Rahul Ghosal
Scholar

Rahul Ghosal

Google Scholar ID: vmerQscAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
Functional data analysisDistributional data analysisVariable selectionShape constrained
Citations & Impact
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Citations
348
 
H-index
10
 
i10-index
10
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
14
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Not provided.
Research Experience
  • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina; Postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Education
  • PhD in Statistics from North Carolina State University; B.Stat and M.Stat in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, India.
Background
  • Research focuses on developing novel statistical methods, such as functional data analysis with applications in biosciences and distributional data analysis methods for modeling wearable data. Other research interests and expertise include survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, variable selection, machine learning, nonparametric regression, shape-restricted regression, and Bayesian inference. Also interested in applied research that identifies clinically relevant patterns from continuously monitored data, such as physical activity and sleep from wearable devices or blood glucose from CGM devices.
Miscellany
  • Originally from Uttarpara, a small suburb near Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Open to collaboration with students from South Carolina, USA, and India for projects in Statistics or Biostatistics.