for Math/Bio REU Students at UNCG, June 4, 2014
97. Ratio and Regression Estimation of Finite Population Mean Using Optional Randomized Response Models - Invited talk at the LinStat International Conference held at Linkoping University, Sweden, August 25-28, 2014
98. Estimating Finite Population Mean for Sensitive Variables Using Auxiliary Information, invited talk at LSU – HSC, New Orleans, September 12, 2014
99. Estimating Finite Population Mean , Invited talk at the National Meet of Research Scholars in Mathematical Sciences held at Jammu University, India, December 8-12, 2014
100. Role of Quantitative Methods in Academic and Non-Academic Setting, Invited talk at Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya Gwalior, India, December 15, 2014
101. A Two-Step Approach to Ratio Estimation of Finite Population Mean Using Optional Randomized Response Models, Invited talk at the 8th International Conference of the Institute for Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Information Technology and Computer Science, held at Kolkata, December 21-23, 2014
102. Estimating Finite Population Mean for Sensitive Variables, Invited talk at the International Workshop on “Statistical and Numerical Trends in Sciences & Engineering” at, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, UP, India, January 1, 2015
103. Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics – A Myth or Reality? Invited talk at P GDAV College, University of Delhi, India, January 6, 2015
104. Role of Quantitative Methods in Academic and Non-Academic Settings, Invited talk at NC A&T State University, Greensboro, March 26, 2015
105. Stochastic Scrambling and Descrambling of Sensitive Data, Invited talk for REU students, UNCG, June 23, 2015
106. Improved Ratio and Regression Estimation of Finite Population Mean Using Optional Randomized Response Models, Invited talk at the University of Southern Maine, September 18, 2015
107. Ratio and Regression Estimators of Finite Population Mean using Optional RRT Models, Invited talk at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, October 2, 2015
108. Efficiency of Two Stage Optional RRT Models, Invited talk at the University of Central Florida, October 15, 2015
109. Ratio and Regression Estimation of Mean of Sensitive Variables, Invited talk at University of Texas at Dallas, November 13, 2015
110. Applied Side of Statistics, Invited talk at Winston Salem State University, Biomedical Research Infrastructure Center, November 17, 2015
111. Ratio and Regression estimation of the Mean of Sensitive Variables – Invited talk at IIT Mumbai, India, December 10, 2015
112. Applied Side of Statistics, Some Real Case Studies – Invited talk at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, December 11, 2015
113. Data Confidentiality and Respondent Privacy – Presidential Address at the 69th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics to be held at University of Kota, Rajasthan, India, December 14-16, 2015.
114. Improved Estimators of Mean of a Sensitive Variable using Optional RRT Models – Invited talk at University of South Florida, March 9, 2016
115. Applied Statistics – Some Interesting Applications – Invited talk at Elon University, April 5, 2016
116. Respondent Privacy through Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at University of Maryland, April 28, 2016
117. Some Interesting Applications of Statistics & Undergraduate Level Research Projects – Invited talk at Lamar University, June 24, 2016
118. Testing for Statistical Significance - Invited talk for Math/Bio REU Group at UNCG, July 7, 2016
119. Data Confidentiality and Respondent Privacy Protection - Invited talk at the IISA 2016 conference at Oregon State University, August 21, 2016
120. Statistical Consultant – Representing the Client in Front of Third Parties – Invited talk at the AISC 2016 conference, UNC Greensboro, October 2, 2016
121. Challenges for a Statistical Consultant when Representing a Client – Invited talk at LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, November 11, 2016
122. Data Security in the Digital Age – Invited talk at the international conference on reenvisioning economies, sustainability and inclusive growth held at St Xavier’s College, Jaipur, December 20-22, 2016
123. Recent Advances in Randomized response Models – Invited talk at the international conference on Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Techniques held at Manipal University, Jaipur, India, December 22-24, 2016
124. Some Variations of the Greenberg Unrelated Question Binary RRT Model – Invited talk at PGDAV College, University of Delhi, January 4, 2017
125. Variations of the Greenberg Unrelated Question Binary RRT Model – Invited talk at the Annual Conference of the Society of Statistics Computer and Applications, Jammu (India), March 6 – 8, 2017
126. Statistical Consultant – Invited talk for the Summer 2017 Math/Bio REU students at University of North Carolina- Greensboro, June 28, 2017
127. Assessing the Quality of Quantitative Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the Symposium on Professional Development of New Generation of Research Scholars, COMSATS, Lahore, Pakistan, December 14, 2017
128. Publishing Journal Articles –An Editor’s Perspective - Invited talk at the Symposium on Professional Development of New Generation of Research Scholars, COMSATS, Lahore, Pakistan, December 14, 2017
129. Practicing Statistics – Invited talk at GC University Lahore, December 15, 2017
130. Assessing the Quality of Quantitative Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 18, 2017
131. Respondent Privacy and Data Security through Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at the IASSL Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 28, 2017
132. Various Shades of Statistical Consulting – Invited talk at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, December 29, 2017
133. Statistical Consulting – Invited talk at S V College, University of Delhi, January 12, 2018
134. Publishing Journal Articles –An Editor’s Perspective – Professional Development talk for Graduate Students, Department of mathematics and Statistics, UNC Greensboro, February 23, 2018
135. Practicing Statistics – Math Club Talk, UNC Greensboro, March 1, 2018
136. Variations of the Greenberg Unrelated Question Binary Model – Invited talk for the Math/Bio REU Group at UNCG, May 30, 2018
137. Variations of the Greenberg Unrelated Question Binary Model – Invited talk for the Math/Stats REU Group at Lamar University, June 22, 2018
138. Evaluating Performance of Mean Estimators of Sensitive Variables under Measurement Errors with Respect to Efficiency and Respondent Privacy – Invited talk at MNIT Jaipur, November 26, 2018
139. Evaluating Performance of Mean Estimators of Sensitive Variables under Measurement Errors with Respect to Efficiency and Respondent Privacy – Invited talk at IIT Bombay, November 27, 2018
140. Respondent Privacy, Data Security, and Estimation Quality in Sample Surveys, Invited talk at VNRVJIET,Hyderabad, November 29, 2018
141. Various Shades of Statistical Consulting – Invited talk at IIM Indore, December 10, 2018
142. Evaluating Performance of Mean Estimators of Sensitive Variables under Measurement Errors with Respect to Efficiency and Respondent Privacy – Keynote address at the International Conference on Emerging Innovations in Statistics and Operations Research, MDU Rohtak, December 27, 2018
143. Statistics Spans all Directions – Keynote Address, Seminar on Emerging Challenges and Statistics, Lucknow University, January 15, 2019
144. A Unified Measure of Model Efficiency and Respondent Privacy in Quantitative Randomized Response Models, Invited talk at City University London, March 25, 2019
145. Using Randomized Response Techniques for Small Area Estimation of Population Total, Invited talk at New Castle University, UK, March 29, 2019
146. Mean Estimation of Sensitive Variables Under Measurement Errors and Non-Response Using Optional RRT Models, Invited Talk at Durham University, UK, April 1, 201
147. Evaluating Performance of Mean Estimators of Sensitive Variables under Measurement Errors with Respect to Efficiency and Respondent Privacy, Invited Talk at University of Edinburgh, April 5, 2019
148. Advances in Randomized Response Models, Invited Talk at Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, April 8, 201
149. A Unified Measure of Model Efficiency and Respondent Privacy in Quantitative Randomized Response Models Invited talk at Charles University Prague, April 10, 201
150. Assessing Quality of Quantitative RRT Models, Invited talk at the Alfred Renyi Institute Budapest, April 12, 2019
151. Untruthful Responding in Randomized Response Models – Invited talk at Appalachian State University, September 18, 2019
152. A Binary Unrelated-Question RRT Model Accounting for Untruthful Responding – Invited talk at UNC Asheville, September 19, 2019