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Prof. Richard Simwa, PhD

Prof. Richard Simwa, PhD

Associate Professor

About

A scholar in Mathematics , specifically in the area of Statistics and Actuarial. I am a student alumni and lecturer of the University of Nairobi, with further working experience  in several other universities, locally and internationally. I have supervised several students in undergraduate and postgraduate levels , for their Bsc ,  Msc and PhD degrees . This has led to publishing many  papers in peer-reviewed international journals . I am currently an Associate Professor at the esteemed  Christian faith based Daystar University.

Academic qualifications

  1. 1998

    PhD ( Applied Statistics ), Makerere-Tuebingen University ,

  2. 1991

    PG Dip ( Actuarial Science ), City University, UK,

  3. 1989

    Msc ( Mathematical Statistics ), University of Nairobi,

  4. 1987

    Bsc ( Double Mathematics ), University of Nairobi,

Research interests

My research interest is mainly in Statistics , Actuarial Science and Mathematical Modeling. Statistics areas of interest include Stochastic Modeling of Disease epidemics ( eg HIV/AIDS), Sample Surveys and Estimation ( Derivation of new estimators ), Financial Time Series Modeling ( eg  generalization of the GARCH model). Mathematical modeling includes research on the dynamical models for  disease epidemics ( eg TB and  Malaria ) and  modeling Diabetes. Current research interest in Actuarial Science is on the determination ruin probabilities in the reformulated classical  risk mode for  solvency  consideration of an insurance business. Both loss and Claims models are considered to be stochastic .

Contact details

Phone: +254722771902 Office: Department of Science and Engineering, School of Science, Engineering and Health, Arthi River Campus

Role & contribution

Responsibilities

Teach,  Research and Publish and perform all other duties assigned to me by the University

Teaching

Courses taught

3 courses
  • All Actuarial Science and Statistics  Courses
  • as allocated by the Department of Science and Engineering. In addition I also teach other mathematics courses including Numerical Analysis and Basic Mathematics
  • among other foundational mathematics courses.

Publications

33 publications

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