SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
(mostly invited)
1. (Invited) Assessing process capability index for
non-normal distributions, IISA conference, DeKalb, USA (2002) 2. Inference concerning
quantile for left truncated and right censored data. SSC annual meeting (2002)
3. (Invited) Process capability index for non-normal distributions, University
of Western Ontario (2002) 4. (Invited) Pooling component means: Making sense:
or folly International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Osaka, Japan (2001)
5. (Keynote speaker) Improved Estimation. Seventh International Conference of
Islamic Society of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS), Lahore, Pakistan (2001) 6.
(Invited) Testing the homogeneity of process capability indices. Institute of
Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan (2001) 7. (Invited) Simultaneous estimation
of coefficients of variation. University of Tsukuba/University of Tokyo, Japan
(2001)
- Invited seminar, Application of shrinkage estimation
in analysis of reliability and life-testing models. University of
Waterloo (2000).
- Invited colloquium, Simultaneous estimation of
correlation coefficients. University Laval, Quebec (2000).
- Invited speaker, Improved estimation of regression
coefficients in censored Weibull and extreme value regression
model. Second International Conference on Mathematical Methods in
Reliability. Bordeaux, France (2000).
- Invited Dicussant, Workshop on Data Analysis and
Statistical Foundations, University of Toronto (2000).
- An asymptotic approximation for the birthday
problem. Annual meeting of Statistical Society of Canada, Ottawa
(2000).
- The complete convergence rates of the bootstrap
mean. Annual meeting of Statistical Society of Canada, Ottawa
(2000).
- Four Invited lectures, Lahore University, Lahore,
Pakistan (2000).
- Invited seminar, Application of shrinkage estimation
in analysis of reliability and life-testing models. Universite
Marne-la-Vallee, France (2000).
- Invited speaker, Improved estimation strategies in
combining data from various sources. The International Conference on
Measurement and Multivariate Analysis. Banff, Canada (2000).
- Invited speaker, Strong limit theorems for
bootstrapped means. Second International Conference on
Mathematical Methods in Reliability. Bordeaux, France (2000).
- Invited seminar, Testing the homogeneity of process
capability index. Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba
(2000).
- Invited address, Least squares, preliminary test and
Stein-type estimation in general vector AR(p) models. Annual meeting of
Statistical Society of Canada, Regina (1999).
- Invited seminar, To pool or not pool: Intraclass
correlations coefficients. Department of Statistics, University of Florida,
Gainsville, USA (1999).
- Invited Interdivisional Seminar, Combining data from
di erent investigations. Statistics Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa
(1999).
- Invited colloquium, . Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA (1999).
- Invited address,. Testing the homogeneity of process
capability indices in k arbitrary populations. Presented at the International
Conference on Applied Statistical Science, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
(1999).
- Construction of improved estimators of multinomial
proportions. Presented at ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Washington D. C.,
USA (1999).
- Shrinkage estimation of regression coefficients in a
regression model with censored data. Presented at the ENAR Spring Meeting,
Atlanta, Georgia (1999).
- Improved estimation of characteristic roots in
principal analysis. Presented at the Tampere Matrix Workshop, Tampere, Finland
(1999).
- Improved estimation of regression coefficients from
censored data. 52nd Session of the International Statistical Institute,
Helsinki, Finland (1999).
- Invited lecture presented at the International
conference in reliability and survival analysis, Northern Illinois University,
Dekalb, Illinois, USA (1998)
- Invited lecture presented at the International
conference organized by the International Indian Statistical Association,
Hamilton (1998)
- Invited seminar, shrinkage estimation in exponential
regression model with censored data. Department Mathematics and Statistics,
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman (1998)
- Invited colloquium, Stein-like Shrinkage estimation:
From past to present. Department Statistical and Actuarial Sciences,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (1998)
- Invited colloquium, improved estimation of regression
coefficients in an exponential regression model with censored data. Department
Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
(1998)
- Invited lecture at Workshop on empirical Bayes and
likelihood inference, Montreal (1997)
- Invited lecture at Workshop for research in Statistics
and Probability, Ottawa (1997)
- Invited lecture presented at the International
conference on combinatorial methods and applications to probability and
statistics, Hamilton (1997)
- Invited lecture I: presented at the
International workshop on applied statistics, Malang, Indonesia. (1996)
- Invited lecture II: presented at the International
workshop on applied statistics, Malang, Indonesia. (1996)
- Invited lectureI: presented at the Department of
Statistics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysis, Malaysia (1996)
- Invited lectureII: presented at the Department of
Statistics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysis, Malaysia (1996)
- Invited lecture at Fifth International Conference of
ISOSS (1996), Indonesia
- Invited lecture, Malay University, Malaysia
(1996)
- Invited lecture I: University of Karachi (1996)
- Invited lecture II: University of Karachi
(1996)
- Invited talk, IASIO conference in honor of Professor
C. R. Rao, Montreal (1996)
- Invited lecture at Fourth International Conference of
ISOSS, Lahore, Pakistan (1994)
- Invited lecture series, University of Karachi
(1993)
- Invited lecture at the International Conference on
EnvironMetrics, Finland (1992)
- Invited lecture at the International Conference on
EnvironMetrics, Madison (1991)
- Invited lecture, University of Karachi (1991)
- Invited lecture I at the Conference on EnvironMetrics
Como, Italy (1990)
- Invited lecture II at the Conference on EnvironMetrics
Como, Italy (1990)
- Invited lecture at Second International Conference of
ISOSS, Johor Bahru, Malaysia (1990)
- Invited lecture at First International Conference of
ISOSS, Lahore, Pakistan (1988)
- Asymptotic theory of simultaneous estimation of
coefficients of variations. Presented at the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics in Pullman, Washington (1996)
- Using incomplete prior information in regression
analysis. Presented at the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in Pullman,
Washington (with Bashirullah) (1996)
- Improved simultaneous estimation of intraclass
correlation. Department Statistics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(1996)
- Shrinkage estimation of intraclass correlation
coefficients. Department Mathematical Sciences, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta (1996)
- Improved estimation in randomized response model.
Presented at the joint meeting of Statistical Society of Canada and Institute
of Mathematical Statistics, Montreal (1995)
- Improved biased estimation in regression model.
Presented at the fourth international workshop on matrix methods for
statistics, Montreal (1995)
- Pre-test and shrinkage estimation in a randomized
response model. University of Exeter, Exeter, England (1995)
- Randomized response surveys: touching the touchy
questions. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Regina
(1995)
- Large sample pooling procedure for correlation.
Colloquium, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA (1993)
- Combining data sources in estimation. Presented at the
International Conference on Establishments Surveys of the American Statistical
Association, Bu alo, USA (1993)
- Shrinkage estimation in a randomized response model.
Colloquium, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (1993)
- Asymptotic simultaneous estimation of reliability
functions. Colloquium, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
(1993)
- Improved estimation in a multivariate regression
model. Presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada,
Edmonton (1992)
- Shrinkage estimation of relative potency. Presented at
the joint meeting of Biometrics Society and Institute of Mathematical
Statistics, Corvallis, USA (1992)
- Asymptotic simultaneous estimation of Poisson means.
Presented at International Conference on Nonparametric Statistics &
Related Topics, Ottawa, Canada (1991)
- Improved estimation for the component mean-vector in a
2p-variate normal distribution. Presented at Statistics Day, University of
Regina (1990)
- Simultaneous asymptotic estimation of Poisson means.
Presented at Inter-University Seminar, University of Saskatchewan
(1990)
- Asymptotic discrete data analysis. Colloquium,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (1990)
- Shrinkage estimation of the binomial proportion.
Colloquium, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan (1990)
- Invited Colloquium, Faculty of Bussiness
Admintration, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
(1989)
- Use of apriori information in the estimation of
binomial proportion. Presented at 47th Session of the International
Statistical Institute, Paris, France (1989)
- Invited Colloquium, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics,&nb3p; University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (1989)
- Invited Seminar, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Memorial University of New Foundland, ST. John,
Newfound (1989)
- Invited Colloquium, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Pomona State University, Pomona, California USA
(1989)
- Shrinkage estimation in simple multivariate normal
regression model. Presented at International Conference on Recent Developments
in Statistical data analysis and Inference, Nauchatel, Switzerland
(1989)
- Invited Colloquium, Faculty of MAnagement
Sciences, St Mary University , Halifax, Nova Scotia (1989)
- Teaching statistical consulting, computing and data
analysis. Presented at a special session in the annual meeting of the
Statistical Society of Canada, Victoria (1988)
- Estimation strategies for the intercept vector in a
simple linear multivariate normal regression model. Presented in Institute of
Mathematical Statistics meeting, Boston (1988)
- Pooling multivariate data. Invited Colloquium,
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (1988)
- On preliminary test and shrinkage estimation of the
mean vector of a multivariate normal distribution in a two-sample problem.
Presented in Institute of Mathematical Statistics meeting, Dallas
(1987)