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Laxman Bokati

Ph. D. , Computational Science

Education

Ph. D. in Computational Science

The University of Texas at El paso
2019 - 2022

MSc in Computational Science

The University of Texas at El paso
2017 - 2019

BE Electrical Engineering

Tribhuwan University
2008 - 2012

Languages

  • Nepali (Native)
  • English (Professional)
  • Hindi (Professional)

research intrests

  • Decision Theory, Interval Computation.
  • Decision Making Under Uncertainty.
  • Data Analysis/Visulization and AI/ML Modeling
  • Applications to Geosciences, Education, Computation, Environment, & Economics.
  • Renewable Energy, Solar/Wind Power.

Experiences

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

2022 - Present
Arizona State University
  • Identified different data sources and developed methods to homogenize new and existing soil data.
  • Working on developing homogenized global soil health, soil carbon and agriculture database.
  • Using global soil database and developing data-driven AI/ML models to explain soil health and soil carbon assimilation potential

Teaching Assistant

2017 - 2022
The University of Texas at El paso
  • Assisted faculty in preparation, delivery and grading of assigned coursers: Calculus-I, Calculus-II, Calculus-III, Matrix-Algebra, Introduction to Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Elementary Statistical Methods, Automata, Computability and Formal Languages, and Multivariate Data Analysis.
  • Helped faculty with delivery of lectures, laboratories and assisted with research projects.
  • Tutored Undergraduate students at Math Resource Center for Students

Project Engineer

2013 - 2016
Aastha Engineering Solution Pvt.Ltd.

Selected Projects:

  • Identification of potential sites and carryout Detail feasibility study of various wind-solar hybrid projects in Nepal, Client: Alternate Energy Promotion Centre, Nepal.
  • Carbon Credit Potential In Industries of Nepal, Client: Ministry of Industry, Nepal.
  • Promotion and Dissemination of “Matribhumi Improoved Cooking Stove”.
  • Promotion of “Low Energy Solar Water Pump”.

  • Temporary Shelter (“Aashrya”) building in various Earthquake affected Districts.

    Assigned Job Roles:

    • Preparing Proposal and Reports for projects.
    • Assisting in Management of resources and manpower.
    • Representing Aastha in various workshop/training programs.
    • Assisting in survey, development, promotion, dissemination of various Renewable Energy projects.
    • Assisting in Supervision of the field visits and information collection.
    • Meeting and negotiating with clients on behalf of Aastha.

Publications

  • Decision Making Under Uncertainty, with a Special Emphasis on Geosciences and Education
    • Bokati L., Kreinovich V.
    Springer Verlag, Cham, Switzerland, 2023.
  • How to elicit complex-valued fuzzy degrees
    • Bokati L., Kosheleva O., Kreinovich V.
    Proceedings of the 2022 Annual Conference of North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 31 - June 3, 2022.
  • How to Explain the Anchoring Formula in Behavioral Economics
    • Bokati L., Kreinovich V., Van Le C.
    Prediction and Causality in Econometrics and Related Topics, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2022, pp. 28-34.
  • How the Proportion of People Who Agree to Perform a Task Depends on the Stimulus A Theoretical Explanation of the Empirical Formula
    • Bokati L., Kreinovich V., Ha D.T.
    Prediction and Causality in Econometrics and Related Topics, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2022, pp. 22-27.
  • Absence of Remotely Triggered Large Earthquakes A Geometric Explanation
    • Bokati L., Kreinovich V., Ha D.T.
    How Uncertainty-Related Ideas Can Provide Theoretical Explanation for Empirical Dependencies, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021, pp. 37-41.
  • How Can We Explain Different Number Systems?
    • Bokati L., Kosheleva O., Kreinovich V.
    How Uncertainty-Related Ideas Can Provide Theoretical Explanation for Empirical Dependencies, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021, pp. 21-26.
  • Why Gamma Distribution of Seismic Inter-Event Times A Theoretical Explanation
    • Bokati L., Velasco A., Kreinovich V.
    How Uncertainty-Related Ideas Can Provide Theoretical Explanation for Empirical Dependencies, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021, pp. 43-50
  • A New (Simplified) Derivation of Nash’s Bargaining Solution
    • Nguyen P.H., Bokati L., Kreinovich V.
    Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics(JACIII), 2020, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 589-592.
  • Scale-Invariance and Fuzzy Techniques Explain the Empirical Success of Inverse Distance Weighting and of Dual Inverse Distance Weighting in Geosciences
    • Bokati L., Velasco A., Kreinovich V.
    Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society NAFIPS'2020, Redmond, Washington, August 20-22, 2020, pp. 379-390.
  • Dynamic Triggering of Earthquakes Symmetry-Based Geometric Analysis
    • Bokati L., Alfaro R., Velasco A., Kreinovich V.
    Geombinatorics, 2019, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 78-88.
  • Is ‘No Trade Theorem’ Really a Paradox Analysis Based on Decision Theory
    • Bokati L., Kreinovich V.
    Applied Mathematical Sciences, 2019, Vol. 13, No. 8, pp. 397-404
  • Bhutan Landscape Anomaly Possible Effect on Himalayan Economy (In View of Optimal Description of Elevation Profiles)
    • Nguyen P.H., Bokati L., Velasco A., Kreinovich V.
    Thai Journal of Mathematics, 2019, Special issue Structural Change Modeling and Optimization in Econometrics, pp. 57-69.

    Skills & Proficiency

    Technical Writing (Article, Proposal, Report, Poster, Presentation).

    Computer Basic Softwares (LaTeX, Beamer, Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint & Excel).

    Data analysis, Visualization and Modeling in Python/Google-Colab/Jupyter Notebook

    Programming (MATLAb, C, C++, R)

    Other Softwares (AutoCAD, Photoshop, GNU image Manipulation)