Shanti S. Gupta
Shanti S. Gupta | |
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| Born | January 25, 1925 |
| Died | February 24, 2002 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Known for | Ranking and selection theory |
| Awards | Erskine Fellowship Fellow of the AAAS Fellow of the ASA Fellow of the IMS |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs Purdue University |
| Thesis | On a Decision Rule for a Problem in Ranking Means |
| Doctoral advisor | Raj Chandra Bose |
| Doctoral students | John J. Deely Raymond J. Carroll Roger Lee Berger |
| President of Institute of Mathematical Statistics | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Ramanathan Gnanadesikan |
| Succeeded by | David O. Siegmund |
| Head of the Department of Statistics, Purdue University | |
| In office 1968–1995 | |
| Preceded by | (none) |
| Succeeded by | Mary Ellen Bock |
Shanti Swarup Gupta (January 25, 1925 – February 24, 2002) was an Indian-American statistician who served as the founding head of the department of statistics at Purdue University. He is best known for his pioneering work in ranking and selection theory, a branch of statistics used to determine the "best" populations among a group of candidates.