Research

Methods, projects, and publications

Research Interests

Submitted or Under review Articles

Ongoing Projects

Global Optimization problem
Optimization + Bayesian (In collaboration with Dr. Sujit K Ghosh)
Application of ASG Sampler in Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Astrostatistics + Bayesian (In collaboration with Dr. Sujit K Ghosh & Dr. Rongmon Bordoloi)
MOCA: Modal Classification Algorithm
Bayesian classification (collaborating with Dr. Sujit Ghosh and Rishav Chakraborty)
  • Mode-aware decision rules and uncertainty quantification
Statistical Modeling of Social Media Posting Times
Hawkes processes and Social Media Application (collaborating with Dr. Ana Maria Staicu)

Publications

Full list: NCSU publications page

  1. Chatterjee. D., Ghosh.P. "Optimal Lunar Landing Site Selection via Probabilistic Modeling of Impact Crater Spatial Distributions"(Accepted: Journal of Space Safety Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsse.2026.02.009
  2. Chatterjee, D., Ghosh.P. “Whisperers of Whales Wander: A Directional Statistical Investigation of Whales’ Migration Influenced by Geomagnetic, Ocean Current, and Celestial Cues.” Journal for Nature Conservation 88 (December 2025): 127011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.127011.
  3. Chatterjee, D., Ghosh.P. “On the Directional Nature of the Fall of Celestial Objects on the Surface of Venus.” Planetary and Space Science 266 (October 2025): 106167.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2025.106167.
  4. Chatterjee, D, Saha. S., and Ghosh.P. “Circular Insights for Rhythmic Health: A Bayesian Approach with Stochastic Diffusion for Characterizing Human Physiological Rhythms with Applications to Arrhythmia Detection.” Edited by Guojin Qin. PLOS One 20, no. 6 (June 27, 2025): e0324741. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324741.
  5. Chatterjee, D, and Ghosh.P. “Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling of Mucosal Immune Responses and Growth Efficiency in Young Animals: Demonstrating the Superiority of Data-Dependent Empirical Priors.” Edited by Fazul Nabi. PLOS One 20, no. 6 (June 25, 2025): e0326273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326273.
  6. Ghosh.P. “A Comparative Study of Euclidean and Spherical Clustering Techniques for BATSE Gamma-Ray Burst Data.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 541, no. 1 (June 13, 2025): 446–62. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf970.
  7. Chatterjee, D., Banerjee. A., Das. S.S., and Ghosh.P. “Novel Empirical Models &; Comparative Probabilistic Analysis of Interconnectedness of Volcano Eruption &; Nearby Earthquakes.” Edited by Benedetto Schiavo. PLOS ONE 20, no. 4 (April 16, 2025): e0320210. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320210.
  8. Ghosh.P., Ghosh. S., and Chatterjee. D., “A Flexible Spherical Mixture Model for Gamma-Ray Burst Patterns Obtained from BATSE and FERMI Mission.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 137, no. 2 (February 1, 2025): 024503. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/adb2c1.
  9. Chatterjee, D, and Ghosh.P. “Redshift‐Agnostic Machine Learning Classification: Unveiling Peak Performance in Galaxy, Star, and Quasar Classification (Using SDSS DR17).” Astronomische Nachrichten 346, no. 5 (February 18, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.20240057.
  10. Chatterjee, D., and Ghosh.P. “Mercury’s Meteorite Mysteries: A Directional Statistical Guide to Mercury’s North Pole, Hidden Hazards and Roadmap to Safe Landing Havens Based on Solar Elevation, Ice Stability, Temperature.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 136, no. 11 (November 1, 2024): 114509. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ad851b.
  11. Dutta, S., Ghosh.P., and Chakraborty. A., “Modeling Informative Dropout in Longitudinal Data: A Joint Model Approach.” Journal of Statistical Research 58, no. 1 (August 14, 2024): 97–110. https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v58i1.75415.
  12. Chatterjee, D., Ghosh.P., Banerjee, A., and Das.S.S., “Optimizing Machine Learning for Water Safety: A Comparative Analysis with Dimensionality Reduction and Classifier Performance in Potability Prediction.” Edited by Daniel Reddythota. PLOS Water 3, no. 8 (August 8, 2024): e0000259. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000259.
  13. Ghosh.P., Chatterjee.D., Banerjee. A., and Das. S.S., “Do Magnetic Murmurs Guide Birds? A Directional Statistical Investigation for Influence of Earth’s Magnetic Field on Bird Navigation.” Edited by Ahmed M. Saqr. PLOS ONE 19, no. 6 (June 5, 2024): e0304279. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304279.
  14. Ghosh.P., Chatterjee.D., Banerjee. A., “On the Directional Nature of Celestial Object’s Fall on the Earth (Part 1: Distribution of Fireball Shower, Meteor Fall, and Crater on Earth’s Surface).” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 531, no. 1 (April 27, 2024): 1294–1307. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1066.

Peer Reviewing Experience

Reviewer at American Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, , Reviewed articles for Statistics in Biosciences , Reviewed articles for Nature Scientific Reports , Reviewed articles for Ecological Informatics , Reviewed articles for Discover Computing , Reviewer for The 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications, Frontiers in Bird Science, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Frontiers in Oncology, Journal of Morphology (Wiley), Nature: npj Artificial Intelligence, CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water (Wiley)