Solomon W. Harrar, Ph. D. (vita)

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Associate Professor of Statistics

Department of Mathematical Sciences (Math Building: #214)

The University of Montana

32 Campus Drive

Missoula, MT 59812

Tel: (406)243-5562

Fax: (406)243-2674

Email: harrar@mso.umt.edu

Web: www.math.umt.edu/harrar

Education

• B. Sc., July 1990 - Statistics Major and Computer Science Minor, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
• M. Sc., July 1999 - Statistics Major, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

· Ph. D., August 2004 - Statistics (Specializing in Multivariate Analysis), Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403

Researches

• Peer Reviewed Publications
• Invited and Contributed Presentations
• Current Areas of Research

Multivariate Analysis, Inference under Non-normality, Inference under High-Dimensional Parametric Space, Skew-Elliptical Models, Asymptotic Expansions, Nonparametric Methods, Gene Expression Data Analysis, Clustered Data Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Public Health Applications of Statistics

Honors and Awards

Grant Activities

Teaching

• Stat 421 -- Probability Theory
• Stat 491 -- Biostatistics

Previous Teaching

Other Professional Services

Referee for the Journals:

• Technometrics, Statistica Sinica, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Metrika, Test, Communication in Statistics: Theory and Methods, Applied Computers and Mathematics with Applications, Mathematical and Computer Modeling, Applied Mathematics Letters, Journal of Water Resources Management, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences.

Offices

• President of the Montana Chapter of the American Statistical Association
• Vice President of the Montana Chapter of the American Statistical Association
• President of the Statistical Society of Ethiopians in North America (SSENA)
• Faculty Advisor for the African Student Association of the University of Montana

Professional Associations Memberships

• Institute of Mathematical Statistics, since 2004.
• American Statistical Association, since 2006.
• Statistical Society of Ethiopians in North America, since 2002.
• Ethiopian Statistical Association, since 1990.

Interesting Links

• A Portal for Statistical Science
• My Mathematical Ancestors
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (Subscription may be required.)

Some Pictures

• Pictured with Addis Ababa University Students
• Pictured with East China Normal University Students
• IMS 2006 Laha Award Recipients
• 15th International Workshop in Matrix and Statistics Participants
• Pictured with T. W. Anderson (middle) and M. S. Srivastava (left)
• 15^th International Workshop in Matrix and Statistics (presentation)

Last Revised: September 18, 2011.