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CURRICULUM VITAE
JYOTIRMOY SARKAR
Associate Professor & Statistics Consultant
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Indiana University Purdue University
Indianapolis
402 N Blackford Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-3216
Current as of January 20, 2005
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Phone: (317)-274-8112
Fax: (317) 274-3460
Email: [email protected]
http://www.math.iupui.edu/~jsarkar
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
 1997-current
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI
 2000-02
Director of Statistical Consulting Services, IUPUI
 2003 Dec-04 Jan
Visiting Scholar, Operations Management Group
2000 January
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India
 1999 Jan--June
Visiting Scientist, Statistics and Mathematics Unit
96-98 summer
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India
 1991-97
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI
 1990-91
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
EDUCATION
 1990 Ph. D.
 1987 M. Stat.
 1985 B. Stat.
Statistics
Statistics
Statistics
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India
HONORS AND AWARDS
 U.S. Patent 5,544,882. Puzzle including overlaying puzzle pieces. August 13, 1996.
 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, School of Science, IUPUI. March 27, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
 Ph.D. Dissertation Committee member Medical Genetics (2 students)
 Applied Statistics Master's Thesis Committee member (4 students)
 Referee for articles submitted to professional journals:
o The Annals of Statistics (2),
o Adaptive Designs (3),
o Bulletin of Economic Research (1),
o Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin (2),
o IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (1)
o International Journal of Industrial Organization (1),
o Journal of Economic Education (2),
o Journal of Nonparametric Statistics (2),
o Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (1)
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o Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (4),
o Sequential Analysis (5)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
 The Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Hayward, CA (1987—)
 The American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA (1988—);
Local chapter: Indianapolis, IN
TEACHING at IUPUI
HIST H117 Introduction to Historical Studies
MATH 118 Finite Mathematics
MATH 119 Introduction to Calculus
MATH 151 Algebra and Trigonometry
MATH 153 Algebra and Trigonometry I
MATH 154 Algebra and Trigonometry II
MATH 261 Multivariate Calculus
MATH 262 Differential Equations
MATH 510 Vector Calculus
MATH 490 Directed Studies/Probability
MATH 492 Capstone Experience
STAT 301
Introduction to Statistics
STAT 511
STAT 512
Probability and Statistics
Regression Analysis
STAT 514
STAT 519
Design of Experiments
Introduction to Probability
STAT 522
STAT 523
STAT 524
Sampling and Survey Techniques
Categorical Data Analysis
Applied Multivariate Analysis
STAT 525
STAT 528
Intermediate Statistical Methods
Mathematical Statistics I
STAT 530
STAT 533
STAT 536
STAT 598
Mathematical Statistics II
Nonparametric Statistics
Survival Analysis
Statistical Reliability Theory
Fall 97, 98
Summer II 99
Summer I 92
Fall 99
Summer I 04
Summer II 95
Summer I 00
Summer I 93
Summer I 92
Spring 00
Spring 00, 01
Fall 91, 95, 96
Summer I 94
Fall 91, 92, 96–98, 03
Fall 93--95
Spring 94, 95
Spring 92, 93, 97, 98, 00, 01, 03–04
Spring 97
Fall 00, 01
Fall 03
Spring 04–04
Spring 92–96
Fall 00–02, 04
Fall 92
Fall 97
Spring 01, 02
Spring 98
Fall 93, 94, 99
Fall 02–04
Spring 00, 02
SERVICE at IUPUI
1992-1995
Mentor of Mathematics Club
1993-1995
Co-chair of Mathematics Graduate Students Seminar
1993-1998
Undergraduate Committee, Mathematical Sciences
1994-2002
Teaching Evaluations Committee, Mathematical Sciences
1994-1996
STAT 301 Course Coordinator
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1995-1998
1995-1997
2000-2002
20012002-2005
Statistics Search & Screen committee, Mathematical Sciences
Co-director of Statistical Consulting Services
Director of Statistical Consulting Services
Member of Awards Committee, School of Science (Chair: 2003-2005)
Statistics Search & Screen committee, Mathematical Sciences
STATISTICAL CONSULTING
1988-90
Ed Kokmeyer, Ann Arbor Machine and Broach, Ann Arbor, MI
1995
The Director of Services, Amtrak, Greenwood, IN
1995
Cassandra Stockamp, West Central Solid Waste District
1995
The City of Indianapolis Human Resources Division
1995
Robert Brookins, Indiana School of Law, Indianapolis
1996-98
Robert Bish, Stored Energy Engineering, Indianapolis
1997
Christopher Phillips, Health Data Solutions, Pataskala, Ohio
1999
Community Consolidated School District 21, Buffalo Grove, IL
2000
Rob Parsons, George F. Cram Globe Company, Indianapolis
2000
Lisa Smith, Career Counselor, Eli Lilly and Company
2000
Joseph Cleary, Attorney, Indianapolis
2000-01
Marv Bittinger, Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI
2000
Morris Klapper, Attorney, Indianapolis
2001
Robert Blake, Chemistry, IUPUI
2001- 04
Anil Gupta, Advanced Business Research, Indianapolis
2001
Vicky Meretsky, IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs
2000-03
Aristotle Siakotos, Pathology, IU School of Medicine
2001
Nolan Taylor, IU School of Business
2001
Stanley Braun, emeritus Orthodontics, Vanderbilt University
2002
Leah Flury, Medical and Molecular Genetics, IU School of Medicine
2002-04
Charles Goodlett, Psychology, IUPUI
2003
Paul Bayless, IUPUI Affirmative Action Office
2004
Solomon Abebe, Taylor University
2004
Kara Birrer, University of Kentucky
2004
Judy Mc Manama: “Ranking Horses”, Indianapolis.
2004
Foster: “Suicide or Homicide”, Attorney at Law, Indianapolis.
GRANTS
 1993-96 (Consultant). Schwartz, H.J. and Watt, J.X., Implementing active learning in
undergraduate mathematics for non-science majors with SEEN-MATH computer software,
NSF, $192,429, funded.
 1995 (Principal Investigator). Sarkar, J., Remodeling STAT 301, Faculty Development Grantin-Aid for Teaching, IUPUI, $3,000, funded.
 1995-2000 (Participant). Ng, B. and Maki, D., Mathematics and Undergraduate Education: A
New Framework for Mutual Invigoration. NSF Grant DUE 95-55408 (1996-2000), $2.8
million, funded.
 1996-1998 (Principal Investigator). Sarkar, J., Cycle life project at Stored Energy
Engineering, GM Ovonic LLC, $11,486, funded.
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1999-2001 (Co-Principal Investigator). Sarkar, J. and Kleyle R., B.S. in Mathematics with
concentration in Actuarial Science, IUPUI School of Science Dean's Incentive Fund, $18,800,
funded.
2001 (Principal Investigator). Sarkar, J., International Visitor Fund, Indiana University, $300,
funded.
2001-03 (Statistician). Siakotos, A. Nutritional Intervention in Hereditary Neurodegeneration,
NIH, $3.1 million, submitted.
2002- (Consultant). Goodlett, C. (PI). Alcohol and Development: Effects on Cerebellar
Systems, NIH/NIAAA 2R01 AA 11945-06 (2003-2008), funded.
PUBLICATIONS
Note: Lead author is prefixed by *. Unless indicated otherwise, authors’ names on joint papers
appear in alphabetical order to reflect equal contributions.
Refereed Journals
[1] Sarkar, J. One-armed bandit problems with covariates, Annals of Statistics, 19 (1991), 19782002.
[2] Sarkar, J. Flipping tokens in circles, American Mathematical Monthly, 99 (1992), 577.
[3] Sarkar, J. and Con Amore Problem Group. Constant ratios in a triangle, College Mathematics
Journal, 24 (1993), 475-476.
[4] *Lerche, H.R. and Sarkar, J. The Blackwell prediction algorithm for infinite 0-1 sequences,
and a generalization, In: Statistical Decision Theory and Related Topics V, S.S. Gupta and
J.O. Berger, editors, 5 (1993), 503-511, Springer-Verlag.
[5] Boukai, B. and Sarkar, J. An accelerated bias-corrected sequential estimation for the mean of
NEFPVF distributions, Sequential Analysis, 15(1) (1996), 47-60.
[6] Boukai, B. and Sarkar, J. Sequential confidence intervals with fixed-proportional accuracy for
the mean of NEFPVF distributions, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 59 (1997)
241-256.
[7] *Sarkar, J., Gupta, B. and Pal, D. Locational equilibrium for Cournot oligopoly in spatially
separated markets, Journal of Regional Science, 37 (1997), 195-212.
[8] Gupta, B., Pal, D. and Sarkar, J. Spatial Cournot competition and agglomeration in a model of
location choice, Regional Science & Urban Economics, 27 (1997), 261-282.
[9] *Sarkar, J., Gupta, B. and Pal, D. A Geometric solution of a Cournot oligopoly with nonidentical firms, Journal of Economics Education, 29 (1998), 118-126.
[10] *Howard, T. J., Stonerock, C. E., Sarkar, J., Lehman, G. A., Sherman, S., Wiebke, E. A.,
Madura, J. A. and Broadie, T. A. Contemporary treatment strategies for external pancreatic
fistulas, Surgery, 124 (1998), 627-633.
[11] Chaudhuri, G., Pal, N. and Sarkar, J. Estimation of the reliability function of a series system:
some decision theoretic results, Statistics 32 (1998), 59-74.
[12] De, M. and Sarkar, J. Estimation of common mean of two univariate normal populations
using two-stage sampling, Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin 48(189-190) (1999), 7381.
[13] *Sarkar, J. and Chaudhuri, G. Availability of a system with gamma life and exponential repair
time under perfect repair policy, Statistics & Probability Letters 43 (1999), 189-196.
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[14] Biswas, A. and Sarkar, J. Availability of a system maintained through several imperfect
repairs before a replacement or a perfect repair, Statistics & Probability Letters, 50(2) (2000),
105-114.
[15] Sarkar, J. and Sarkar, S. Availability of a periodically inspected system under perfect repair.
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 91 (2000), 77-90.
[16] Pal, D. and Sarkar, J. A Stackelberg oligopoly with non-identical firms, Bulletin of Economic
Research, 53(2) (2001), 127-134.
[17] Sarkar, J. and Sarkar, S. Availability of a periodically inspected system supported by a spare,
under perfect repair or upgrade, Statistics & Probability Letters, 53(2) (2001), 207-217.
[18] Pal, D. and Sarkar, J. Spatial Cournot completion among multi-stored firms, International
Journal of Industrial Organization, 20(2) (2002), 163-190.
[19] De, M., Sarkar, J. and Sinha, B.K. Optimal sampling scheme for estimating the common mean
of a bivariate normal population under differential sampling costs, Journal of Applied
Statistical Science, 12 (2003), (in press).
[20] Biswas, A., Sarkar, J. and Sarkar, S. Availability of a periodically inspected system
maintained through several imperfect repairs before a perfect repair, IEEE Transactions on
Reliability, 52(3) (2003), 311-318.
[21] Gupta, B., Pal, D., Lai, F-C., Sarkar, J. and Yu, C-M. Where to locate in a circular city?
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 22 (2004), 759-782.
Submitted Papers
[A] Biswas, A. and Sarkar, J. Availability of a one-unit system supported by a spare and
maintained through several imperfect repairs before a replacement or a perfect repair.
Submitted to Naval Research Logistics.
[B] Sarkar, J. Limiting average availability of a system supported by several spares and several
repair facilities. Submitted to Statistics and Probability Letters.
[C] Biswas, A. and Sarkar, J. Availability of a system supported by several spares and several
repair facilities. Submitted to Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference.
[D] Braun, S., Leone, P., Miajima, K., Kim, G., Sarkar, J. and Vaugh, G. The effects of face mask
therapy on the `C' axis: The Dentomaxillary complex growth factor. Submitted to American
Journal of Orthodontics.
[E] Pal, D. and Sarkar, J. Spatial competition among multi-plant firms in a circular city.
Submitted to Southern Economic Journal.
[F] Nadarajah, S. and Sarkar, J. Beta-approximation of the availability function in a Bayesian
model. Submitted to Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin.
Working Papers
[a] De, M., Sinha, B.K. and Sarkar, J. Estimation of the variance components and the common
mean of normal populations in the presence of covariates.
[b] Bose, A., Gupta, B., Pal, D. and Sarkar, J. Counot competition and agglomeration in two
dimensions.
[c] Carpenter, M. and Sarkar, J. Limiting availability of repairable systems in a random
environment.
[d] Sarkar, J. System availability using better of two units.
[e] Pal, D. and Sarkar, J. Location equilibrium for competing and complementing firms.
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[f]
Biswas, A., Sarkar, J. and Sarkar, S. Availability of a periodically inspected system supported
by a spare and maintained through several imperfect repairs before a perfect repair.
[g] Dharmadhikari, A. and Sarkar, J. Probability inequalities in reliability theory.
Technical Reports
[TR1] Sarkar, J. Bernoulli bandit with covariate, (1994).
[TR2] Sarkar, J. Averaging two concentric ellipsoids to obtain an ellipsoid, (1994).
[TR3] Sarkar, J. Length distribution of the longest increasing subsequence of a random
permutation, (1995).
[TR4] Sarkar, J. and Podgorski, K. Sequential Bayesian factorial design, (1996).
[TR5] Sarkar, J. To spin again or not to: optimal strategies in `The Price is Right' game, (1996).
[TR6] *Sarkar, J. and Chaudhuri, G. A note on the availability of a system with a stand-by spare
under perfect repair, (1998).
[TR7] Chaudhuri, G., Sarkar, J. and Sinha S.K. Bayesian confidence limits for the reliability of a
series system with K independent components, (1998).
[TR8] Chaudhuri, G. and Sarkar, J. On the crossing property of the reliability functions of a
coherent system in a random environment, (1998).
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
[1] Sequential allocations using covariates, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, July 24,
1990.
[2] Sequential allocations using delayed responses, Institute of Mathematical Statistics Summer
Research Conference on Adaptive Designs, South Hadley, MA, July 17, 1992.
[3] Adaptive allocations in treatment comparison, University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Statistics Colloquium, Lafayette, LA, Mar 19, 1993.
[4] Sequential estimation of the mean of NEFPVF distributions, 2nd IMS North American New
Researchers' Meeting, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, July 5-8, 1995.
[5] Design of an introductory statistics course, Mathematics Department Colloquium Series, The
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, Feb 5, 1996.
[6] The Blackwell prediction algorithm and its generalization, Statistics and Mathematics Unit
Special Seminar, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, June 25, 1996.
[7] Sequential confidence intervals with fixed proportional accuracy, Statistics and Mathematics
Unit Special Seminar, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, July 8, 1996.
[8] An accelerated sequential estimation, Statistics and Mathematics Unit Special Seminar, Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, July 25, 1996.
[9] A Bayesian factorial design, Probability and Statistics Seminar, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN, Sep 26, 1996.
[10] Two-stage estimation of the common mean, Statistics and Mathematics Unit Special Seminar,
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, July 21, 1997.
[11] Reliability of a series system, Probability and Statistics Seminar, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN, Nov 06, 1997.
[12] System availability under perfect repair, Statistics and Mathematics Unit Special Seminar,
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, July 27, 1998.
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[13] Availability of a repairable system, Statistics Seminar, University of South Alabama, Mobile,
AL, Nov 13, 1998.
[14] Availability of a (1,s,r) system, Statistics and Mathematics Unit Special Seminar, Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, Feb 22, 1999.
[15] Limiting availability of (1, s, r) systems, Statistics and Mathematics Unit Special Seminar,
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, Mar 08, 1999.
[16] Limiting availability in a random environment, Applied Statistics Unit Seminar, Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, Mar 24, 1999.
[17] Availability of a periodically inspected system, Operations Management Seminar, Indian
Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, Jan 05, 2000.
[18] Availability of a periodically inspected system supported by a spare, Applied Statistics Unit
Seminar, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, Dec 18, 2000.
[19] Estimating the common mean under differential sampling costs, Fourth Calcutta Triennial
Conference, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, Dec 28, 2000.
[20] Availability of a periodically inspected system maintained through several imperfect repairs
before a perfect repair, Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit Seminar, Indian Statistical
Institute, Calcutta, India, Jan 02, 2001.
[21] System availability under a perfect repair, Mathematics Seminar, Baylor University, Waco,
Feb 05, 2002.
[22] Availability of a one-unit system supported by several spares and repair facilities,
International Indian Statistical Association Fourth Biennial International Conference on
Statistics, Probability and Related Areas, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, June 15, 2002.
[23] Regression with Serial Data. Biostatistics Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nov
01, 2002.
[24] Availability in a Random Environment, Statistics Seminar, University of California Riverside,
Jan 28, 2003.
[25] Proportional Hazard Model with a Random Proportionality Multiplier, Applied Statistics Unit
Colloquium, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, Dec 09, 2003.
[26] Availability Theory and Its Applications in Business and Industry, Operations Management
Seminar, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Dec 31, 2003.
[27] Benefits of Timely Administration of Erythropoietin to ICU Anemia Patients. Biostatistics
Colloquium, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nov 19, 2004.
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TELEVISION PRESENTATION
Served both as the Resource Person and the Presenter for programs in Mathematics, Probability
and Statistics. These were recorded in Calcutta, India and are broadcast over the Indian National
Network Television under the auspices of University Grants Commission, India. Each presentation
is between 26 and 30 minutes long. Over 20 million people, including students, teachers and
professionals, regularly watch these programs.
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Puzzles and paradoxes in Statistics, (1992).
Slicing n-cubes, (1993).
A question of proof in Mathematics, (1995).
Ten Programs in Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, (1996):
 Euler's formula V-E+F=2
 Regular solids
 Natural number identities
 Golden ratio f
 The ambiguity of randomness
 Latin squares
 Estimating population size
 Gambler's ruin
 To spin again, or not to: two players
 To spin again, or not to: three players.
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REFERENCES
Professor Michael B. Woodroofe
Department of Statistics
The University of Michigan
4062 Frieze Building
105 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
[email protected]
734-763-3495
Professor Robert Kleyle
Mathematical Sciences LD 270
IUPUI
402 N. Blackford Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3216
[email protected]
317-274-6940
Professor Bimal Kumar Sinha
Mathematics and Statistics
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
[email protected]
410-455-2347
Professor Subir Chakrabarti
Economics CA 516
IUPUI
425 University Blvd
Indianapolis, IN 46202
[email protected]
317-274-2412
Professor Bikas K. Sinha
Stat-Math Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203 Barrackpore Trunk Road
Calcutta 700 035
INDIA
[email protected]
011-91-33-577-3243
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