Rohit S. Deo

Biography

Rohit Deo is the Dean of the Undergraduate College and Distinguished Service Professor of Business and Professor of Statistics at the New York University Stern School of Business. From 2018-2024, he was Chair of the Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics, as well as the Director of the NYU Stern-NYU Shanghai Programs. Prior to that, he served as Vice Dean of the Undergraduate College from 2012-2018.

Professor Deo is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association (2007-2009), the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2003-2006), and The American Statistician (2009-2012). He teaches courses in data analysis, machine learning, and forecasting time series.

Professor Deo has been with NYU Stern for more than 20 years. His primary research areas include econometric models, stochastic volatility, and time series analysis, and he has been published in many journals including the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics and Biometrika.

Academic Background

Ph.D., Statistics, 1995
Iowa State University

M.S., Statistics, 1990
University of Poona

B.S., Statistics, 1988
Fergusson College

Awards & Appointments

Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association (2007-2009)
Associate Editor of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics (2003-2006)
Associate Editor of The American Statistician (2009-2012)
Econometric Theory Multa Scripsit Award
NYU Distinguished Teaching Award
Great Professor Award, Executive MBA programme
Professor of the Year Award in the full-time MBA programme