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'''Jayanta Kumar Ghosh''' (Bengali: জয়ন্ত কুমার ঘোষ, born 23 May 1937, died 30 September 2017) was an [[India]]n [[statistician]], an [[emeritus professor]] at [[Indian Statistical Institute]] and a professor of statistics at [[Purdue University]].<ref name="IMS">{{Cite web |url=http://bulletin.imstat.org/2017/11/obituary-jayanta-kumar-ghosh-1937-2017/ |title=Obituary: Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, 1937–2017 |last=Dasgupta |first=Anirban |date=16 November 2017 |website=IMS Bulletin |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref>
'''Jayanta Kumar Ghosh''' (Bengali: জয়ন্ত কুমার ঘোষ, 23 May 1937 – 30 September 2017) was an Indian [[statistician]], an [[emeritus professor]] at [[Indian Statistical Institute]] and a professor of statistics at [[Purdue University]].<ref name="IMS">{{Cite web |url=http://bulletin.imstat.org/2017/11/obituary-jayanta-kumar-ghosh-1937-2017/ |title=Obituary: Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, 1937–2017 |last=Dasgupta |first=Anirban |date=16 November 2017 |website=IMS Bulletin |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
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==Research==
==Research==
Among his best-known discoveries are the [[Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation]] (with [[R. R. Bahadur]] and [[Jack Kiefer (statistician)|Jack Kiefer]])<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lahiri|first=S. N|title=On the Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation of sample quantiles|journal=Statistics & Probability Letters|year=1992|volume=15|issue=2|pages=163–168|doi=10.1016/0167-7152(92)90130-w}}</ref> and the [[Ghosh–Pratt identity]] along with [[John W. Pratt]].<ref>{{cite paper |last=Casella |first=George |author-link=George Casella |title=The Ghosh–Pratt Identity |journal=Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online |year=1996 |doi=10.1002/9781118445112.stat01501 |isbn=9781118445112 }}</ref>
Among his best-known discoveries are the [[Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation]] (with [[R. R. Bahadur]] and [[Jack Kiefer (statistician)|Jack Kiefer]])<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lahiri|first=S. N|title=On the Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation of sample quantiles|journal=Statistics & Probability Letters|year=1992|volume=15|issue=2|pages=163–168|doi=10.1016/0167-7152(92)90130-w}}</ref> and the [[Ghosh–Pratt identity]] along with [[John W. Pratt]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Casella |first=George |author-link=George Casella |title=The Ghosh–Pratt Identity |journal=Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online |year=1996 |doi=10.1002/9781118445112.stat01501 |isbn=9781118445112 }}</ref>


His research contributions fall within the fields of:
His research contributions fall within the fields of:
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* [[Statistical genetics]]
* [[Statistical genetics]]


==Awards/Honors==
==Awards and honors==
* Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute
* Elected member of the International Statistical Institute
* Advisory Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
* Advisory editor, ''Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference''
* Fellow of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]]
* Fellow of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]]
* Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]
* Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]]
* Life Member and Director of the Calcutta Statistical Association
* Life member and director of the Calcutta Statistical Association
* Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]
* Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]
* Japanese Society for Promotion of Sciences Fellowship, 1978
* Japanese Society for Promotion of Sciences Fellowship, 1978
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* President, [[International Statistical Institute]], 1993
* President, [[International Statistical Institute]], 1993
* Mahalanobis Gold Medal of Indian Science Congress Association, 1998
* Mahalanobis Gold Medal of Indian Science Congress Association, 1998
* Invited Speaker of the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]], 1998<ref>{{cite book|author=Ghosh, Jayanta K.|chapter=Bayesian density estimation|title=Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III|year=1998|pages=237–243|chapter-url=https://www.elibm.org/ft/10011581000}}</ref>
* Invited speaker of the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]], 1998<ref>{{cite book|author=Ghosh, Jayanta K.|chapter=Bayesian density estimation|title=Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III|year=1998|pages=237–243|chapter-url=https://www.elibm.org/ft/10011581000}}</ref>
* [[Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme|P. V. Sukhatme]] Prize for Statistics, 2000
* [[Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme|P. V. Sukhatme]] Prize for Statistics, 2000
* Mahalanobis Memorial Lecture, State Science and Technology Congress, W. Bengal, 2003
* Mahalanobis Memorial Lecture, State Science and Technology Congress, W. Bengal, 2003

Latest revision as of 10:59, 5 May 2022

Jayanta Kumar Ghosh
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Jayanta Kumar Ghosh
Born(1937-05-23)23 May 1937
Calcutta, India
Died30 September 2017(2017-09-30) (aged 80)
US
NationalityFlag of India.svg Indian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Scientific career
FieldsStatistician
InstitutionsIndian Statistical Institute
Purdue University

Jayanta Kumar Ghosh (Bengali: জয়ন্ত কুমার ঘোষ, 23 May 1937 – 30 September 2017) was an Indian statistician, an emeritus professor at Indian Statistical Institute and a professor of statistics at Purdue University.[1]

Education[edit]

He obtained a B.S. from Presidency College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and subsequently a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta under the supervision of H. K. Nandi. He started his research career in the early 1960s, studying sequential analysis as a graduate student in the department of statistics at the University of Calcutta.[2]

Research[edit]

Among his best-known discoveries are the Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation (with R. R. Bahadur and Jack Kiefer)[3] and the Ghosh–Pratt identity along with John W. Pratt.[4]

His research contributions fall within the fields of:

Awards and honors[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

He has published over 50 research papers. He has also published four books, which are:

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Dasgupta, Anirban (16 November 2017). "Obituary: Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, 1937–2017". IMS Bulletin. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Clarke, Bertrand; Ghosal, Subhashis (2008). J. K. Ghosh's contribution to statistics. projecteuclid.org. ISBN 9780940600751. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Lahiri, S. N (1992). "On the Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation of sample quantiles". Statistics & Probability Letters. 15 (2): 163–168. doi:10.1016/0167-7152(92)90130-w.
  4. ↑ Casella, George (1996). "The Ghosh–Pratt Identity". Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online. doi:10.1002/9781118445112.stat01501. ISBN 9781118445112.
  5. ↑ Ghosh, Jayanta K. (1998). "Bayesian density estimation". Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III. pp. 237–243.
  6. ↑ "International Indian Statistical Association".

External links[edit]

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