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Personal Education/Research

 

Area of Interest:

Generalized families of distributions arising from the hazard function, mathematical statistics, statistical inference for probability models, and Data Mining.

 

Education:

2007-2011 Ph.D. in Mathematics with emphasis in Statistics. Central

Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2008-2010 Graduate Certificate in Data Mining. Central Michigan University,

Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2007-2009 M.S. in Mathematics. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

2003-2005 M.S. in Mathematics. University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

1999-2002 B.Sc. in Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

 

Recent Publications and Presentations:

    • Alzaatreh, A., Lee, C. & Famoye, F. (2013). A new method for generating families of continuous distributions. To Appear in Metron:International Journal of Statistics.
    • Lee, C., Famoye, F. & Alzaatreh, A. (2013). Methods for generating families of continuous distribution. To Appear in WIREs Computational Statistics.
    • Alzaatreh, A., Famoye, F. & Lee, C. (2013). Weibull-Pareto distribution and its applications. Communications in Statistics: Theory & Methods, 42(9), 1673-1691.
    • Alzaatreh, A., Lee, C. & Famoye, F. (2012). On the discrete analogues of continuous distributions. Statistical Methodology, 9(6), 589-603.
    • Alzaatreh, A., Famoye, F. & Lee, C. (2012). Gamma-Pareto distribution and its applications. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 11(1), 78-94.
 

  • Alzaatreh, A. & Ghosh, I. A study of the gamma-Pareto(IV) distribution and its applications. Submitted, 2012.

  • Ghosh, I. & Alzaatreh, A. A new class of generalized logistic distribution. Submitted, 2012.

  • Presented a paper with titled “A new method for generating continuous distributions” at the Graduate Student Seminar at Central Michigan University. November 2010.

  • Presented a project titled “On Medical Image Decomposition and Compression” at the annual Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition (SRCEE), Central Michigan University, April, 2008.
  • Presented a project titled “Predicting Two Different Types of Diabetes Using Data Mining Techniques” at the annual Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exhibition (SRCEE), Central Michigan University, April 2008.

 

Professional Memberships:

- Tennessee Academy of Science, November 2012-Present.

- Pi Mu Epsilon Organization, September 2011-Present.

- Statistics Club at Central Michigan University, October 2010-Present.

- American Mathematical Society, since 2007.

- American Statistical Association, since 2010.

 

Service:

  • Served as a judge for the undergraduate student presentation sessions at the 122nd Tennessee Academy of Science meeting in Vanderbilt university, 2012.
  • Served in a committee charged with the development of a professional science mater's program in the mathematics and statistics department at Austin Peay State University, 2011-present.
  • Served in the hiring committee in the mathematics and statistics department at Austin Peay State University, 2011-2012.
  • Graduate student representative at Central Michigan University. Serve as liaison between the graduate students and the graduate coordinator, 2010-2011.

 

Awards and Honors:

  • Summer Research Fellows Program A ward, Austin Peay State University, Mathematics and Statistics Dep., Clarksville, TN., 2012.
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Central Michigan University, Mathematics Dep., Mt. Pleasant, MI., 2011.
  • Summer Research Fellowship, Central Michigan University, Mathematics Dep., Mt. Pleasant, MI., 2009, 2010, and 2011.
  • Fellowship Central Michigan University, Mathematics Dep., Mt. Pleasant, MI., 2010.
  • Fellowship Central Michigan University, Mathematics Dep., Mt. Pleasant, MI., 2009.
  • Honor List Yarmouk University, Mathematics Department, Irbid, Jordan, 2001.
  • Honor List Yarmouk University, Mathematics Department, Irbid, Jordan, 2000.

 

Professional Development:

  • Attended the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana, . Jan 6-9, 2011.
  • Participated in a statistical workshop titled “SPSS: Introduction and Basic Data Analysis” by Dr. Sandra Herman, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. Jan 29, 2010.
  • Participated in a statistical workshop titled “The Sample Size Determination” by Dr. Alla Sikorskii, Michigan State University. East Lansing, Michigan. October 2, 2009.
  • Assisted in presenting a two-week workshop on Teaching Mathematics at the Collegiate Level, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Aug, 2009.
  • Attended a two –week workshop on Multivariate Splines and Their Applications, Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. May 11-22, 2009.
  • Participated in Midwest Conference on Mathematical Methods for Images and Surfaces, Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, Michigan, April 17-20, 2009.
  • SAS® Certified Base Programmer for SAS ® 9. Dec, 2008.
  • Participated in a two-week workshop on Teaching Mathematics at the Collegiate Level, Department of Mathematics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant Michigan, Aug, 2007.

 

Computer Skills:

  • C++, GIS, R, Mathematica, SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS (SAS® Certified Base Programmer), Minitab.

 

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