About | Abdel-Salam G. Abdel-Salam

I develop statistical methods for monitoring processes over time, from profile monitoring and control charts to robust semiparametric models, and apply them to public health, medicine, education and industry.

Since 2013 I have built my academic career at Qatar University, where I am Associate Professor of Statistics. Beyond teaching and research, I have helped shape how statistics is practised across the university: I coordinated the Statistics B.S. and M.S. programs (2015–2018), led the Statistical Consulting Unit (2014–2019) for more than 350 research clients, and headed the Student Data Management Section (2018–2023). Before that, as an Assistant Vice President at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Columbus, Ohio (2011–2013), I developed economic-capital, forecasting and stress-testing models for mortgage and business banking risk. I trained at Cairo University’s Faculty of Economics and Political Science and at Virginia Tech (Ph.D. in Statistics, 2009), and I am an Affiliate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Chartered Statistician (CStat), Royal Statistical Society, UK Accredited Professional Statistician (PStat®), American Statistical Association, USA Fellow, Royal Statistical Society Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability Harvard–QU Faculty Fellow (2024)

Statistical process control
Profile monitoring
Semiparametric & robust regression
Mixed models
Biostatistics & public health
Education analytics
Economic modelling
Data science & machine learning
SPSS & R

Curriculum vitae Short bio for organisers

My path

Cairo · Blacksburg · Oklahoma and Ohio · Doha

Cairo, Egypt1994–2010
B.Sc. and M.Sc. at Cairo University, then Assistant Lecturer.
Faculty of Economics and Political Science ↗
Blacksburg, Virginia2005–2010
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Statistics at Virginia Tech, teaching and consulting at LISA.
Virginia Tech Department of Statistics ↗
Oklahoma and Ohio2010–2013
Visiting Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State, then Assistant Vice President at JPMorgan Chase.
Oklahoma State University ↗JPMorgan Chase & Co. ↗
Doha, Qatar2013–present
Qatar University, Assistant then Associate Professor; MBA 2023. Affiliate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2017.
QU faculty page ↗

Career

2017 – presentAffiliate ProfessorVirginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
2019 – presentAssociate Professor of StatisticsQatar University
2013 – 2019Assistant ProfessorQatar University
2011 – 2013Assistant Vice President, Modeling and ForecastingJPMorgan Chase & Co., Ohio
2010 – 2011Visiting Assistant ProfessorOklahoma State University
2010Assistant ProfessorCairo University (on leave)
2005 – 2010Teaching Assistant and InstructorVirginia Tech
1998 – 2005Assistant LecturerCairo University

Professional qualifications

Oct 2018Accredited Professional Statistician (PStat®)American Statistical Association, USA
Apr 2018Chartered Statistician (CStat)Royal Statistical Society, UK
2017–FellowRoyal Statistical Society, UK
May 2023Master of Business Administration (MBA), with distinctionCollege of Business and Economics, Qatar University

Awards and honours

Teaching and service awards

2024Harvard–Qatar University Faculty Fellowship
2018/19Academic and Teaching Excellence AwardCollege of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University
2017/18Outstanding Faculty Service AwardQatar University
2016/17Outstanding Programs’ Coordinator AwardCollege of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University
2008/09Jesse C. Arnold Award for Teaching ExcellenceDepartment of Statistics, Virginia Tech

Honours

2022/23Distinguished MBA GraduateQatar University
2016Best Presentation AwardInternational Conference on Pure and Applied Sciences, Istanbul
2013/14Cairo University Award for International Publication
2008Best Student Paper Presentation AwardVirginia Academy of Science
2008Featured Graduate Student, February 2008Graduate School, Virginia Tech
1997/98Academic Excellence Award, Suez Canal BankFaculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
—Richard A. Freund International ScholarshipAmerican Society for Quality
—Mary G. Natrella ScholarshipASA Quality and Productivity Section

Short bio for introductions

Dr. Abdel-Salam G. Abdel-Salam is Associate Professor of Statistics at Qatar University and Affiliate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (USA). He is an Accredited Professional Statistician (PStat®, American Statistical Association) and a Chartered Statistician (CStat, Royal Statistical Society), and has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability since 2014. His research develops methods for statistical process monitoring, profile monitoring and robust semiparametric modelling, with applications in public health, medicine, education, economics and industry. He has published 80 journal articles and four books, including Testing Statistical Assumptions in Research (Wiley, 2019), and his work has been cited more than 2,100 times on Google Scholar. Before joining Qatar University in 2013, he was an Assistant Vice President at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he developed economic capital and forecasting models. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Virginia Tech, an MBA from Qatar University, and B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Cairo University. His honours include the Academic and Teaching Excellence Award of the College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, and a Harvard–Qatar University Faculty Fellowship (2024).