Visual statistical inference for regression parameters January 15, 2011 - 6:28am Full Title: Visual statistical inference for regression parameters Speaker: Mahbubul Majumder, MSc Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, USA Date/Time: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 3:00 PM Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Statistical graphics play a crucial role in exploratory data analysis, model checking and

Risk Prediction Models for Assessing 30-Day & Long Term Mortality February 9, 2011 - 4:39am Full Title: Risk Prediction Models for Assessing 30-Day & Long Term Mortality Following CABG/AVR in Australian Cohort Speaker: Baki Billah, PhD Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Monash University, Australia Date/Time: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 1500 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room  

Robustness of testing correlation and equality of variances February 9, 2011 - 4:41am Full Title: Robustness of testing correlation and equality of variances Speaker: Anwar H Joarder, PhD King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Date/Time: Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 1500 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Many statistical methods say testing correlation

Multi-stratum and split-plot designs in Industrial experiments November 19, 2011 - 7:49pm Full Title: Multi-stratum and split-plot designs in Industrial experiments Speaker: M. Lutfor Rahman School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London Date/Time: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 2:30 PM Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Hard-to-set factors lead to split-plot type designs and mixed

Bayesian Penalized Methods for High-Dimensional Data December 16, 2011 - 7:37am Full Title: Bayesian Penalized Methods for High-Dimensional Data and Network Analysis Speaker: Zakaria S Khondker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Date/Time: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 12:00 noon Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT The curse of dimensionality boils down to dealing with

Functional data analysis and its applications January 9, 2012 - 9:41am Full Title: Functional data analysis and its application Speaker: M. Shahid Ullah, PhD Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Date/Time: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT The Functional Data Analysis (FDA) approach is proposed towards modelling time series data because of recognition

Statistical method for the analysis of functional connections of multiple spike trains January 19, 2012 - 4:43pm Full Title: Statistical method for the analysis of functional connections of multiple spike trains Speaker: Mohammad Shahed Masud, PhD Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka Date/Time: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room  

An overview of clinical research: Observational studies February 14, 2012 - 10:15am Full Title: An overview of clinical research: Observational studies Speaker: Shomoita Alam Centre for Communicable Diseases, icddr,b Date/Time: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT In clinical research, not only understanding the association between disease and exposure is important, but

Option Pricing and Risk Management: Analytic Approaches with GARCH-Levy Dynamics February 20, 2012 - 11:52am Full Title: Option Pricing and Risk Management: Analytic Approaches with GARCH-Levy Dynamics Speaker: Md. Sharif Ullah Mozumder, PhD Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Date/Time: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT This work considers making