Shamita Dutta Gupta is a Professor of Mathematics and the Associate Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Â鶹´«Ã½. She graduated with a Ph.D. from Brown University in 1995. She joined The Pennsylvania State University at State College thereafter for a fixed term research Assistant Professor position, next moving to a tenure track Assistant Professor position at the Florida International University in 1996. Professor Dutta Gupta then moved to Â鶹´«Ã½ as a tenure track Assistant Professor in 2000. At Â鶹´«Ã½, she was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2002 and rose to the rank of Professor in 2006.
PhD, Brown University, 1995
MS, Brown University, 1992
Integrated MSc, Indian Institute of Technology, 1990
Professor Dutta Gupta has four main research areas, Number Theory, Actuarial Science, Financial Mathematics and Mathematics Education. In Number Theory, her work involves application of Rankin-Selberg methods to modular forms associated to Elliptic Curves over function fields. In Actuarial Science, her work focuses on risk return profile of Life Settlement as an investment. Her work also covers Property Insurance reserving, Social Security modeling, valuation of variable annuity guarantees. In Financial Mathematics, her work covers capital requirement for banks, Asset Backed Securitization, and application of Simulation methods and sampling methods in finance and insurance. In Mathematics Education, her work includes retention and success rate in mathematics courses and ways to model courses with student centric tools that result in student success. She develops and tests models for student success in pivotal mathematics courses that are indicators for STEM success and those for Business school. She has successfully won Â鶹´«Ã½ internal grants. She has 30 publications.
Breaking the mold: the AMC contest is for me
Dutta Gupta, S. AMC4all, Mathematical Association of America, MAA, Private. Funded. The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) are a series of competitions in middle and high school mathematics and administered by the Mathematical Association of America. The aim is to strengthen the skills of the next generation of mathematicians, thinkers, and analysts using classroom resources that culminate in a friendly competition. Â鶹´«Ã½ partnered with Pace HS, Ryan MS and Marie Curie MS in the Pathways to AMC contests where the students trained rigorously to find the deeper connections between mathematical topics and started connecting the dots improving their skills to tackle challenging problems. We are now at the thresh hold of breaking the mold, and making AMCs an enjoyable and satisfying endeavor for each one of us.
Overcoming math phobia through experiential learning
Dutta Gupta, S. Dean's Innovative Grant, Â鶹´«Ã½, Â鶹´«Ã½. . We often find that there are many students at Pace who have exceptional analytic skills, but they are too afraid to engage with mathematics curriculum in a meaningful way beyond the requirements of their chosen major. The student profile maybe significantly enhanced if they double major with Math. One such area of partnership is with Computer Science. Majoring in sciences (Chemistry and Biology) often does not reflect some of our students exceptional quantitative and computational ability. Here we recommend a statistics or a mathematics minor to them. Students often question their own math skills. Thanks to the DeansÂ鶹´«Ã½™s Innovation Fund in 2022, we conducted an experiment on experiential learning: a hands-on learning trip to MoMath. After the trip, we followed up the learning with capstone projects. The technical presentations the students produced were based on math research or math surveys. It surpassed all expectations. The trip produced two math majors and three math minors. They overcame their fears of not committing to a wholesome math curriculum. A survey of why they are afraid reveals that they 1. do not see where to apply their math skills in the real world, 2. do not know see the mathematics that keeps the world moving, 3. do not get a hands-on experience on applications of mathematics, 4. do not have the opportunity to meet professionals from various walks of life that use mathematics. Enthused by the success of our experimental experiential learning trip, we propose future trips to MoMath. We also hope to partner with MoMath to cocreate material which would be more relevant to our STEM majors. The trip will tie the concepts taught in class to hands-on demonstrations and then a glimpse into where mathematics can be applied. We will follow this up by inviting professionals from the industry who use mathematics in their trade to come speak to our mathematically inclined students about the applications of mathematics in their career.
Experiential Learning Trip to Hall of Science
Dutta Gupta, S. Provost's Experiential Learning Grant, Â鶹´«Ã½. . We often find that there are many students at Pace who have exceptional analytic skills, but they are too afraid to engage with mathematics curriculum in a meaningful way beyond the requirements of their chosen major. The student profile maybe significantly enhanced if they double major with Math. One such area of partnership is with Computer Science. Majoring in sciences often does not reflect some of our students exceptional quantitative and computational ability. Here we recommend a statistics or a mathematics minor to them. Students often question their own math skills.
Thanks to the DeansÂ鶹´«Ã½™s Innovation Fund in 2022, we conducted an experiment on experiential learning: a hands-on learning trip to MoMath. After the trip, we followed up the learning with capstone projects. The technical presentations the students produced were based on math research or math surveys. It surpassed all expectations. The trip produced two math majors and three math minors. They overcame their fears of not committing to a wholesome math curriculum. A survey of why they are afraid reveals that they
do not see where to apply their math skills in the real world,do not know see the mathematics that keeps the world moving,do not get a hands-on experience on applications of mathematics,do not have the opportunity to meet professionals from various walks of life that use mathematics.Enthused by the success of our experimental experiential learning trip, we propose future trips to Hall of Science. The trip will tie the concepts taught in class to hands-on demonstrations and then a glimpse into where mathematics can be applied.
Pathways to AMC contests
Dutta Gupta, S. Neff Outreach Funds from Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Private. Funded. The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) are a series of competitions in middle and high school mathematics and administered by the Mathematical Association of America. The aim is to strengthen the skills of the next generation of mathematicians, thinkers, and analysts using classroom resources that culminate in a friendly competition. Â鶹´«Ã½ will work with Pace High School to offer an after-school AMC training program which will help students develop proficiency for mathematics and analytical thinking beyond classroom mathematics. We will make deep dives into topics of mathematics, through multi-tiered problems. With this approach the students will make deeper connections between topics and start connecting the dots improving their skills enough to find the AMCs, though challenging, an enjoyable and satisfying endeavor. Thus, they will become lifelong learners of mathematics. The program will also be open to other area high schools.
Embedded Boot Camps: A Path to Success
Dutta Gupta, S. Bridge Funds, Office of Sponsored Research, Â鶹´«Ã½. Funded.
MAT 102: Mathematics for Life
MAT 102: Mathematics for Life - LC
MAT 103: Algebra
MAT 104: Finite Mathematics
MAT 111: Elementary Calculus I
MAT 117: Elementary Statistics
MAT 131: Calculus I
MAT 132: Calculus II
MAT 134: Intro to Prbablty & Statistics
MAT 236: Multivariable Calculus
MAT 253: Differential Equations
MAT 395: Independent Study in Math
Interpolation of the Option Portfolio Valuation
Dutta Gupta, S. (2024). American Review of Mathematics and Statistics. Vol 12 (Issue 1)
Embedded Boot Camps: A Path to Success
Dutta Gupta, S. (2023). International Journal of Education and Social Science. Vol 10 (Issue 2)
General Linear Regression for Ordinal Analysis
Dutta Gupta, S. (2023). American Review of Mathematics and Statistics. Vol 11 (Issue 1)
On theOn the Representative Scenario Method
Dutta Gupta, S. (2023). American Review of Mathematics and Statistics. Vol 11 (Issue 1)
Reconciliation of Two Approaches of Basel Capital Formula for Credit Risk
Dutta Gupta, S. (2019). J. of Ningxia University (Natural Science Edition). (Issue 4)
Calendar Year Effect and Chain Ladder Method
Dutta Gupta, S. (2018). J. of Ningxia University (Natural Science Edition). (Issue 3)
Professor of Mathematics Shamita Dutta Gupta, PhD, was presented with a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Distinguished Teaching Award at the organizationÂ鶹´«Ã½™s New York Metro Section Annual Meeting, which was held this spring at Pace.