Ajay Jasra
Professor of Statistics and Data Science
Research Interests
Professor Jasra’s teaching and research interests span the areas of statistics and applied probability, specifically Markov chains, Bayesian modeling, stochastic simulation and machine learning.
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Prior to joining MBZUAI, Professor Jasra was a Professor of Data Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He was formerly Associate Dean and Professor of Applied Mathematics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and formerly Associate Professor of Statistics at National University of Singapore.
- Ph.D. in Statistics, Imperial College London, UK
- M.Sc. in Applied Statistics, University of Oxford, UK
- B.Sc. in Mathematics, Statistics & OR, University of Exeter, UK
- Presidential Chair, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 2024
- Dean's Chair, National University of Singapore, 2016
- Chapman Fellowship, Imperial College London, 2006
- Awadelkarim, E., Chada, N. & Jasra A: "Unbiased approximation for MV stationary distributions", SIAM/ASA JUQ, 2026.
- Jasra, A., Kamatani, K. & Wu A.: "Bayesian Inference for Non-Synchronously observed diffusions", SIAM/ASA JUQ, 14, 369-393, 2026.
- Jasra, A, Stephens DA & Holmes, CC: "On population-based simulation for static inference", Stat. Comp. 17, 263-279, 2007.
- Del Moral, P, Doucet, A & Jasra, A: "Sequential Monte Carlo Samplers". JRSSB. 68, 411-436, 2006.