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College / Department
Teaching areas
Statistics and Mathematics including Mathematical Statistics, Probability, Regression, Data Mining and Multivariate Statistical Analysis.
Research areas
Generalizing statistical distributions arising from the hazard function, statistical inference of probability models, characterization of distributions, bivariate and multivariate weighted distributions and Data Mining.
Education
PhD, Statistics, Central Michigan University, United States, 2011
GD, Data Mining, Central Michigan University, United States, 2010
MS, Mathematics, University of Jordan, Jordan, 2005
BS, Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 2002
Professional experience
Associate Professor, Mathematics And Statistics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2014 - 2017
Assistant Professor, Mathematics And Statistics, Austin Peay State University, TN, United States, 2011 - 2014
Instructor, Mathematics, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, 2006 - 2007
Memberships
International Society for Data Science and Analytics, Austria., International, March 2024
Chalhoub Group, Regional, March 2021
Energy, Water and Sustainable Environment Research Center, AUS, Local, Research Fellow, May 2024 - 31 May 2027
American Statistical Association, USA., International, August 2010 - August 2017
Tennessee Academy of Science, TN, USA., National, October 2012 - September 2014
Pi Mu Epsilon Organization, Local, September 2011 - September 2014
American Mathematical Society, USA., August 2007 - August 2014
Statistics Club, Central Michigan University, Local, October 2010 - September 2011
Contact
+971 6 515 2916
Dr. Ayman Alzaatreh
Associate Professor
PhD, Central Michigan University, United States
Ayman Alzaatreh joined the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at American University of Sharjah in August 2017. Previously, he served at institutions including Austin Peay State University in the US and Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. His current research interest focuses on generalizing statistical distributions arising from the hazard function. Other research areas include statistical inference of probability models, characterization of distributions, bivariate and multivariate weighted distributions and Data Mining.
Publications
Eiman Elghanam, Ayman Alzaatreh, Mohamed Hassan And Ahmed Osman-ahmed. A Data-Driven Approach for EV Electricity Demand Modeling Using Spatial Regression: A UAE Case Study, Ieee Access, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Riham El-asshi, Mahmoud Awad, Mahmoud Awad And Mahmoud Awad. Medical Equipment Maintenance Performance and Influential Factors, Journal Of Quality In Maintenance Engineering
Dania Dallah, Hana Sulieman And Ayman Alzaatreh. RELATIVE RANGE FOR SKEWED DISTRIBUTIONS: A TOOL FOR OUTLIER DETECTION, Gulf Journal Of Mathematics, 18 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024
Saif Alfaqaei, Mahmoud Awad And Ayman Alzaatreh. Innovation Management Systems for Public Organizations in the UAE, Journal Of Innovation And Entrepreneurship
Mahmoud Awad, Hind Alshamsi And Mahmoud Awad. Business Process Re-engineering Projects Success Factors in United Arab Emirates, Ieee Transactions On Engineering Management, 7 December 2023
Dara Varam, Rohan Mitra, Meriam Mkadmi, Radi Aman Riyas, Diaa Addeen Abuhani, Salam Dhou And Ayman Alzaatreh. Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Image Classification: An Explainable AI Approach, Ieee Access, 25 September 2023
Vian Ahmed, Ayman Alzaatreh And Sara Saboor. Students Perceptions of Online Teaching in Higher Education Amid Convid-19, Journal Of Science Education And Technology (jost), 9 August 2023
Reem Salman, Ayman Alzaatreh And Mohammad Albataineh. Feature selection of the respiratory microbiota associated with asthma, Journal Of Big Data
Dania Dallah, Hana Sulieman And Ayman Alzaatreh. Outlier Detection Based on Range Statistic: Empirical Evaluation and Comparisons
K Al-assaf, I Al-khaffaf, R Al-tayeb And Ayman Alzaatreh. Repeated Measures Analysis for the Assessment of Air Pollutants in the UAE
Indranil Ghosh, Ayman Alzaatreh And G. Hamedani. A New Class of Discrete Distribution Arising as an Analogue of Gamma-Lomax Distribution: Properties and Applications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Wadhah Alzahmi, Alyaa Alyaarbi, Tahani Alnaqbi And Ayman Alzaatreh. Performance Analysis of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV): MANOVA Analysis, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Vian Ahmed, Chiraz Anane, Ayman Alzaatreh And Sara Saboor. Faculty perception of online education: considerations for the post-pandemic world, Frontiers In Education, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Ayman Alzaatreh, Felix Famoye And Carl Lee. Multivariate Count Data Regression Models and Their Applications, 16 December 2022
Reem Salman, Ayman Alzaatreh And Hana Sulieman. The stability of different aggregation techniques in ensemble feature selection, Journal Of Big Data, 1 December 2022
Khaled El-fakih, Ayman Alzaatreh And Uraz Türker. Assessing test suites of extended finite state machines against model- and code-based faults, 1 November 2022
Luai Al-labadi, Ayman Alzaatreh And Mark Asuncion. Model Checking with Right Censored Data Using Relative Belief Ratio, Entropy, 1 November 2022
Muhammad Mansoor, Mh Tahir, Gauss Cordeiro, Edwin Ortega And Ayman Alzaatreh. On Analyzing Non-Monotone Failure Data, Revstat-statistical Journal, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022
Areej Mohammed, Fatin Samara, Ayman Alzaatreh And Sandra Knuteson. Statistical Analysis for Water Quality Assessment: A Case Study of Al Wasit Nature Reserve, Water (switzerland), 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022
Mohamed Al Zarooni, Mahmoud Awad And Ayman Alzaatreh. Confirmatory factor analysis of work-related accidents in UAE, Safety Science, 1 September 2022
M. Albataineh, Ayman Alzaatreh, R Hajjo, Bayan Banimfreg And N Dash. Compositional changes in human gut microbiota reveal a putative role of intestinal mycobiota in metabolic and biological decline during aging., Nutrition And Healthy Aging, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022
Reem Salman, Ayman Alzaatreh And Hana Sulieman. The stability of different aggregation techniques in ensemble feature selection, Journal Of Big Data, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022
Alaa Elsakran, Tharwat El-sakran And Ayman Alzaatreh. Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic: Students’ Perceptions on their Labour Market Requisite Skills, Ieee Xplore, March 2022
Alaa El-sakran, Reem Salman And Ayman Alzaatreh. Impacts of Emergency Remote Teaching on College Students Amid COVID-19 in the UAE, International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 1 March 2022
S Saboor, A Al-sadawi, A Alzzatrah And Vian Ahmed. Investigation into Underpinning Criteria Of Depression In Women By Adopting Factor Analysis As Construct Validity, Validity And Reliability In Built Environment: A Selection Of Case Studies, 25 February 2022
Afaf Saihi And Ayman Alzaatreh. Comparing the utilities consumptions in Dubai per category and community: MANOVA and cluster analysis approaches, 6 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Sarah Kandil, Fatemeh Marzbani And Ayman Alzaatreh. Analyzing The Impact of Different Meteorological Variables on Large-Scale Solar generation: A Case Study of Spain, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Mohamad Alnajar, Yara Aljabi And Ayman Alzaatreh. Assessing Readmission Rates in a Sharjah Healthcare Facility, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Reem Salman And Ayman Alzaatreh. Market Basket Analysis of Chicago Road Accidents, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Haneen Abuzaid, Lama Moeilak And Ayman Alzaatreh. Customers' perception of residential photovoltaic solar projects in the UAE: A structural equation modeling approach, Energy Strategy Reviews, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Khaled El-fakih, Ayman Alzaatreh And Uraz Turker. Assessing test suites of extended finite state machines against model- and code-based faults, Software Testing Verification & Reliability, 2021
Mustafa Al-tekreeti, Salwa Beheiry And Ayman Alzaatreh. Data Mining for Sustainability Analysis: An Education Approach, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
Ayman Alzaatreh, M Aljarrah, M Smithson, S Shahbaz, M Shahbaz, F Famoye And C Lee. Truncated family of distributions with applications to time and cost to start a business., Methodology And Computing In Applied Probability., March 2021
Reem Salman, Ayman Alzaatreh And Hana Sulieman. A Bootstrap Framework for Aggregating within and between Feature Selection Methods, Entropy, February 2021
Ayman Alzaatreh, Mohammad Aljarrah, Ayanna Almagambetova And Nazgul Zakiyeva. On the Regression Model for Generalized Normal Distributions, Entropy, February 2021
Sanku Dey, Ayman Alzaatreh And Indranil . Parameter estimation methods for the Weibull‐Pareto distribution, Computational And Mathematical Methods, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021
A. Zain, Ayman Alzaatreh And H. Lababidi. Comparing use of online evaluation with peer instruction in math, social and chemistry in UAE higher education, November 2020
Alaa Elsakran, A. Al Amin And Ayman Alzaatreh. Machine Learning Approach to Predict Facebook Comment Volume, Ieeexplore, 2 June 2020
Ayman Alzaatreh, Jaber Kazempoor And Adel Ahmadi Nadi. Weighted multimodal family of distributions with sine and cosine weight functions, Heliyon, August 2020
Muhammad Mansoor, Muhammad Tahir, Gauss Cordeiro, Sajid Ali And Ayman Alzaatreh. The Lindley negative-binomial distribution: Properties, estimation and applications to lifetime data, Mathematica Slovaca, 1 August 2020
M Mansoor, Mh Tahir, Ayman Alzaatreh, Gm Cordeiro And M Rasheed. The Poisson Nadarajah-Naghighi Distribution: Properties and Applications to Lifetime Data, International Journal Of Reliability, Quality And Safety Engineering, 26 February 2020
I Abdelrazeq, L Al-labadi And Ayman Alzaatreh. On one-sample Bayesian tests for the mean, Statistics, 11 February 2020
Mahmoud Awad, Ayman Alzaatreh, Alia Almutawa, Hind Al Ghumlasi And Mariam Almarzooqi. Travelers' Perception of Service Quality At Dubai International Airport., International Journal Of Quality & Reliability Management., 13 November 2019
Ayman Alzaatreh And Hana Sulieman. On fitting cryptocurrency log-return exchange rates, Empirical Economics, 16 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Ayman Alzaatreh. An alternative to the Cauchy distribution, Methodsx, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Tahir, Gauss Cordeiro, Ayman Alzaatreh And Edwin Ortega. The power-Cauchy negative-binomial: properties and regression, Journal Of Statistical Distributions And Applications, 1 December 2018
Mohammad Ahsanullah And Ayman Alzaatreh. Parameter estimation for the log-logistic distribution based on order statistics, Revstat Statistical Journal, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018
Hana Sulieman And Ayman Alzaatreh. Supervised Feature Selection Approach Based on Global Sensitivity, Archives Of Data Science, Series A, September 2018
Hana Sulieman And Ayman Alzaatreh. Supervised Feature Selection Approach Based on Global Sensitivity, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018
Mohammad Ahsanullah And Ayman Alzaatreh. Some Characterizations of the Log-Logistic Distribution, Stochastics And Quality Control, 1 June 2018
Barry Arnold, Indranil Ghosh And Ayman Alzaatreh. Construction of bivariate and multivariate weighted distributions via conditioning, Communications In Statistics - Theory And Methods, 17 September 2017
Sanku Dey, Ayman Alzaatreh, Chunfang Zhang And Devendra Kumar. A New Extension of Generalized Exponential Distribution with Application to Ozone Data, Ozone: Science And Engineering, 4 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2017
M. Tahir, M. Zubair, Gauss Cordeiro, Ayman Alzaatreh And M. Mansoor. The Poisson-X family of distributions, Journal Of Statistical Computation And Simulation, 21 September 2016
Ayman Alzaatreh, Carl Lee And Felix Famoye. Generalized family of Cauchy distribution, Jsm Proceedings, Statistical Programmers And Analysis Section. Alexandria, Va: American Statistical Association, 2015
Ayman Alzaatreh, Carl Lee And Felix Famoye. T-normal family of distributions: a new approach to generalize the normal distribution, Journal Of Statistical Distributions And Applications, 1 December 2014
Ayman Alzaatreh, Felix Famoye And Carl Lee. The gamma-normal distribution: Properties and applications, Computational Statistics And Data Analysis, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Felix Famoye, Carl Lee And Ayman Alzaatreh. Some recent developments in probability distributions, 59th Isi World Statistics Congress Preceding, 2013
Carl Lee, Felix Famoye And Ayman Alzaatreh. Methods for generating families of univariate continuous distributions in the recent decades, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics, 1 May 2013
Ayman Alzaatreh, Carl Lee And Felix Famoye. A new method for generating families of continuous distributions, Metron, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013
Ayman Alzaatreh, Carl Lee And Felix Famoye. On the discrete analogues of continuous distributions, Statistical Methodology, 1 November 2012
Conference Presentations
Feature Selection for Binary and Multi- Class Classification Problems., The 6th International Conference On Research In Applied Mathematics And Computer Science, April 2024
Journey into the World of Data Science: An Introduction with Real-world Case Studies, Mathfest 2024 Conference, March 2024
Filter Method for Feature Selection Using the Relative Belief Ratio, The 50th International Conference On Computers And Industrial Engineering, October 2023
A Bayesian Approach to Variable Selection., The 8th International Arab Conference On Mathematics And Computations, May 2023
Filter Method for Variable Selection Using Relative Belief Ratio, The 18th Uae Math Day, March 2023
Repeated Measures Analysis for the Assessment of Air Pollutants in the UAE, The Fifth International Multi-conferences: Advances In Science And Engineering Technology, February 2023
Some Notes on Variable Selection, Qatar Math Day,, January 2023
A new class of discrete distribution arising as an analogue of gamma-Lomax distribution: Properties and Applications, International Conference Of Statistical Distribution And Applications, October 2022
Filter Method for Variable Selection Based on Relative Belief Ratio, International Conference Of Statistical Distribution And Applications, October 2022
Multivariate Count Data Regression Models, International Conference Of Statistical Distribution And Applications, October 2022
Truncated Family of T-X family of Distributions, International Conference Of Statistical Distribution And Applications, October 2022
Bootstrap Aggregation Methods for Feature Selection., The 8th International Conference On Advances In Statistics, May 2022
The Stability Influence of the Aggregation Procedure on Ensemble Feature Selection, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference (uae-gsrc), March 2022
Analyzing the Impact of Dierent Meteorological Variables on Large-Scale Solar generation: A Case Study of Spain, The Forth International Multi-conferences: Advances In Science And Engineering Technology, February 2022
Assessing Readmission Rates in a Sharjah Healthcare Facility., The Forth International Multi-conferences: Advances In Science And Engineering Technology, February 2022
Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic: Students' Perceptions on their Labour Market Requisite Skills., The Forth International Multi- Conferences: Advances In Science And Engineering Technology, February 2022
Market Basket Analysis of Chicago Road Accidents., The Forth International Multi-conferences: Advances In Science And Engineering Technology, February 2022
Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic: Students' Perceptions on their Labour Market Requisite Skills, The 4th Hct International Multi-conferences, The Higher Colleges Of Technology's Advances In Science & Engineering Technology (aset), 23 February 2022
Comparing the Utilities Consumption in Dubai per Category and Community: MANOVA and Cluster Analysis Approaches., The 7th International Conference On Water Resource And Environment, November 2021
The Stability of Different Aggregation Techniques in Ensemble Feature Selection, The Second Women In Research And Innovation, August 2021
An Ensemble Framework for Feature Selection Methods., Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2021, June 2021
Customers' Perception of Residential Photovoltaic Solar Projects in the UAE: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach., The Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2021, June 2021
An Ensemble Framework for Feature Selection Methods, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2021, 28 June 2021
A Bootstrap Framework for Aggregating Within and Between Feature Selection Methods., The Third Aus Regional Students Conference On Mathematics,, April 2021
Impacts of Emergency Remote Teaching on College Students amid COVID-19 in the UAE, The Third Aus Regional Students Conference On Mathematics,, April 2021
Looking Beyond Classical Statistics: Big Data Analytics, Mathfest 2021, March 2021
Online Teaching and Labour Market Requirements, The Agu Forum On Language And Education: Promoting Research Excellence, March 2021
Comparing use of online evaluation with peer instruction in math, social and chemistry in UAE higher education, The 13th Annual International Conference Of Education, Research And Innovation, November 2020
Statistical analysis to compare between smart city and traditional housing, International Conference On Urban Energy Transition In Sustainable City Development And Smart Grids, July 2020
Human Gut Microbiota Composition and Functionality Correlation with Age, Third International Conference On Mathematics And Statistics, February 2020
Machine Learning Approach to Predict Facebook Comment Volume, Third International Conference On Mathematics And Statistics, February 2020
Travelers Perception of Service Quality at Dubai International Airport, Third International Conference On Mathematics And Statistics, February 2020
Travelers Perception of Service Quality at Dubai International Airport, Third International Conference On Mathematics And Statistics, February 2020
Feature selection approach based on global sensitivity, International Conference On Articial Intelligence Towards Industry, November 2019
Machine Learning Approach to Predict Facebook Comment Volume, International Conference On Digitization, November 2019
Truncated T-X family of Statistical Distributions., 6th International Conference On Mathematics And Computations, April 2019
Supervised feature selection approach based on global sensitivity., Uae Math Day 2019, March 2019
Best linear unbiased estimator of the parameters of the log-logistic distribution, Statistics Research Seminar, November 2018
Recent developments to skew the normal distribution, Uae Math Day Conference, Ras Al Khaimah, Uae, November 2018
Truncated family of distributions with applications to time and cost to start a business, 9th International Workshop On Applied Probability, June 2018
Family of symmetric distributions and its application on modeling cryptocurrencies exchange rate, International Conference On Mathematics And Related Sciences, May 2018
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Faculty Research Grant, 1 June 2024 - June 2026
Grant, Undergraduate Employment Grant, 1 June 2024 - June 2025
Grant, Faculty Research Grant, 1 June 2022 - June 2024
Grant, Faculty Research Grant, 1 June 2021 - June 2023
Grant, Undergraduate Employment Grant, 1 June 2021 - June 2023
Grant, Faculty Research Grant, 1 June 2021 - June 2022
Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2021, 31 May 2021 - May 2022
Grant, Faculty Research Grant, June 2019 - June 2020
Awards and Honors
CAS Excellence in Research Award, American University of Sharjah, May 2024
Hawkins Research Award, Austin Peay State University, TN, USA, 1 August 2014
The Hawkins Research Award, Austin Peay State University, TN, USA, 1 August 2013
Outstanding Teaching Award, Central Michigan University, MI, USA, 1 August 2012
Research Fellowship, Central Michigan University, Received for two years, 1 August 2009