Asokan Mulayath Variyath

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Professor of Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL    A1C 5S7
Ph: 709-864-6104
Email: variyath@mun.ca

Academic/Research Experience

2024 - present   Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
2022 - 2024   Chairy, Master of Data Science Program, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
2019 - 2022       Deputy Head, Graduate Studies, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
2014 - 2024   Associate Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
2010 - 2024   Director, Statistical Consultancy Centre, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
2008 - 2014       Assistant Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada.
2006 - 2008       Research Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
2001 - 2006       Research Assistant, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
1991 - 2001       Faculty Member of SQC & OR Division, Indian Statistical Institute, India.

Awards & Professional Degrees

2024    Dean of Science Distinguished Service Award (Faculty), MUN
2023   Dean’s Award for Service Excellence School of Graduate Studies, MUN
2010   Professional Statistician (P. Stat) Statistical Society of Canada

Education

2006   Ph.D. Statistics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
1991   S.D.P Fellow (SQC & OR), Indian Statistical Institute, India.
1988   Post Graduate Diploma in SQC & OR, Indian Statistical Institute, India.
1987   M.Sc. Agricultural Statistics, Kerala Agricultural University, India.

Teaching

Courses Taught:

STAT 1510 - Statistical Thinking and Concepts
STAT 2560 - Further Statistics for Science Students
STAT 3520 - Design of Experiments - I
STAT 3521 - Regression
STAT 3570 - Reliability and Quality Control
STAT 3585 - Computational Statistics
STAT 4520 - Design of Experiments - II
STAT 4560 - Continuous Multivariate Analysis

STAT 6505 - Survival Analysis
STAT 6519 - Regression Models
STAT 6545 - Statistical Computing
STAT 6559 - Statistical Exploration of Data
STAT 6564 - Experimental Design
STAT 697A - Graduate Seminar in Statistics
STAT 697B - Graduate Seminar in Statistics

ENGI 9397 - Advanced Modeling and Quality Management

Teaching Research Project:

Statistics Applets - Developed under the MUN Project titled "Improving the student's learning process through the use of statistical applets."
Principal Investigator: Dr. Asokan Variyath

Research

Research Interests:

Machine Learning, Statistical Process Control, Empirical Likelihood, Variable Selection,
Longitudinal Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis of Fisheries Data, Survival / Reliability Analysis,
Spatial Analysis, Design of Experiments, Sampling Techniques, Quality Management

Research Publications:

List of peer reviewed research publications

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