Publications (in reverse chronological order)
(2025): Soumita Modak*, Confirmation of binary clustering in gamma-ray bursts through an integrated p-value from multiple nonparametric tests of hypotheses, Astronomy and Computing, 51, Article id: 100931
(2024): Soumita Modak*, A New Clustering Accuracy Measure Based on Relative Distances and its Cross-Validation Using Dirichlet Distribution, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Volume 18, article number 43
Book Review : (2024): Soumita Modak*, Finding Groups in Data: An Introduction to Cluster Analysis, Journal of Applied Statistics, 51, 1618-1620
(2024): Soumita Modak*, Evaluation of the number of clusters in a data set using p-values from multiple tests of hypotheses, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 53, 8878-8889.
(2024): Soumita Modak*, Determination of the number of clusters through logistic regression analysis, Journal of Applied Statistics, 51, 2344-2363
(2024): Soumita Modak*, A new interpoint distance-based clustering algorithm using kernel density estimation, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 53, 5323-5341 (arXiv)
(2023): Soumita Modak*, Pointwise norm-based clustering of data in arbitrary dimensional space , Communications in Statistics - Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications, 9, 121–134
Book Review : (2023): Soumita Modak*, Statistical Methods for Astronomical Data Analysis, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 65, 394–395
(2023): Soumita Modak*, Validity index for clustered data in non-negative space, Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 75, 60–71
(2023): Soumita Modak*, A new measure for assessment of clustering based on kernel density estimation, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods , 52, 5942-5951 (arXiv)
(2023): P. Banerjee, A. K. Chattopadhyay and Soumita Modak, A New Approach to Astronomical Data Analysis Based on Multiple Variables, Advances in Astronomy, Volume 2023, Article ID: 8682054, 11 pages
(2022): Soumita Modak*, A new nonparametric interpoint distance-based measure for assessment of clustering, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 92 , 1062-1077 (arXiv)
(2022): Soumita Modak*, T. Chattopadhyay and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Clustering of eclipsing binary light curves through functional principal component analysis, Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 367, Article id 19 (arXiv)
(2021): Soumita Modak*, Distinction of groups of gamma-ray bursts in the BATSE catalog through fuzzy clustering , Astronomy and Computing, Volume 34, Article id 100441 (arXiv)
Application Note : (2020): Soumita Modak*, T. Chattopadhyay and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Unsupervised classification of eclipsing binary light curves through k-medoids clustering , Journal of Applied Statistics, 47, 376-392 (arXiv)
Doctoral Thesis : (2019): Soumita Modak*, Uncovering astrophysical phenomena related to galaxies and other objects through statistical analysis, PhD Thesis, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2019. URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10603/314773
(2019): Soumita Modak and Uttam Bandyopadhyay, A new nonparametric test for two sample multivariate location problem with application to astronomy, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, 18, 136-146 (arXiv)
(2018): Soumita Modak*, A. K. Chattopadhyay and T. Chattopadhyay, Clustering of gamma-ray bursts through kernel principal component analysis, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 47, 1088-1102 (arXiv)
(2018): Uttam Bandyopadhyay and Soumita Modak*, Bivariate density estimation using normal-gamma kernel with application to astronomy , Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics, 13, 23-39 (arXiv)
(2017) : Soumita Modak*, T. Chattopadhyay and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Two phase formation of massive elliptical galaxies: study through cross-correlation including spatial effect , Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 362, Article id 206 (arXiv)
(2016): K. S. Ganguly, Soumita Modak*, K. S. Ganguly and A. K. Chattopadhyay, Study on Temporal Effects of Urban Malaria Incidences, International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, 5, 120-132
(2016): K. S. Ganguly, Soumita Modak, A. K. Chattopadhyay, K. S. Ganguly, T. K. Mukherjee, A. Dutta, and D. Biswas, Forecasting Based On a SARIMA Model of Urban Malaria for Kolkata, American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, 4, 22-33
Publishers (worked with)
Springer
Taylor & Francis
Elsevier
Wiley
Atlantis Press
SAGE
Hindawi
Citations
Citations: 235, h-index: 11, i10-index: 12 (Source: Google Scholar)
Invited Peer Reviewer
Journal
Computers, Materials & Continua
Knowledge and Information Systems
Scientific Reports
ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data
Cluster Computing
Expert Systems With Applications
Neurocomputing
Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Statistical Methods & Applications
Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics
Journal of Modern Physics
Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal
Conference
5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Data Mining (FSDM 2019) held in Kitakyushu City, Japan, 2019
Projects
B.Sc. Project: Sampling distribution through simulation
M.Sc. Project: A Study of the Economic Growth in U.S.A.
Project Supervision
B.Sc. Statistics Honors: Astrostatistics: Statistical data analysis on astronomical data (Sem 6, 2025)
Students' name: Project title
Anupriya Das: A Statistical Analysis to Identify Habitable Exoplanets
Reeddhi Roy: A statistical analysis to predict pulsar star
Tanusree Das: A Statistical Study on Stellar Properties
Krittika Ghosh: A Statistical Study on Stellar Characteristics
B.Sc. Statistics Honors: Time Series and Stochastic Processes (Sem 6, 2021-24)
Title of students' projects from Sem 6, 2024 (with student's name)
Analyzing the Dynamics of Crime in India-A Time Series Approach (Sristi Banerjee)
Analysis of Microsoft Stock over 2015-2021 (Anusrita Mitra)
Nifty 50 Time Series Forecasting (Aarushi Kumar)
Title of students' projects from Sem 6, 2023
Time Series Analysis on Unemployment in India from 1991-2019
Time Series Analysis on Rainfall in Haryana from 2000-2015
A Statistical Study on Air Quality Index of Kolkata from 2014-2017 using Time Series Analysis