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Anwesha Chakravarti

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Contact Information

616 East Green Street, Suite 212A
Champaign, IL, 61820

Research Interests

Transfer Learning, High Dimensional Data Analysis, Bayesian Analysis, Graphical Models, Spatio-temporal Data Analysis, Statistical Learning

Research Description

My research primarily centers on developing theoretical frameworks and methods in statistics and machine learning to analyze complex high-dimensional data, with applications across various real-world domains.

Currently, I am working with Prof. Feng Liang on developing a Bayesian Transfer Learning model to transfer knowledge from large unlabelled source data to get better results on small target data. 
Previously, I worked with Prof. Feng Liang on developing a Bayesian framework to achieve variable selection and estimation for sparse graphical models using conditional random fields. I have also worked on developing statistical models for spatio-temporal data to help the Mosquito Abatements Districts (MADs) and other health departments in Illinois to control the spread of West Nile Virus infections with Prof. Bo Li and Prof. Rebecca Smith. 

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

M.Stat w/Distinction, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 2020

B.Stat w/Honors, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 2018

Awards and Honors

Doctoral Student Leadership and Service Award, 2024

Recipient of the Doctoral Student Leadership and Service Award in recognition of my efforts in creating a better and more productive environment within the department from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Henry M. Lawicki Student Paper Award, 2023

Awarded Best paper for my work "Where to place a mosquito trap for West Nile Virus surveillance?" by IMVCA 

Outstanding Qualifying Exam Award, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 2022

Recipient of the Outstanding Qualifying Exam Award in recognition of superior performance on the Doctoral Qualifying Exam from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Results based on student ratings of their instructors from the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) maintained by University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

INSPIRE, 2015 - 2020

Recipient of the Inspire Scholarship (given by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India).

Courses Taught

Instructor:

2022 Summer, Qualifying Exam Preparation Course

Discussion Sections (Lab sessions):

2023 Fall, STAT 400 Statistics and Probability 1

2021 Spring, STAT 107 Data Science Discovery

2020 Fall, STAT 107 Data Science Discovery

Teaching Assistant:

2024 Spring, STAT 426 Statistical Modeling II

2022 Fall, STAT 440 Statistical Data Management

2022 Spring, STAT 420 Methods of Applied Statistics

 

Additional Campus Affiliations

Vice President, Statistics Doctoral Student Association (SDSA), UIUC

 

Highlighted Publications

Where to place a mosquito trap for West Nile Virus surveillance?

Anwesha Chakravarti, Bo Li, Dan Bartlett, Patrick Irwin, Rebecca Smith

(Under Submission) [arXiv]

Bayesian Variable Selection and Sparse Estimation for High-Dimensional Graphical Models

Anwesha Chakravarti, Naveen N. Narisetty, Feng Liang

(Under Submission) [arXiv]