Rate My Professor Chih-Hsiang Ho

Chih-Hsiang Ho is a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he has been a faculty member since 1986, advancing from Assistant Professor (1986-1991) to Associate Professor (1991-1996) and Full Professor since 1996. He has held key administrative positions, including Department Chair (2006-2009), Acting Chair (2015), Director of the Center of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (2003-2005), and Co-Associate Chair on the College Executive Committee (2000-2001). Ho earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Minnesota in 1986 under advisor Donald A. Berry, M.S. in Statistics from the University of Minnesota in 1984, M.S. in Mathematics from New Mexico Highlands University in 1981, and B.S. in Mathematics from National Central University in Taiwan in 1975. During a sabbatical leave from 1992 to 1993, he served as Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute and Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan. With over 35 years of teaching experience beginning in Taiwan as a kindergarten teacher and high school instructor, Ho brings a refined teaching philosophy to his role at UNLV.

Ho's research centers on statistical modeling and analysis for interdisciplinary applications promoting human and social betterment, including point process and time series modeling for bank failures, earthquakes, hurricanes, mining accidents, college binge drinking, methamphetamine deaths, sand storms, volcanic hazards, and radioactive waste repository disruptions. Key publications include 'On a Temporal Investigation of Hurricane Strength and Frequency' (Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 2018, with M. Bhaduri), 'Forecasting a Point Process with an ARIMA Model' (Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2016), 'Hazard Area and Recurrence Rate Time Series for Determining the Probability of Volcanic Disruption of the Proposed High-level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA' (Bulletin of Volcanology, 2010), and 'Empirical Recurrence Rate Time Series for Volcanism: Application to Avachinsky Volcano, Russia' (Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2008). He received a Certificate of Recognition for contributions to volcanic research at the International Meeting on Volcanology, Colima, Mexico (1994). Ho has taught extensive statistics and mathematics courses, advised multiple master's theses and one Ph.D. dissertation, provided statistical consulting since 1986 to UNLV departments, the UN School of Medicine, and local organizations, served on numerous committees, and refereed for journals such as Biometrics and Journal of American Statistical Association.