Aditya Khan’s Corner of the Internet ;)

Hey all! I’m Aditya Khan, a Ph.D. student in Statistics at Columbia University. Previously, I graduated with a Hons. BSc from the University of Toronto (data science, statistics, computer science).

People always ask: “what are your research interests?” I find this to be a difficult question, given that I am still in my first year of my doctoral program. What knowledge of statistics do you really have at that point? But a tentative answer would go as follows. On the theoretical side, I study methods for uncertainty quantification, and nonparametrics. On the applied side, I enjoy working with correlated data (namely, spatiotemporal data) with application to transportation and healthcare.

I do additional research for fun, in NLP and ML as well. I’ve also got some work here and there in some other fields as well (e.g. a paper in mathematical biology and CS education each). Ultimately, this is a result of exploring around a lot in my undergrad, and seeing what would catch my eye. I’ve since started to specialise away from this, and into statistics.

A note on my name, since I also often get this question. I am Bangladeshi, so my name is আদিত্য খান, and hence my first name is pronounced “A-dit-to” with a soft “d” and “t”. This is my preferred pronunciation. But since most people are more familiar with the Hindi pronunciation of my name, I will usually just tell them to pronounce it as “Aa-dit-ya”. Feel free to call me either, but most people know me by the latter.