Mir Masoom Ali
Mir Masoom Ali | |
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মীর মাসুম আলী | |
Bangladeshi American | |
Alma mater | Dhaka College researcher, author |
Scientific career | |
Doctoral advisor | Donald A. S. Fraser |
Mir Masoom Ali (born February 1, 1937) is a
Early life and career
Ali was born in
Career in academe
In 1969, Ali began his academic career at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, US as an assistant professor of statistics, then became an associate professor in 1974 and a full professor in 1978. In 2000, he was named the George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics. Upon Ali's retirement in 2007, he was appointed as the George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences.
During Ali's tenure at Ball State University, he published roughly 200 articles and presented over 120 papers at various professional meetings and universities worldwide. His earlier publications were on h-statistics, l-statistics, k-statistics and related finite
Honors bestowed
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association
- Fellow of the Institute of Statisticians
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
- Expatriate Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
- Elected Member, International Statistical Institute
- Member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Awards received
- Sagamore of the Wabash Award – awarded by Former Governor of Indiana Frank O'Bannon, 2002.
- Gold Medal of the Islamic Society of Statistical Sciences, 2005.
- First recipient of the Qazi Motahar Hossain Gold Medal, 1990.
- Outstanding Faculty Award, Ball State University, 1993.
- Outstanding Researcher Award, Ball State University, 1985.
- "Our Pride" Award, Bangladeshi-American Federation Incorporated (BAFI), 2005.
Special volumes published
- Special Volume of the Journal of Statistics in Honor of Professor Mir Masoom Ali, 2014.
- Statistics in the Twenty-first Century: A Special Volume of the Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research in Honor of Professor Mir Masoom Ali on the occasion of his 75th Birthday Anniversary, 2012.
- Festschrift in Honor of Professor Mir Masoom Ali on the occasion of his retirement, 2007 by Ball State University.
- Special Volume of the International Journal of Statistical Sciences in Honor of Professor Mir Masoom Ali on the occasion of his 70th Birthday Anniversary, 2007.
- Special Volume of the Pakistan Journal of Statistics in Honor of Professor Mir Masoom Ali, 2004.
- Special Volume of the Journal of Statistical Studies in Honor of Professor Mir Masoom Ali on the occasion of his 65th Birthday Anniversary, 2002.
Notes and references
- ^ "Festschrift in Honor of George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics Mir Masoom Ali on the Occasion of his Retirement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ Ball State University Campus Update
- ^ "Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop (History)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ NABSA
- ^ Sagamore of the Wabash Proclamation
- ^ Sullivan, Eileen (20 November 2002). "Statistics Professor Honored by governor". Ball State Daily News. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
- ^ Mir Masoom Ali at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "People News for October 2012". Amstat News. American Statistics Association. 1 October 2012.