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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181016T170000
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SUMMARY:Training Programs on SPSS and Stata: October 16\, 2018 – November 17\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to organize the regular training programs on SPSS and Stata from October 16\, 2018 to November 17\, 2018. The deadline for the registration is extended to October 16\, 2018 (Tuesday). Details can be found on the following link: http://www.isrt.ac.bd/training
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-programs-on-spss-and-stata-october-16-2018-november-17-2018/
CATEGORIES:training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180729T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180814T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
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SUMMARY:Training program on R for Data Analytics
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to conduct an inaugural training program on R for students and professionals from July 29\, 2018. The program is known as R for Data Analytics. This would be the first training program of its kind offered from an academic institution in Bangladesh. R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians and researchers in other fields for data analysis and developing statistical software. R is easily extensible through functions and extensions\, and the R community is noted for its active contributions in terms of packages. \nFor details visit www.isrt.ac.bd/training/r.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-program-on-r-and-data-analytics/
CATEGORIES:training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180717T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180717T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, July 17 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Non-inferiority testing under generalized Poisson distribution\n\nVenue: ISRT seminar room \n\nSpeaker:  Md Abu Manju\, PhD\n                Department of Mathematics and Computer Science\n                Eindhoven University of Technology\, Eindhoven\, The Netherlands\n\n \nAbstract: In recent years\, non-inferiority studies for count data have been increasingly used in the evaluation of new test methods or new treatments (e.g.\, microbiological test methods\, particle counters or drugs\, vaccines) and the Poisson distribution is commonly assumed as it provides a standard framework for the analysis of count data. A generalization of the Poisson distribution\, referred to as the generalized Poisson distribution (GPD)\, which models not only overdispersion\, but also underdispersion\, may be more appropriate in certain applications\, including comparison of microbiological test methods. We therefore propose tests for the assessment of non-inferiority and sample size calculation procedures under GPD. Asymptotic likelihood ratio test (LRT)\, Wald and Exact conditional tests are derived\, and the type I error rate and statistical power are computed for these three tests based on simulations. In terms of type I error rate and statistical power\, LRT and Wald test perform similarly\, but the Exact test is conservative and has less type I error rate and power than the LRT and Wald test. Finally\, expressions are derived for calculating the sample sizes that yield sufficient power to test the non-inferiority of the new methods or treatments based on Wald test and LRT.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-july-17-at-2-pm/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180606T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180606T120000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180604T112349Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Wednesday\, June 6\, 2018 at 10:30 am
DESCRIPTION:Title of the Talk: Can We Train Machine Learning Methods to Outperform the High-dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm?\n\nSpeaker: Dr. M. Ehsan Karim\n\n               Assistant Professor\, SPPH\, UBC\n               Scientist & Biostatistician\, CHEOS\, Canada\n\nVenue: ISRT Seminar room\n\n—————————————Abstract-——————————————————————-\nThe use of retrospective health care claims datasets is frequently criticized for the lack of complete information on potential confounders. Utilizing patient’s health status–related information from claims datasets as surrogates or proxies for mismeasured and unobserved confounders\, the high-dimensional propensity score algorithm enables us to reduce bias. Using a previously published cohort study of postmyocardial infarction statin use (1998–2012)\, we compare the performance of the algorithm with a number of popular machine learning approaches for confounder selection in high-dimensional covariate spaces: random forest\, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator\, and elastic net. Our results suggest that\, when the data analysis is done with epidemiologic principles in mind\, machine learning methods perform as well as the high-dimensional propensity score algorithm. Using a plasmode framework that mimicked the empirical data\, we also showed that a hybrid of machine learning and high-dimensional propensity score algorithms generally perform slightly better than both in terms of mean squared error\, when a bias-based analysis is used. This talk is based on a joint work with Menglan Pang and Robert W Platt from McGill University [Epidemiology: 2018\,29(2):191–198].\n———————————————————————————————————————–
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-wednesday-june-6-2018-at-1030-am/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180515T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180515T153000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180515T040605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T040605Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, 15 May 2018 at 2pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Modified Inferential Methods on Restricted Parameters in Multivariate Regression Analysis: Applications in Socio-demographic Research \nSpeaker: Sheikh Mohammad Sayem\n\n               PhD Researcher\, ISRT\n \nAbstract: Multivariate regression analysis is getting increasing attention among the socio-demographers due to the complex nature of the interdependence of the response variables. This PhD research is to carry out detailed study on restricted parameters of multivariate regression analysis with continuous\, discrete or mixed responses to seek out or develop efficient point estimation strategy and hence develop appropriate hypothesis testing procedure for hypothesis involving restricted parameters.This seminar will give a clear idea about the specific objectives of the PhD research and about the way how the objectives will be met in line of the existing literature. In this study\, a modified maximum likelihood estimation technique is primarily used for estimating restricted parameters of multivariate regression analysis with continuous responses. A Monte Carlo simulation is carried out to evaluate the performance of the estimators. The relative efficiency of the modified maximum likelihood estimator is found to be higher than the ordinary least square or maximum likelihood estimators.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-15-may-2018-at-2pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180514T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180514T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180509T095758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T045328Z
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SUMMARY:Certificate Giving Ceremony of SPSS and Stata training programs on Monday\, 14 May 2018
DESCRIPTION:The certificate giving ceremony of the training programs on “Stata and Applied Statistics” and “SPSS and Applied Statistics” for the session April-May 2018 is going to be held on the 14th of May 2018 (Monday). The ceremony will take place at room 203 at first floor of ISRT building and commence at 6:00 pm. Professor Dr. Nasreen Ahmad\,the Honorable Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Dhaka\, will be present as the chief guest to present the certificates to the participants.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/certificate-giving-ceremony-of-spss-and-stata-training-programs-on-monday-14-may-2018/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180508T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180508T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180507T011827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180507T011847Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 8 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Approximation of the Formal Bayesian Model Comparison using the Extended Conditional Predictive Ordinatecriterion\n\nSpeaker: Md. Rashedul Hoque\, Assistant Professor\, ISRT\n \nVenue and Time: ISRT seminar room\, 2 pm\n\nAbstract: The optimal method for Bayesian model comparison is the formal Bayes factor (BF)\, according to decision theory. The formal BF is computationally troublesome for more complex models. If predictive distributions under the competing models do not have a closed form\, a cross-validation idea\, called the conditional predictive ordinate (CPO) criterion can be used. In the cross-validation sense\, this is a ‘leave-out one’ approach. CPO can be calculated directly from the Monte Carlo (MC) outputs\, and the resulting Bayesian model comparison is called the pseudo-Bayes factor (PBF). We can get closer to the formal Bayesian model comparison by increasing the ‘leave-out size’\, and at ‘leave-out all’ we recover the formal BF. But\, the MC error increases with increasing ‘leave-out size’. In this study\, we examine this for linear and logistic regression models.\nOur study reveals that the Bayesian model comparison can favor a different model for PBFcompared to BF when comparing two close linear models. So\, larger ‘leave-out sizes’ are preferred which provide result close to the optimal BF. On the other hand\, MC samples based formal Bayesian model comparisons are computed with more MC error for increasing ‘leave-out sizes’; this is observed by comparing with the available closed-form results. Still\, considering a reasonable error\, we can use ‘leave-out size’ more than one instead of fixing it at one. These findings can be extended to logistic models where closed form solution is\nunavailable.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-8-at-2-pm/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180506T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180506T123000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180504T051203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180505T042724Z
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SUMMARY:ISRT Golden Jubilee Award Giving Ceremony 2018 on 06 May (Sunday)
DESCRIPTION:ISRT Golden Jubilee Award Giving Ceremony-2018 is going to be held on May 6\, 2018 (Sunday). The ceremony will take place at 1st floor\, Room no: 203\, ISRT building and commence at 10.00 a.m. This year this prestigious award will be received by Tasnim Fatima Alam of Batch 20 for her outstanding performance in her bachelor’s degree. The Honorable Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka\, Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman will be present as the chief guest in the ceremony to present the award.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/isrt-golden-jubilee-award-giving-ceremony-2018-on-06-may-sunday/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180424T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180424T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180422T010527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180424T115140Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday 24 April\, 2018 at 2 PM
DESCRIPTION:Title: Ongoing Upgrading in RMG Enterprises: Preliminary Results from a Survey\n\n\nVenue and time: ISRT seminar room\, 2 PM\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Khondaker Golam Moazzem\n               Research Director\n               Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD) \n               Bangladesh
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-24-april-2018-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180419T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180504T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180423T040434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T224937Z
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SUMMARY:ISRT's Indoor Games for 2018 started on the 19th of April 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Indoor Games Tournament 2018 of ISRT started with an inauguration ceremony on Thursday\, 19th of April 2018. This year Batch 21 (the current 4th year) is organizing the event. Badminton\, table tennis\, ludo\, chess\, dart throwing\, indoor cricket are some of the many exciting games. Students\, teachers and staffs are taking part in different events. More information about the event including fixtures and rules of games can be found from the following link: \nhttps://sites.google.com/isrt.ac.bd/indoorgame2018/home
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/isrts-indoor-games-for-2018-started-on-the-19th-of-april-2018/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180417T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180417T153000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180416T172613Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 17 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Evolution of Reproductive Health in Bangladesh\n \nSpeaker: Dr. Halida Hanum Akhter \n               Faculty Member \n               Bloomberg School of Public Health \n               John Hopkins University\, Baltimore\, USA\n\nVenue: ISRT seminar room\n               \n\nAbstract: \nIn Bangladesh\, the government family planning program started in 1965 and at NGO level in around 1952. The government program was a vertical program with only IUD (intra uterine device) and high dose oral pills as a pilot program. With a demonstration project on post-partum tubal ligation in four urban clinics\, under the Family Planning Board\, the program was implemented in the whole country. In 1974\, MFSTC (Mohammadpur Fertility Services and Training Center) started as a special project of Ministry of Health and Family Planning\, Then around 1978 family planning and MCH was integrated and named MCH based family planning program. Subsequently in 1994\, ICPD (International  Conference on Population and Development) also named as Cairo conference where Reproductive health concept and definition was introduced\, vetted and cosigned by 198 countries of the world. All these countries were the cosignatory of this ‘program of action’ document and agreed to introduce reproductive health in the country program. Reproductive health is a rights based approach committing to address Life Cycle approach to women’s health issues.  Since 1994\, many international instruments\, such as ICPD POA\, ICPD +5\, ICPD +15 monitored programs nationally and globally. \nThe speaker talks about the accomplishment thus far and the unfinished agenda in reproductive health in Bangladesh.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-17-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180410T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180410T153000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180330T075816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180330T080110Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 10\, 2018 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: A model for repeated binary outcomes and comparison with quasi-likelihood based approaches\n\nSpeaker: Jahida Gulshan\n                Associate Professor\, ISRT
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-10-2018-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180410T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180305T183119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180509T100516Z
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SUMMARY:Training Programs on SPSS and Stata April 10\, 2018 - May 09\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to organize the regular training programs on SPSS and Stata from April 10\, 2018 to May 10\, 2018. The deadline for the registration is April 08\, 2018. Details can be found on the following link: http://www.isrt.ac.bd/training
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-programs-on-spss-and-stata-april-10-2018-may-10-2018/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180403T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180403T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180318T085610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180330T080220Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 3 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Bangladesh paradox: health gains despite poverty and income inequality  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Dr. Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury \n\n                Vice Chairperson\, BRAC\n                 and\n                 Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health\n                 Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health\n                 Columbia University\, USA
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-3-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180212T073000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180208T060620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180208T061908Z
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SUMMARY:ISRT Picnic on Monday\, 12 February 2018
DESCRIPTION:ISRT’s annual picnic for the year 2018 is scheduled for the 12th of February\, Monday. The chosen venue is the very beautiful Sabah Garden in Gazipur. All the current students\, teachers (including family members) and staffs are welcome to participate. This year the 22nd batch of ISRT (current 3rd years students) are organizing the picnic with the help of the picnic committee. \nPicnic 2018 \nDate: 12th of February 2018\, Monday \nVenue: Sabah Garden\, Gazipur \nParticipation fee: TK. 700 per person
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/isrt-picnic-on-monday-12-february-2018/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180130T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180130T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180128T063258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180128T063258Z
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SUMMARY:Talk on "Forming our own Toastmasters Club"
DESCRIPTION:We are very delighted to invite Mr. Habib Islam\, Area K5 Director of Toastmasters International to present a talk on forming a Toastmasters Club here at ISRT. We are looking forward to active participation from our students and faculty members.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/talk-on-forming-our-own-toastmasters-club/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180109T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180109T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180103T042051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180128T063733Z
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SUMMARY:Toastmasters Club's Demo Session
DESCRIPTION:Toastmasters International (TI) is a US headquartered nonprofit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication\, public speaking\, and leadership skills. Through its thousands of member clubs\, Toastmasters International offers a program of communication and leadership projects designed to help people learn the arts of speaking\, listening\, and thinking. The first toastmasters club was formed on October 22\, 1924\, at the YMCA in Santa Ana\, California\, United States. Throughout its history\, Toastmasters has served over four million people\, and today the organization serves over 352\,000 members in 141 countries\, through its 16\,400 member clubs. We are very delighted to invite  Dr. Katherin Li\, President of Toastmasters Club of North South University and her team\, for a toastmasters club’s demo session at our institute. We are looking forward to active participation from our students and faculty members.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/toastmasters-clubs-demo-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180109T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180109T153000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20180106T163145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180106T163145Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, January 9 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Panjer Recursion to evaluate total claim distribution recursively\n\n \nSpeaker: Dr. Abdul H. Sharif\n              Adjunct Professor\n              Mathematical Sciences Department\n              Central Connecticut State University\, USA. \n   \nAbstract: The usual method of evaluating the distribution function of the total claims incurred in a fixed period of time\, requires the computation of many convolutions of the conditional distribution of the amount of a claim given that a claim has occurred. When the expected number of claims is large\, the computation can become unwieldy even with modern large-scale electronic computers. In this presentation\, a recursive definition of the distribution of total claims is developed for a family of claim number distributions and arbitrary claim amount distributions. When the claim amount is discrete\, the recursive definition can be used to compute the distribution of total claims without the use of convolutions. This can reduce the number of required computations by several orders of magnitude for sufficiently large portfolios.\n\nFinally\, I will discuss some current research on total claim modeling. Assuming the diversified level of the audience\, the level of mathematics will be kept to probability generating function(PGF) and moment generating function (MGF).
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-january-9-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180107T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171228T094426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171228T094426Z
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SUMMARY:1st Year Orientation is on January 7\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:The orientation program of 1st year (2017-18) will take place on 7th January (Sunday) at 10 am in ISRT seminar room. All freshers are advised to join the program before 10 am. All faculty members are welcome to join the program.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/1st-year-orientation-is-on-january-7-2018/
LOCATION:isrt seminar room
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171219T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171219T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171105T044808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171105T044817Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, December 19 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Developing Public Speaking Skills in Statistical Communication\n \nSpeaker: Mohammed Shahidullah\, PhD\, MPH\n              State Demographer\n              Illinois Department of Public Health and\n              Adjunct Faculty\n              The University of Illinois\, Springfield\, USA\n    \n Abstract: Public speaking is the process or act of performing a speech to a live audience. The objective of public speaking is to inform\, persuade or to entertain the audience. It helps in skill building\, professional credibility\, networking and finding suitable jobs. As an applied statistician it is a challenge how we communicate with our audience including our students\, colleagues and consulting clients. My talk will concentrate on: Benefits of Public Speaking\, Steps in Successful Public Speaking and Resources Available to Improve Public Speaking. Toastmasters International club (www.toastmasters.org) is a great way to learn how to formulate\, express\, and sell your ideas and yourself with confidence. I will share with you my experience with this club and how it works. My recommendation will be to join such a club to improve your skills in public speaking and leadership. 
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-december-19-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171218T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171218T103000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171212T064742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171212T065845Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Monday\, 18 December 2017 at 9 am
DESCRIPTION:Title: A motivational discussion on higher studies\n\nVenue\, date and time: ISRT seminar room\, 18 December 2017 (Monday)\, 9 am\n\nSpeaker: Professor Abdus Wahed\,  Director of PhD Graduate Program\, Department of Biostatistics\, Graduate School of Public Health\, University of Pittsburgh\, USA\n \nAbstract: Students and young colleagues planing for higher studies in any branch of Statistics are highly encouraged to attend this discussion. Students can ask any questions related to opportunities and challenges of getting admission with funding for higher studies in Statistics\, and Professor Wahed will  answer  your questions.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-monday-18-december-2017-at-9-am/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171217T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171217T123000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171206T021626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171206T021626Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Sunday\, December 17 at 11 am
DESCRIPTION:Title: Testing equality of two normal means using combined samples of paired and unpaired data\n\nSpeaker: Professor Nizam Uddin \, Department of Statistics\, University of Central Florida\n \nAbstract: A test statistic for testing equality of two normal means when data consist of both paired and unpaired observations is proposed. The proposed test statistic is compared with two other standard methods known in the literature with respect to the type I error rate and power using simulation results.\n\nHe will also talk about the Big data analytics PhD program offered in the University of Central Florida. 
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-sunday-december-17-at-11-am/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171212T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171210T095238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171210T095348Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, December 12 at 3 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Statisticians in the Data Science Era\n\nSpeaker: Enayetur Raheem\, Data Scientist at Carolinas HealthCare System\, North Carolina\, USA\n\nAbstract: In this talk I will discuss what it really means to be a data scientist from a statistician’s perspective. In particular\, I will share my experience about the US job market for statisticians. This will give you some ideas about your future job prospects in the US and in Bangaldesh.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-december-12-at-3-pm/
LOCATION:isrt seminar room
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171128T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171127T092148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171128T035929Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, November 28 at 2:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Business Intelligence and Data Science\n\nSpeaker: Business Intelligence team\, Grameenphone\n\nSummary: The main focus of the seminar will be- to shed some light on the current business trends\, and the challenges the industry faces in this 21st century\, and also to delineate the prospects of Business Intelligence and Data Science in Bangladesh. The sessions will be conducted by a team of 8-10 presenters/speakers from the Business Intelligence Department of Grameenphone.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-december-28-at-230-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171119T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171105T044554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171105T044943Z
UID:2049-1511089200-1511096400@isrt.ac.bd
SUMMARY:Seminar on Sunday\, November 19 at 11 am
DESCRIPTION:Title: Survival Ensembles and Representative Trees for Cancer Prognostication\n \nSpeaker: Mousumi Banerjee\, PhD\n              Research Professor of Biostatistics\n              School of Public Health & Comprehensive Cancer Center\,\n              Director of Biostatistics\n              Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy\n              The University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor\, USA.\n    \n Abstract: Tree-based methods have become popular for analyzing right censored survival data where the primary goal is the prognostic stratification of patients. Ensemble techniques such as random forest improve the accuracy in prediction and address the instability in a single tree by growing an ensemble of trees and aggregating. However\, individual trees are lost in the forest. This talk will first provide an overview of the methodological aspects of tree-based modeling in the censored data setting. Next\, we propose a methodology for identifying the most representative trees in a forest for survival data\, based on several tree distance metrics. For any two trees\, the metrics are chosen to (1) measure similarity of the covariates used to split the trees; (2) reflect similar clustering of patients in the terminal nodes of the trees; and (3) measure similarity in predictions from the two trees. While the latter focuses on prediction\, the first two metrics focus on the architectural similarity between two trees. The most representative trees in the forest are chosen based on the average distance between a tree and all other trees in the forest. Out of bag estimate of error rate is obtained using neighborhoods of representative trees. Simulations and data examples show gains in predictive accuracy when averaging over such neighborhoods. Although our focus is on trees for censored data\, the ideas are also applicable to classification and regression trees. We illustrate our methods using data from a thyroid cancer study.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-sunday-november-19-at-11-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171115
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20170928T072127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171001T071800Z
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SUMMARY:Training Programs on SPSS and Stata
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to organize the regular training programs on SPSS and Stata from October 14\, 2017 to November 14\, 2017. The deadline for the registration is October 08\, 2017. Details can be found on the following link: http://www.isrt.ac.bd/training
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-programs-on-spss-and-stata/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171010T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171010T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20171002T165427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T161343Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, October 10 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Conditional dependence in joint modelling of longitudinal non-Gaussian outcomes\n \nSpeaker: Mili Roy\, MSc\n              Research Assistant\n              Werklund School of Education\n              University of Calgary\, Canada \n   \nAbstract: The study is motivated by the limitations of conventional joint modelling strategies based\n\n\non linear and generalized linear mixed models (LMMs/GLMMs). The class of so-called Gaussian\ncopula mixed models (GCMMs)\, introduced by Wu and de Leon (2014) to generalize conventional\nLMMs/GLMMs to non-Gaussian settings\, was adopted\, and simulations were conducted to in-\nvestigate the impact of incorrectly ignoring the conditional dependence between outcomes\, given\nthe random effects\, on the performance of maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs). A variety of\nscenarios involving shared or correlated random effects were considered\, and implementation of\nthe correct and misspecied joint models was done in SAS’s PROC NLMIXED. Although MLEs of\nfixed effects were only slightly impacted by the conditional independence misspecication\, MLEs\nbased on the correct GCMM yielded generally better performances than those from the incorrect\nmodel. Data on pediatric pain (Weiss\, 2005; Withanage et al.\, 2015) were used for illustration.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-october-10-at-11-am/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171004T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171004T113000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20170928T052103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170928T054536Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Wednesday\, October 4 at 10 am
DESCRIPTION:Big Data: Opportunities to Explore \n\nPresenter: DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Limited
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-wednesday-october-4-at10-am/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170823T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170823T113000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20170822T112205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170822T112205Z
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SUMMARY:Photosession of Teachers and MS Students
DESCRIPTION:A photosession of MS students with faculty members will take place on August 23 at 11:30 AM
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/photosession-teachers-ms-students/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170821T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170821T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T022734
CREATED:20170801T083324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170819T193147Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Monday\, August 21\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Title: Spectrum sharing in cellular networks: Optimisation and post-optimisation techniques\n \nSpeaker: Md Asaduzzaman\, PhD\n              Associate Professor\n              ISRT\, University of Dhaka \n \nAbstract: \n\nDynamic spectrum sharing aims to provide secondary access to under-utilized spectrum in cellular networks. The main aim of the talk is twofold. Firstly\, the secondary operator aims to borrow spectrum bandwidths under the assumption that more spectrum resources exist considering a merchant mode. Two optimization models are proposed using stochastic and optimization models in which the secondary operator (i) spends the minimal cost to achieve the target grade of service assuming unrestricted budget or (ii) gains the maximal profit to achieve the target grade of service assuming restricted budget. Results obtained from each model are then compared with results derived from algorithms in which spectrum borrowings are random. Comparisons showed that the gain in the results obtained from our proposed stochastic-optimization framework is significantly higher than heuristic counterparts. Secondly\, post-optimization performance analysis of the operators in the form of blocking probability in various scenarios is investigated to determine the probable performance gain and degradation of the secondary and primary operators respectively. We mathematically modelled the sharing agreement scenario and derive the closed form solution of blocking probabilities for each operator. Results showed how the secondary operator perform in terms of blocking probability under various offered loads and sharing capacity. 
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-monday-august-22-2017/
LOCATION:isrt seminar room
CATEGORIES:seminar
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