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Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Thursday 05 March 2026

Title: FertiMeter: A Data-Driven Innovation to Address the Reproductive Health Crisis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Venue, date and time: ISRT, 5 March 2026, 12:15 pm Speaker: K. M. Tanvir, Lecturer, ISRT, University of Dhaka Abstract: Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects around 12.5% of women in Bangladesh and is a major cause of infertility and

Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday 5 January 2026

Title: A Moment-Based Generalization To Post-Prediction Inference Venue, date and time: ISRT, 5 January 2026, 2 pm Speaker: Awan Afiaz, PhD candidate at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA and ISRT alumnus Abstract: As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) become increasingly integrated into scientific research, investigators frequently substitute predicted

Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday 27 October 2025

Title: Causal Inference with Misclassified Exposure: Correcting the IPW Estimator Venue, time and date: ISRT, 2:00 pm, October 27, 2025 Speaker: Tarikul Islam, Lecturer, ISRT, University of Dhaka Abstract:  The inverse probability weighting (IPW) estimator is widely used for estimating the average treatment effect (ATE) in causal inference. However, the IPW estimator is prone to