Ashish Sen Named Director of DOTs Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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Carolee Bush
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Wednesday, October 21, 1998 -- Dr. Ashish Sen was confirmed today by the United States Senate as the
Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) at the
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
Sen was nominated for the position by President Clinton on Sept.
29th, 1998.
"It is a pleasure to have Dr. Sen join the DOT team," Secretary
of Transportation Rodney E. Slater said. "I look forward to
working with him as he brings a wealth of experience in
statistics, mathematics and urban transportation planning to the
department."
The BTS director is responsible for directing data collection,
analysis and reporting to ensure the most cost-effective use of
transportation resources. Specific duties include publishing a
comprehensive set of transportation statistics that provide
summaries of transportation data and working with DOT modal
administrators and state and federal officials to establish and
implement long-term transportation data collection programs
relating to the performance of the national transportation
system.
Before accepting his new position, Dr. Sen was the Director of the
statistics and evaluation laboratory at the Urban Transportation
Center at the University of Illinois in Chicago and in 1997, he
was named director of the center. He was also a professor of
urban planning, mathematics, statistics, and computer science at
the university. He held various positions at the College of Urban
Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle such as
associate professor, acting dean and director of the school of
urban sciences. Sen has authored numerous articles and
co-authored two books about statistics and transportation.
A native of Delhi, India, Dr. Sen received his school certificate
in 1958 from St. Xaviers College in Calcutta, India. He
received his B.S. in mathematics in 1962 with honors from
Calcutta University, his M.A. in mathematics and his Ph.D. in
statistics from the University of Toronto in 1964 and 1971
respectively.
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