Arif Zaman

Arif Zaman
Residence United States
Pakistan
Nationality United States
Pakistan
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Purdue University[1]
Florida State University
Lahore University of Management Sciences
GCU School of Mathematics
Alma mater Stanford University[2]
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont Graduate University
Doctoral advisor Persi Diaconis
Other academic advisors Jerome Spanier
Known for Contributions in pseudo-random number generation and his contribution to the field of Computer science

Arif Zaman, Ph.D., is a Pakistani mathematician and an academic scientist. He is the Professor of Statistics and Mathematics and as well as Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the School of Science and Engineering of the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He previously served as a member of the Statistics Department at Purdue University and later at Florida State University for 12 years before he joined Lahore University of Management Sciences's Mathematics Department in 1994.

Zaman attended the Harvey Mudd College in 1972 where he did his B.S. in Mathematics in 1976.[3] In 1977, Zaman obtained M.A. in Applied Mathematics, and PhD in Statistics from Stanford University in 1981.[3] His doctoral thesis contained a comprehensive study on de Finetti's theorem and its possible turn out in Markov chain. His dissertation was supervised by world acclaim statistician Persi Diaconis.

His current research has been in the field of pseudo-random number generation that is now widely used because of its suitability for modern computer needs. He has also published papers on generalisations of Markov chains, and on using computers to solve various theoretical problems in mathematics and statistics. His publications have been in various journals including: The Annals of Probability, Mathematics of Computation, Journal of Applied Probability, and Journal of Statistical Computation.

He was also allegedly one of the two people involved in creating one of the first rabbit worms that replicated themselves over the local network. This was in the early 1970s while a student in Stanford university.

He is a member of Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic spiritual reformation movement based in Indian Subcontinent[4]

Works

Notes

  1. ^ "Statistics - 40 year celebration - Purdue University". http://www.stat.purdue.edu/40th/history/1980.php. 
  2. ^ "Alumni 1981-1982, Dept. of Statistics, Stanford University". http://www-stat.stanford.edu/people/alumni/index.html. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Arif Zaman". Arif Zaman , Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. 19 November 2007. http://web.lums.edu.pk/~arifz/resume.html. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 
  4. ^ Perlez, Jane (19 November 2007). "Pakistani Muslim group holds conclave despite ban". NY TImes. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/asia/19iht-19jamaat.8386185.html?pagewanted=2. Retrieved 28 June 2010. 

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