Big Data Analytics: Wisdom or Folly!

Title: Big Data Analytics: Wisdom or Folly!  Time and venue: 11:30 am on 3rd of February (Monday) 2020 in ISRT Seminar Room Speaker: Ejaz Ahmed, PhD Professor at Brock University, Canada Abstract: There

Academic Writing

Title: "Academic Writing" Speaker: Professor Syed Shahadat Hossain , ISRT, University of Dhaka Date and Time: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 11.00AM.

Sample Size Determination for Survey Research

Title: "Sample Size Determination for Survey Research" Speaker: Prof. Muhammad Shuaib, ISRT,  University of Dhaka Date & time: Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 3.15 PM.

Introduction to Deep Neural Network using R

Title: "Introduction to Deep Neural Network using R"   Speaker: Tuhin Sheikh, ISRT, University of Dhaka and PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut, USA,   Date and Time: Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 9.00AM   -----------------------------Summary------------------------------------------------ The deep neural network (DNN) modelling has been considered to be a thriving topic in recent years. The

A brief introduction to Transcriptomic data analysis

Title: "A brief introduction to Transcriptomic data analysis" Speaker: Dr. Tanbin Rahman, Postdoctoral Fellow at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA. Date & time: Monday, July 13, 2020 at 9.00AM ---------------------------------Summary------------------------------------------------------------- This presentation will briefly discuss the different types of transcriptomic datasets in the field of statistical genomics. At first, the structure of the datasets will

R Shiny app for the beginners

Title: "R Shiny app for the beginners" Speaker: Nabil Awan, Assistant Professor (on leave), ISRT, DU and PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Date & Time: Sunday, July 26, at 7.30PM   Suumary: R Shiny app is getting increasingly popular in both industry and academia. One reason is the automation that many companies are

Opportunities and Challenges for Statisticians During Pandemics

Title "Opportunities and Challenges for Statisticians During Pandemics" The speaker: Abdus S. Wahed, Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Date & time: Saturday October 10, 2020 at 7.30 PM (Dhaka time).   ---------------------------Abstract----------------------------------------------------------------------- COVID 19 has dramatically changed the lifestyles of people around the globe. In the midst of pandemic, all of us are struggling