Kamel Rekab

Kamel Rekab (born April 4, 1959) is an Algerian-American statistician who is a Professor of statistics and mathematics at the University of Missouri. He is noted for his work in sequential designs of experiments, in reliability estimation and in biostatistics.
Education and career
Rekab received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria in 1981. He went on to Stanford University for his master's degree, which he completed in 1984, and then to the University of Michigan for his PhD, which he completed in 1988. After his PhD, he spent 17 year at Florida Institute of Technology as a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, before moving to the University of Missouri in 2005. He spent the rest of his career at University of Missouri, where he was a founding member of the graduate statistics program. Rekab is particularly noted for his work in sequential design of experiments, reliability estimation and biostatistics. Rekab has published over 100 research articles, 1 book and was a major Ph.D. advisor to 22 Ph.D. students. He served as the coordinator editor of the journal pf probability and statistical science, as an associate editor of sequential analysis, and president and vice president of the American statistical association Kansas-Missouri.
Awards and honors
* 1987 Fellowship, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
* 1992 Third major research accomplishment (team), Sematech Center of Excellence
* 1998 College of Engineering's Faculty Excellence Award in Research.
* 2012 Medi I Interview.
Selected Publications
Books
* Statistical Design of Experiments With Engineering Applications, with Muzaffar Shaikh, Chapman & Hall (2005).
Journal articles
* "Integrated circuit design for manufacturing through statistical simulation", with T. Sanders, et al., IEEE Trans. On Semiconductor Manufacturing 5(4), (1992),
* “A sampling scheme for estimating the reliability of a series system”, IEEE Trans. Reliability 42, (1993)
* “A Multistage sequential test allocation for software reliability estimation”, with H. Thompson, er al, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 63(2), (2013)
* “The effect of tartaric acid-induced cough on pulmonary function in normal and asthmatic Humans", with W.R. Addington et al., American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 82(5), (2003).
* “Effect of stroke location on the laryngeal cough reflex and pneumonia risk", with W.R. Addington et al., Journal of Cough,1(4), (2005).
* “Sleep apnea avoidance pillow effects on obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and snoring", with N. Zuberi et al., Journal of Sleep and Breathing, 8(4), (2004).
* “Binary Logistic Regression Models miRNA profiling to Provide Accurate Identification of Forensically Relevant Body Fluids and Tissues,” with J. Ballantyne, et al. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, 4(1), (2013)
* “The identification of menstrual blood in forensic samples by logistic regression Modelling of miRNA Expression, with J. Ballantyne, et al. ELECTROPHORESIS, 35(21- 22), (2014).

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