seminar

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

Title: Postpartum family planning counselling during maternity care visits in Bangladesh and its effect on contraceptive initiation Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Md. Moinuddin Hiader, Associate Scientist, icddr,b The speaker will initiate the talk by briefly discussing what he and his team expect from a fresh graduate as employers and what helps in

Seminar 1 Title: Opportunities and Challenges in Single-Cell RNA-Seq: Revealing Biomarkers and Regulatory Networks in Early Brain Development Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Dr. Md. Alamin, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Physics, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, North South University Abstract: Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of early neuronal development is critical

Title: Bridging Theory and Practice - A Journey Through Applied Statistics Across Academia, Industry, and Consulting Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Roman Ahmed, PhD, Senior Analytics Specialist (Statistics and Machine Learning) at Optus Australia Abstract: This presentation traces the learning and professional journey of a statistician who has navigated a diverse career across

Title: Bridging Theory and Practice - A Journey Through Applied Statistics Across Academia, Industry, and Consulting (Part 2) Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Yeasmin Khandakar, PhD, Senior Data Scientist, Transurban Limited, Australia Abstract: In this presentation, Dr. Yeasmin Khandakar will share her journey emphasizing how challenges can be transformed into opportunities. The first part

Title: Imputation-Based Q-Learning for Optimizing Dynamic Treatment Regimes with Right-Censored Survival Outcome Venue, time and date: ISRT, 11:30 pm, February 4, 2025 Speaker: Abdus S. Wahed, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, USA Abstract: Q-learning has been one of the most commonly used methods for optimizing dynamic treatment

Venue, time and date: ISRT, 2:00 pm, February 24, 2025 Speaker: Humayera Islam, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar in Precision Health at the University of Chicago Talk 1 Title: From Statistical Models to LLMs: The Evolution of Feature Representation in Predictive Modeling Abstract: With the digitization of healthcare and public health systems, data collection has expanded far

Title: Variational Autoencoder Model for Exploring Latent Spaces in High-Dimensional Datasets Venue, time and date: ISRT, 12:15 pm, March 10, 2025 Speaker: Mashfiqul Huq Chowdhury, PhD, Associate Professor at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University Abstract:  In this talk, I will focus on a probabilistic generative model known as the Variational Autoencoder (VAE). The VAE