Arka P Ghosh

Arka P Ghosh is a Professor at Iowa State University's Department of Statistics, with courtesy affiliations in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2005), and a B-Stat and M-Stat from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India (1998, 2000).

• Ph.D. in Statistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2005
• M-Stat and B-Stat, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 1998-2000

His research focuses on Stochastic Control, Queueing Networks, Random Walks, and Random Graphs, with applications in statistical classification, clustering, and applied probability models. His work bridges theoretical analysis and practical optimization in stochastic systems.

Arka teaches courses such as

• Stat 690: Introduction to Measure Theory
• Stat 641: Foundations of Probability Theory
• Stat 305: Engineering Statistics
• Stat 105: Introduction to Statistics for Engineers

and coordinates online courses for the Statistics Department.

He has mentored numerous Ph.D. and M.S. students, including Dong Dai, Subhomoy Ghosh, and Reza Rastegar, many of whom hold academic or industry positions in statistics, mathematics, and data analytics.