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Bhisham C. Gupta

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of So. Maine
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Office: 302-A Payson Smith
Phone: (207) 780-4225 (Office)
E-mail: bcgupta@usm.maine.edu
CITIZENSHIP: USA

EDUCATION

1958 - 62 B.A. (Hons) Punjab University - India
1962 - 64 M.A. (Math.) Punjab University - India
1968 - 69 M.S. (Math.) University of Windsor - Canada
1969 - 72 Ph.D. (Statistics) University of Windsor - Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1972 - 73 Assistant Professor, Institute of Mathematics, Federal Univ. of Rio do Janeiro, Brazil.
1973 - 75 Associate Professor, Institute of Mathematics, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1975 - 83 Professor and Director of Graduate Program in Statistics, Institute of Mathematics, Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1985-94 Professor and Director Graduate Program in Statistics, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine.
1995-Present Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine.
2005 – Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine.

VISITING POSITIONS

Summer 75 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Fall 1975 Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil.
Summer 76 Visiting Professor, Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Spring 78 Visiting Scientist, Dept of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
1983 - 84 Visiting Scientist, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
1984 - 85 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

PROGRAMS DEVELOPED

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,1975

1. Developed undergraduate program in Statistics
2. Developed graduate (Master’s) program in Statistics
3. Collaborated with other Ph.D. offering programs and produced one Ph.D.

University of Southern Maine, 1987

1. Developed undergraduate concentration in Statistics
2. Developed graduate (Master’s) program in Statistics

GRANTS / HONORS

1. Grant from the Canadian National Research Council (1983-84)
2. Numerous internal and external travel grants
3. Numerous internal summer grants
4. Faculty Senate Award for Scholarship (2004)

INVITED TALKS

  • Ninth Bi-annual Brazilian Colloquium of Mathematics 1973.
  • Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Pernabuco, Recife, Brazil, 1974.
  • Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil, 1975.
  • Institute of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, State University of Campinas, Brazil, 1975.
  • Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1975.
  • 11th Bi-annual Brazilian Colloquium of Mathematics, 1977.
  • Institute of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, State University of Campinas, Brazil, 1978.
  • International Symposium of Multivariate Analysis, State University of Campinas, Brazil, 1978.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1979.
  • 16th Bi-annual Colloquium of Brazilian Mathematics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1987.
  • Invited talk at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, Oct. 1988.
  • Invited talk at the Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Dec. 1988.
  • International R.C. Bose Symposium on Probability and Statistics held at Delhi University, Delhi, India on Dec. 1988.
  • 38th Annual meeting of International Biometric Society, Federal University of Rio Grarde do sul, Aug. 1993.
  • Invited talk at the Speaker Series, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Southern Maine, April 9, 1998.
  • Invited talk at the Department of Statistics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, March 3, 2004.
  • Invited three lecture series at the Department of Statistics, Jammu University, Jammu, Kashmir, India, March 12, 2004.
  • Invited talk at the Speaker Series, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Southern Maine, May 3, 2005.

    COURSES TAUGHT

    GRADUATE
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Probability Theory
  • Linear Algebra for Statisticians (Matrix Theory)
  • Linear Models
  • Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance
  • Applied Regression Analysis
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Sampling Methods
  • Statistical Quality Control

    UNDERGRADUATE

  • Sampling Techniques
  • Planning of Experiments
  • Statistical Quality Control
  • Introduction to Probability & Statistics
  • Statistical Inference
  • Non-parametric Methods
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Applied Probability Theory and Statistics for Engineers
  • Statistics for Biological Sciences
  • Linear Algebra
  • Probability Theory and Statistics for Business Students
  • Statistics for Business Students

    THESES SUPERVISED

    Ph.D. Thesis

  • Factorial Search Designs of the Type 2m (Ph.D.).

    M.S. Theses

  • Factorial Search Designs of Resolu. 3.1 of the Type 25 and 26.
  • A Study of Analysis of Variance with its Applications to Genetics.
  • Generalized Linear Hypothesis and its Applications.
  • Main Effects Plus k (k = 1,2) Plans.
  • The Use of Inner Control Limits in shewart X-Charts.
  • Modeling ACMOS AC Performance Over Multiple Offsets in Poly Gate Width Using Electric Wafer Parametric Data.
  • An Analysis of Injury/Illness Incidence Rates at Workplaces in the State of Maine.
  • The Application of Linear Regression and Desirability Function Methodology to Improve Die Yield.
  • Optimal Subsample Size Selection in the Moses Test

    PUBLICATIONS

    Four books, 36 peer reviewed publications and 27 reviews.