M Najjar - Résumé
 

 

Mohamed A. Al-Najjar

Post Office Box 677
Ajman, United Arab Emirates
E-mail address: mnajjar@uaeu.ac.ae
Telephone Numbers: (H) 03/641-792 (O) 03/5051-353 (Fax) 03/632-383


Education  
1994 - 1996 University of South Florida at Tampa Ph.D. in Mathematics
(Major: Statistics, Minor: Algebra)
1991 - 1994 University of South Florida at Tampa M.A. in Mathematics
1984 - 1988 United Arab Emirates University at Al-Ain B.Sc. in Mathematics
(Major: Mathematics , Minor: Physics)
1992 University of South Florida at Tampa Teaching Enhancement Workshop
 
Experience
1997 - Present United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE (Assistant Professor)
Two years as a lecturer at the United Arab Emirates University for the Statistics Department.
1992 - 1996 University of South Florida at Tampa Teaching Associate
Five years as a teaching associate in the Department of Mathematics at the University of South Florida. Work consisted of formal instruction of 20+ students in Mathematics and Statistics issues, as well as grading.
1994 - 1997 Islamic Academy of Florida Systems Administrator
Three years as the Computer Systems Administrator at the Islamic Academy of Florida. Work consisted of maintaining the school's network, installing and testing new software and hardware , as well as teaching C++ and BASIC.
1989 - 1991 Al-Hamidya School (UAE Ministry of Education) Teacher
Two years as a teacher of Mathematics in Al-Hamidya School, United Arab Emirates.
 
Publications
1. "Identification of the Parameters of a Multivariate Normal Distribution by the Distribution of the Minimum" , Ph.D. Dissertation, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1996.
2. "Identification of the Parameters of a Trivariate Normal Vector by the Distribution of the Minimum", Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (Accepted).
3. "Identification of the Parameters by the Identified Minimum: The General Multivariate Normal Case", under preparation for the Journal of Multivariate Analysis.
4. "Identification of the Parameters by the Identified Minimum: The Trivariate Normal
Case", Technical Report, University of South Florida, Department of Mathematics, Tampa, Florida, Summer 1994.
5. "Identifiability of the Parameters by the Minimum: The Single Correlation Coefficient Case", Technical Report, University of South Florida, Department of Mathematics, Tampa, Florida, Fall 1995.
6. "Probability of Vowels and Consonants Combinations when forming words", Technical Report, United Arab Emirates University, Department of Physics, Al-Ain, UAE, Spring 1988.
 
    Computer Skills & Research Tools
1. Computer Languages: LISP, ISETL, FORTRAN, and C/C++.
2. Extensive experience in Mathematical and Statistical Assistant Software:
MATHEMATICA, DERIVE, MAPLE, MATLAB, GAUSS, LINDO, SAS, SPSS, and MINITAB.
3. Experience with VAX and PRIME mainframes, UNIX, DOS, Windows, and MacOS operating systems.
4. Experience in operating and managing Macintosh and IBM PCs Laboratories.
5. Experience in creating, managing, and maintaining Web pages and Web sites.
 
Languages
 English & Arabic: Reading & Writing.
 German: Reading.
 
    Current Areas Of Interest
1. Statistics and Probability: Multivariate distributions, Multivariate analysis, Stochastic Processes, Markov Chains.
2. Mathematical Computer Simulation and Modeling.
3. Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance.
4. Econometrics.
 
    Teaching Courses
 Calculus and Differential Equations.
 Linear Systems/Linear Algebra.
 Stochastic Processes.
 Markov Chains.
 Multivariate Analysis.
 Linear Statistical Models.
 
References
 References will be furnished upon request.
 
 
 
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