seminar

Representatives from Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL), a tier IV national data centre, will be giving a talk this coming Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 3 pm on the following topic: "Empowering Future Leaders of Data-driven Ecosystem through Innovation" This talk is a part of ISRT's initiative to organize career development programs for students and

Title: Joint copula-frailty approach to model clustered survival data with dependent censoring (PhD proposal) Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Presenter:  Nasrin Sultana, PhD student at ISRT Abstract: With the development of modern medical technology, in many situations naturally a fraction of patients can be cured, or the disease free, while the non-cured patients lengthen their

Title: On the Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for Rare Outcomes Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Presenter:  Dr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman, Professor of Applied Statistics, ISRT Abstract: Risk prediction models are commonly developed in clinical research to predict patients’ future health outcomes such as death or state of illness due to disease and/or to

Title: PARD: Patient-Specific Abnormal Region Detection in Alzheimer’s Disease Studies Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Avizit Adhikary, PhD candidate, Florida State University Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the primary cause of dementia, leading to cognitive challenges in processing new information, handling complex tasks, and experiencing personality fluctuations. To better understand and treat AD, extensive

Title: Estimating Causal Effects of Socio-economic Factors on the Prevalence of Cesarean Section Delivery in Bangladesh Venue and time: ISRT, 1:45 pm Speaker: Dr  A. H. M. Mahbub Latif, Professor, ISRT, DU Abstract: TBA  

Title: Impact of Covid-19 on im(mobility) of informal sector workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Md. Touhidul Alam, PhD student at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK Abstract: Comparable to many fast-growing cities of the developing world, Dhaka city contributes greatly to the national economy (36% of GDP and 32% of

Title: A Introduction to Power BI - Data visualization Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Tawfique Abdur Razzaque, Senior Data Analyst, Business Intelligence, Therap (BD) Ltd.   What is Power BI? Microsoft Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence. It is part of the

Two talks (20 minutes each) Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Talk 1 Topic : Data Tracker Table Speaker: Nur Mohammad, 2nd year student, ISRT   Talk 2 Topic : Introduction to Typst: a modern typesetting system Speaker: Md. Aminul Islam Shazid, MS student, ISRT

Title: Optimal Sandwich Variance Estimator in Penalized GEE for Nearly Separated Longitudinal Binary Data with Small Samples Venue and time: ISRT, 10:00 am Speaker: Awan Afiaz, PhD candidate at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA and ISRT alumnus Abstract: Data separation arises in both independent and correlated binary data in biomedical studies

Title: Engineering Energy Efficiency among Residential Customers in Dhaka using Home Energy Reports (HERs) Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Atonu Rabbani, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka Abstract: In this study, we estimated the potential impacts of home energy reports (HERs) on energy efficient behaviours among residential customers of Dhaka, the