An "ISRT Applied Statistics Seminar" on October 25 (Tuesday) at 2:00 PM (Venue: ISRT Seminar Room). Mrs. Tasnim Ara will talk on "Explaining geo-spatial variation in mobile phone ownership among rural women of Bangladesh: A multi-level and multidimensional approach". Mrs. Tasnim Ara is a lecturer at the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka.

Dr. Mohaimen Mansur will give a talk on "Foundational Learning Skills of Children in Bangladesh: What We Learned from MICS".  Dr. Mansur is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka.

Title: Subgroup Analysis with Differential Treatment Effects and Biomarker Identification Abstract: In the process of drug development and regulatory decision making, it is important to characterize heterogeneity of subject response to treatment. The heterogenous effect is typically assessed based on variety of information on clinical, gene and protein expression markers, commonly known as biomarkers. Previous studies

Speaker: Dr. Asim Kumer Dey, Brac University Venue: ISRT seminar room Date and time: 2 pm on Tuesday, 20 December 2022 Title: Anomaly Detection in Temporal Networks through Topological Features and Motifs with Application to Mobility Data Abstract: This paper aims to shed light on the potential relations among various higher-order network topological features and meso-level functionality of temporal

The speaker will be Argho Sarkar, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland, USA. He will give a talk on "Deep Learning for Climate Change: Challenges, Progress, and Possibilities."  Besides presenting his research, Argho will also talk about his experiences as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. The seminar will take place in the