Saralees Nadarajah Explained

Saralees Nadarajah
Discipline:	Statistics
Alma Mater:	University of Sheffield
Sub Discipline:	Extreme value theory Nonparametric statistics Information theory

Saralees Nadarajah is a British statistician specialising in distribution theory, extreme value theory, nonparametric statistics, and their applications.

Early life and education

Nadarajah was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Zimbabwe. He obtained his B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Zimbabwe in Harare.Nadarajah earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in statistics from the University of Sheffield in the UK, in 1991 and 1994 respectively.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Nadarajah is a reader at the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester.^[3] He was previously affiliated with the Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of South Florida.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Nadarajah is the founder of Educate Africa project which he started in 2017.^[7]

Research

Nadarajah specializes in statistical fields including extreme value and distribution theory, nonparametric statistics, information theory, and reliability.^{[8] [9]} His expertise also extends to sampling theory, statistical software development, and time series analysis.^[8] Nadarajah-Haghighi (UNH) class of distribution is named after him.^[10]

Awards and recognition

• Jacob Wolfowitz Prize (2007)^[11]
• University of Manchester Education Award (2021)^[12]

Selected publications

• Extreme value distributions: theory and applications (2000)
• Multivariate t-distributions and their applications (2004)
• Handbook of beta distribution and its applications (2004)
• A generalized normal distribution (2005)
• The beta exponential distribution (2006)
• Lindley distribution and its application (2008)
• On the inefficiency of Bitcoin (2017)

External links

• • Educate Africa project homepage

Notes and References

1. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37300433000
2. Web site: Saralees Nadarajah . Mathematics Genealogy Project.
3. Web site: Academic and research staff (A-Z) - Department of Mathematics - the University of Manchester .
4. Web site: Saralees Nadarajah - Home. Author DO Series. .
5. Optimal design of mixed-effects PK/PD models based on differential equations. Yi. Wang. Kent M.. Eskridge. Saralees. Nadarajah. August 7, 2012. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. 22. 1. 180–205. PubMed. 10.1080/10543406.2010.513465. 22204534. 42462863 .
6. A conversation with Samuel Kotz . 10.1214/ss/1030550863 . 2002 . Nadarajah . Saralees . Statistical Science . 17 . 2 .
7. Web site: Institute of Mathematical Statistics | Educate Africa: an appeal for researchers.
8. https://minerva.it.manchester.ac.uk/~saralees/
9. Book: Longin, Francois . Extreme Events in Finance: A Handbook of Extreme Value Theory and Its Applications . . 2016 . 9781118650196 .
10. Unit Nadarajah-Haghighi Generated Family of Distributions: Properties and Applications. Suleman. Nasiru. Abdul Ghaniyyu. Abubakari. John. Abonongo. August 1, 2022. Sankhya A. 84. 2. 450–476. Springer Link. 10.1007/s13171-020-00203-6. 225695408 .
11. The 2007 Thomsa L. Saaty and Jacob Wolfowitz Prizes. February 7, 2008. American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences. 28. 3–4. 511. CrossRef. 10.1080/01966324.2008.10737741. 220313559 .
12. Web site: Dr Saralees Nadarajah wins three Education Awards.