Arun Kumar, Ph.D.

KumarPostdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. (2008) The Ohio State University
 

Contact Information:

University of Rochester
Dept of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
601 Elmwood Avenue Box 630
Rochester, New York 14642
 
Office: Lattimore Medical Bldg. 117
Phone: (585) 241-0727
Fax: (585) 256-2541
E-mail: Arun_Kumar at urmc dot rochester dot edu

Research Interests

I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling (CBIM) in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Currently, my research is focused on developing efficient, robust, and computationally cheap statistical methods for the parameter estimation of Ordinary Differential Equation Models. I am also interested in statistical methods for the calibration of complex computer models. In my spare time, I enjoy working out in gym, reading books, watching sports, and hanging out with friends.

Education

B. Sc., Mathematics and Computing
Indian Institute of Technology, 1997-2000

M. Sc., Mathematics and Computing
Indian Institute of Technology, 2000-2002

Ph. D., Statistics
The Ohio State University, 2004-2008

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

  • Kumar, A. and Notz, W. (2010). “Sequential Calibration of Computer Models” to be submitted to Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference.
  • Wu, H., Xue, H., and Kumar, A. (2009). “Numerical Algorithm-Based Estimation Methods for ODE Models via Penalized Spline Smoothing” submitted to The Annals of Statistics.
  • Kumar, A. and Notz, W. (2008). “Sequential Calibration of Computer Models” Technical Report No. 823, Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University.