Welcome to Institute of Applied Statistics and Data Science (IASDS), University of Dhaka

  • Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Tuesday February 4, 2025

    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

  • Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday February 24, 2025

    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

  • Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday March 10, 2025

    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

  • Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday May 5, 2025

    Title: Understanding Causality: Rubin’s Potential Outcome Model and Philosophical Perspectives Venue, time and date: ISRT, 2:00 pm, May 5, 2025 Speaker: Nahian Nujhat, Bushra Chowdhury, Md. Mutasim Billah, Faria Rauf Ria, Maliha Binte Alauddin, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka. Abstract:  Causal inference focuses on estimating cause-and-effect relationships, a key challenge in

  • Orientation of first-year students for the 2024-25

    ISRT Seminar Room (3rd floor) Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Please Select, Bangladesh

    The orientation of first-year students for the 2024-25 academic session will be tomorrow (Wednesday, July 2) at 10:00 a.m. The program will take place in the ISRT seminar room.

  • M.S. Admission Test is on July 27, 2025

    ISRT ISRT, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Details are given on the MS admission site https://isrt.ac.bd/academics/admission

  • 128th Birth Anniversary of Qazi Motahar Husain

    TSC , Bangladesh

    This is a reminder to attend the program being organized jointly with the Department of Statistics in memory of the Late Professor Qazi Motahar Husain at the TSC tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The program will be attended by the Honorable Vice-Chancellor, DU, as the Chief Guest. Professor Husain was a leading proponent of statistical education

  • Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday August 18, 2025

    Title: Sensor Data Analytics with Wearables and mm-Wave Radars for Digital Health Venue, time and date: ISRT, 2:00 pm, August 18, 2025 Speaker: Shekh Md Mahmudul Islam, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Dhaka and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University,