Amit Mitra

PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Specialization

Statistics


Research Interest

 

Education

  • PhD (1996), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
    Thesis Title:Estimating the parameters of signal processing models
    Supervisor:Prof. Debasis Kundu
  • M.Sc. Statistics (1991), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
  • B.Sc. Statistics Honors (1988), University of Calcutta.

Website(s)

CV

Statistics; Data Mining.

  • Efficient algorithm for estimating the parameters of chirp signal, Ananya Lahiri, Debasis Kundu and Amit Mitra, Journal of Multivariate Analysis,vol. 108,15-27, 2012.

  • Sequential estimation of the sum of sinusoidal model parameters, AnuragPrasad, Debasis Kundu and Amit Mitra,Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,vol. 138 (5), pages 1297 - 1313, 2008.

  • Forecasting daily foreign exchange rates using genetically engineered neural networks", Ashok K. Nag and Amit Mitra, Journal of Forecasting, vol. 21(7), pp. 501-511, 2002.

  • The Asymptotic Cramer-Rao bound for 2-D superimposed exponential signals", Amit Mitra and Petre Stoica, Multidimensional Systems & Signal Processing, Vol.13, pp.317-331, 2002.

  • On Cramer-Rao bound of spectral density estimation", Simon Sando, Amit Mitra & Petre Stoica, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 9(2), pp.68-71, 2002.

 

Statistics Group: IIT Kanpur, India.

  • January 2008-March 2012: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.May 2005- December 2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.

  • August 2002-April 2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

  • anuary 2001-July 2002: Assistant Adviser, Department of Statistical Analysis & Computer Services, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, India.October 1996-March 2000: Research Officer, Department of Statistical Analysis & Computer Services, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, India.

  • April 2000-January 2001: Postdoctoral Guest Researcher, Department of Systems & Control, Uppsala University, Sweden.May-June 2013: Guest Researcher, Department of Systems & Control, Uppsala University, Sweden.

  • June-July 2006: Visiting Academic, ARC Centre for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control, University of Newcastle, Australia.May-July 2008: Visiting Academic, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University, Australia.June 2014: Visiting Guest Researcher, Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich.

  • June-July 2007: Visiting Consultant Statistician, Politis, Cyprus.

  • Distinguished Teacher Award, 2010, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

  • M. N. Murthy Award, Indian Statistical Institute for best research work done in India by a young scientist in the field of Applied Statistics, 2002.

  • Post doctoral research award from Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) to work as a visiting researcher at the Department of Systems & Control, Uppsala University, Sweden, April 2000.

  • Research award from the National Board for Higher Mathematics, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, July 1992

  • Best Outgoing Student' award in M.Sc. Statistics at I.I.T. Kanpur, 1991.National Scholarship from the University of Calcutta for 1st position secured in B.Sc. Honors examination, 1988.

 

Office

FB-506,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-6064 (O)

Email: amitra[AT]iitk.ac.in

 

   
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