Nationality Indian Fields Statistician Education University of Calcutta | Name Jayanta Ghosh | |
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Born May 23, 1937 (age 87) India ( 1937-05-23 ) Institutions Indian Statistical InstitutePurdue University Books Bayesian nonparametrics, Higher order asymptotics | ||
Alma mater University of Calcutta Similar Sujoy K Guha, Ravi Grover, Jayaraman Gowrishankar |
Jayanta Kumar Ghosh or Jaẏanta Kumāra Ghosha (Bengali: জয়ন্ত কুমার ঘোষ, born May 23, 1937) is an Indian statistician, currently emeritus professor at Indian Statistical Institute and a professor of statistics at Purdue University.
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Education
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. 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.
Research
Among his best-known discoveries are the Bahadur–Ghosh–Kiefer representation (with R. R. Bahadur and Jack Kiefer) and the Ghosh–Pratt identity along with John W. Pratt.
His research contributions fall within the fields of: