Ph.D. (2008) The Ohio State University

Arun Kumar, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow     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 novel statistical methodologies for the estimation of parameters in ordinary differential equation (ODE) models. This research is motivated by our center's goal to develop effective, robust, and computationally efficient methods for parameter estimation of various infectious disease models. Apart from parameter estimation for ODE models, I am also interested in modeling of responses from 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. (2008). Sequential Calibration of Computer Models. Techincal report.

Kumar, A. Xue, H. and Wu, H. (2009). Numerical Algorithm Based Estimation for ODE models. To be submitted.