Shelemyahu Zacks
Professor, Department of
Mathematical Sciences;
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
615 Valleyview Drive Endwell, NY 13760
DEGREES:
B.A. Hebrew University 1955
M.Sc. Technion (Israel) 1960
Ph.D. Columbia University 1962
POSITIONS HELD:
Statistician in Departments of Applied Biology,
Chemistry, and Physics of the Research Council of
Israel, 1955-57
Instructor at the Technion, 1957-59
Post-doctoral Research Associate at New York
University, June 1962 - August 1962, and at Stanford
University, September 1962 - August 1963
Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Industrial and
Management Engineering, Technion, 1963-65
Professor of Statistics, Kansas State University,
1965-68
Consultant, The Institute for Management Science and
Engineering, The George Washington University,
1967-1987
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, The
University of New Mexico, 1968-70
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Case
Western Reserve University, 1970-73
Professor of Statistics, Tel-Aviv University,
1973-74
Professor and Chairman, Department of Mathematics
and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University,
1974-79
Professor of Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, September 1979-80
Chairman, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
SUNY-Binghamton, 1980-83
Professor of Mathematical Sciences, SUNY-Binghamton,
l983-
BOOKS:
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The Theory of Statistical
Inference John Wiley, New York, 1971
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Parametric Statistical
Inference: Basic Theory and Modern Approaches, Pergamon Press,
Oxford, 1981.
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Introduction to
Reliability Analysis: Probability Models and Statistical Methods,
Springer Verlag, NY, 1992.
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Prediction Theory For
Finite Populations (with H. Bolfarine, coauthor), Springer-Verlag,
NY, 1992.
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Stochastic Visibility in
Random Fields, Lecture Notes In Statistics, No. 59, Springer-Verlag,
NY, 1994.
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Modern Industrial
Statistics: Design and Control of Quality and Reliability (R.S.
Kenett, co-author), Duxbury Press, Pacific Grove, 1998.
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Stage-Wise Adaptive
Designs, Wiley,NY, 2009.
EDITORIAL:
Associate Editor of the Journal of American Statistical Association
(1971-1972)
Associate Editor of the Annals of Statistics (1972-74)
Member of the Editorial Board, Communications in Statistics (1973-1989)
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Statistical Planning and
Inference (continuing since 1977)
Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly (1977-1987)
Member of the Editorial Board, American Jour. Math. and Mgmt. Sci.
(1980-1986)
Joint Chief Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
(1981-1983)
Associate Editor of the Journal of American Statistical Association
(1986-1989)
Member of the Editorial Board, Sequential Analysis, (1986 - )
Coordinating Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,
(1990-1995)
Advisory Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,
(1995-1998)
Executive-Editor, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, (1998
-2000)
HONORS:
1. Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
2. Fellow of the American Statistical Association
3. Elected Regular Member of the International Statistical Institute
4. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
5. Honorary Ph.D. University of Haifa, 2005.
GRADUATE STUDENTS THESIS GUIDANCE:
Goldfarb, Daniel: Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology, 1965, M.Sc. Thesis entitled: "On Crossing a Field Containing
Absorption Points"
Even, Mosche: Technion, Israel Institute of THESIS Technology, 1965,
M.Sc. Thesis entitled: "On the Best Unbiased and Maximum Likelihood
Estimation of Reliability Systems Connected in Series and in Parallel"
Kander, Zvi: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 1965, M.Sc.
Thesis entitled: "Test Procedures for Possible Changes in
Parameters of Statistical Distributions Occurring at Unknown Time
Points"
Lentner, Marvin: Kansas State University, 1967, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Application of the Generalized Inverse for the Optimal Design
and Analysis of Randomized Fractional Replicates"
Lee, S.W.: Kansas State University, 1968, Ph.D. Dissertation entitled:
"Non-Parametric Methods for Detecting Shifts in the Laws of Statistical
Distributions"
Chung, Y.: Kansas State University, 1968, Ph.D. Dissertation entitled:
"Detecting Changes in Normal Distributions"
Grosh, Doris L.: Kansas State University, 1968, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Bayes One-and Two-State Stratified Sampling Schemes for
Finite Populations with Beta-binomial Prior Distributions"
Stanton, Laverne W.: Case Western Reserve University, 1972, Ph.D.
Dissertation entitled: "Estimation of the Reliability of One and Two
Component Series Systems in the Exponential Case"
Fenske, Walter J.: Case Western Reserve University, 1972, Ph.D.
Dissertation entitled: "Optimal Inspection Epochs for Reliability
Studies"
Sidik, S. M.: Case Western Reserve University, 1972, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Kullback-Liebler Information Function and the
Sequential Selection of Experiments to Discriminate Among Several Linear
Models"
Kelley, T. A.: The University of New Mexico, 1972, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Bayesian Designs for Estimating the Difference Between the
Means of Two Normal Distributions"
Singh, R. P.: Case Western Reserve University, 1973, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Testing Hypotheses and Estimating the Means of Contaminated
Normal Populations"
Khan, A. A.: Case Western Reserve University, 1972, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "On Detecting Changes in the Mean of a Poisson Process"
Regula, Gary: Case Western Reserve University, 1975, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Optimal Cusum Procedures to Detect a Change in
Distribution for the Gamma Family"
Bialik, Ora: Case Western Reserve University, 1978, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Photodynamic Bioassay
and Indexing Air Pollution Toxicity"
Zgonc, Timothy: Case Western Reserve University, 1978, Ph.D.
Dissertation entitled: "On Testing and Estimating the Interaction
Between Treatments and Environmental Conditions in Binomial Experiments:
The Case of N Stations"
Saraidaridis, Charalampos I.: Case Western Reserve University, 1978,
Ph.D. Dissertation entitled: "Estimation of Parameters of Finite
Mixtures of Pearson Type III Distributions"
Khan, Mohammad Kazim: Case Western Reserve University, 1980, Ph.D.
Dissertation entitled: "Adaptive Surveillance Processes"
Boukai, Benzion: SUNY-Binghamton, 1988, Ph.D. Dissertation entitled:
"Change Point Problems and Related Topics"
Sr. Baumler, Marian: SUNY-Binghamton, 1988, Ph.D. Dissertation entitled:
"Sequential Search of An Optimal Dosage with Discrete Data"
Chen, Maiwei: SUNY-Binghamton, 1989, Ph.D. Dissertation entitled:
"Contributions to Estimation Theory of LLPD Time Series"
Reitz, Jeffrey Scott: SUNY-Binghamton, 1993, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "An Approximation to The Bayes Estimate of A
Time-Varying Parameter Vector"
Lamprecht, Elizabeth: SUNY-Binghamton, 1995, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "A Bernoulli One-Armed Bandit Problem Involving A Change
Point"
Babb, James: SUNY-Binghamton, 1995, Ph.D. Dissertation entitled:
"Estimating Change Points In Linear and Non-Linear Time Series"
Wang, Xiaodong: Binghamton University, 1997, Ph.D. Dissertation
entitled: "Some Contributions to Dynamic Systems"
Ghezzi, Daniel J., Binghamton University, 2001, Ph.D. Dissertation
Title: "Inference on the Common Variance of Correlated Normal Random
Variables"
Haner Matthew S. : Binghamton University, 2002, Ph.D. Dissertation
Title: " Random Designs in Factorial Experiments for Estimation and
Searching"
Greenfield, Gary Allen: Binghamton University, 2002, Ph.D. Dissertation
Title: "Variance Estimation After Using The Chow-Robbins Stopping Rule
for a Fixed-Width Confidence Interval for the Mean of a Normal
Distribution."
Brown, Marlo: Binghamton University, 2004, Ph.D. Dissertation Title:
"Detection of Change-Points in Categorical Data."
PUBLICATIONS:
Over 175 published papers in refereed journals.
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