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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180417T140000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180410T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180410T153000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
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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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171219T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171219T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171128T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171119T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171119T130000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
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:20260425T040933
CREATED:20170801T083324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170819T193147Z
UID:660-1503324000-1503327600@isrt.ac.bd
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170807T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170807T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
CREATED:20170801T082912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170801T083409Z
UID:656-1502114400-1502118000@isrt.ac.bd
SUMMARY:Seminar on Monday\, August 7\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Title: Energy Expenditure Prediction from Raw Accelerometer  Data: A Comparison between Linear and Nonlinear Models\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Munni Begum\n              Professor of Mathematical Sciences\n              Ball State University\, USA\n\nAbstract:\n\nThis study had three purposes\, all related to evaluating energy expenditure (EE) prediction accuracy from body-worn accelerometers: (1) compare linear regression to linear mixed models\, (2) compare linear models to artificial neural network models\, and (3) compare accuracy of accelerometers placed on the hip\, thigh\, and wrists. Forty individuals performed 13 activities in a 90 min semi-structured\, laboratory-based protocol. Participants wore accelerometers on the right hip\, right thigh\, and both wrists and a portable metabolic analyzer (EE criterion). Four EE prediction models were developed for each accelerometer: linear regression\, linear mixed\, and two ANN models. EE prediction accuracy was assessed using correlations\, root mean square error (RMSE)\, and bias and was compared across models and accelerometers using repeated-measures analysis of variance. For all accelerometer placements\, there were no significant differences for correlations or RMSE between linear regression and linear mixed models. For the thighworn accelerometer\, there were no differences in correlations or RMSE between linear and ANN models. Conversely\, one ANN had higher correlations and lower RMSE than both linear models for the hip and both ANNs had higher correlations and lower RMSE than both linear models for the wrist-worn accelerometers. For studies using wrist-worn accelerometers\, machine-learning models offer a significant improvement in EE prediction accuracy over linear models. Conversely\, linear models showed similar EE prediction accuracy to machine learning models for hip- and thigh-worn accelerometers and may be viable alternative modeling techniques for EE prediction for hip or thigh-worn accelerometers.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-monday-august-7-at-2-pm/
LOCATION:isrt seminar room
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170730
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170731
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
CREATED:20170719T022641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170719T083102Z
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SUMMARY:Classes will resume on July 30\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:All B.S. and M.S. classes will resume on 30-th of July\, 2017 after second midterm examination.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/cl-resume/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170529T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170529T110000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
CREATED:20170807T124825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170807T124825Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Monday\, May 29\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Construction of Ensembles by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Application in Protein Homology\n\n\nMay 23\, 2017 – 7:13pm \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nConstruction of Ensembles by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Application in Protein Homology\n\n\nSpeaker:\nDr. Jabed Tomal\n\n\n\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Computer and Mathematical Sciences\nThe University of Toronto Scarborough\, Canada.\n\n\nDate/Time:\nMonday\, May 29\, 2017\, 10 a.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT seminar room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nHigh-dimensional data may contain complementary subsets of useful feature variables which could bevaluable in predicting a response. In this work\, I have developed a predictionmodel which exploits the richness of information contained in the complementary subsets ofuseful feature variables in high-dimensional data. The proposed model – which is an aggregated collection of logistic regression models (LRM) – is called an ensemble\, where each constituent LRM is fitted to a subset of feature variables. An algorithm is developed to cluster the feature variables into subsets in a way that the variables in a subset are good to put together in an LRM\, and the variables in different subsets are good in separate LRMs. Each subset of variables is called a “phalanx”\, and the resulting ensemble is called an “ensemble of phalanxes (EPX).” The strength of the ensembledepends on the algorithm’s ability to identify/output strong and diverse subsets of feature variables.\nHomologous proteins are considered to havea common evolutionary origin\, i.e.\, the bearers of homologous proteins share a common ancestor. To develop an evolutionary sequence of proteins\, a scientist needs to predict their biological homogeneity. The proposed ensembleis applied to the protein homology data\, obtained from the 2004 KDD cup competition\,and used to predict biological homogeneity of proteins. In this application\, the feature variables are various scores representing structural similarity and amino acid sequence identity of proteins. Theunderlying assumption\, for model building\,is that the structural similarity and amino acid sequence identityare predictive to proteins’ biological homogeneity.As the proportion of homologous proteins is rare\, the prediction performances of theensemble are evaluated by checking its ability to rank rare homologous proteins ahead of the non-homologous proteins. While prediction performances of an EPX are competitive to contemporary state-of-the-art ensembles\, a big leap of improvement in prediction performances is achieved by aggregating two diverse EPXs obtained from optimizing two complementary evaluation metrics.Here\, the algorithm and complementary-metrics guaranteed increased strength and diversity\, respectively\, among the ensembles of phalanxes to aggregate. Importantly\, the performances of the two aggregated EPXs are robust against individual EPX when one EPX is good for detecting close homologs and the other is good for detecting distant homologs. Using parallel computing\, the proposed ensemble is shown computationally efficient as well.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-monday-may-29-2017/
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Wednesday\, May 17\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Assessment of predictors selected for epidemiologic risk models using automated variable selection methods\n\n\n\nMay 17\, 2017 – 12:57pm \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nAssessment of predictors selected for epidemiologic risk models using automated variable selection methods\n\n\nSpeaker:\nDr. Haider Mannan\n\n\n\nWestern Sydney University\, Australia\n\n\nDate/Time:\nWednesday\, May 17\, 2017\, 2 p.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT Seminar Room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nTBA
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-wednesday-may-17-2017-2-p-m/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170509T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170509T153000
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, May 9\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:A Tutorial of Creating R Packages under Microsoft Windows\n\n\n\nApril 23\, 2017 – 11:02am \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nA Tutorial of Creating R Packages under Microsoft Windows\n\n\nSpeaker:\nDr. Md. Hasinur Rahman Khan\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor\, ISRT\n\n\nDate/Time:\nTuesday\, May 9\, 2017\, 14.00-15.30\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT Seminar Room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nCreating an R package is my hobby- a very few number of R programmers or practitioners over the world might claim this but most of them would like to love to document their R code and disseminate their research which is possible only by creating R package because creating R package forces to document own code and provide test examples to ensure that it actually works. This also becomes an ideal way of making sure others have access to own work. This talk is a tutorial of how to create an R package under Windows environment. At the end of the talk\, a demonstration with my latest R package called DNAseqtest would be presented as the guideline of gaining confidence for the potential R package builders
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-may-9-2017-14-00-15-30/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170214T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170214T170000
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, February 14\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Analyzing Repeated Measures Data using Joint Models\n\n\nFebruary 10\, 2017 – 12:47am \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nAnalyzing Repeated Measures Data using Joint Models\n\n\nSpeaker:\nJahida Gulshan\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor\, ISRT\, University of Dhaka\n\n\nDate/Time:\nTuesday\, February 14\, 2017\, 3.30 p.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT seminar room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nIn many studies\, categorical outcomes are measured repeatedly over time. Naturally\, those outcomes are correlated and methods based on marginal models are popular choices to analyze such data. However\, in reality\, marginal models may not provide an appropriate estimation procedure due to lack of proper specification of joint models for outcome variables for repeated measures. As an alternative to marginal approaches\, conditional models have also been developed in relatively few studies. However\, conditional models are also inadequate to address the problem of modeling correlated data. Both marginal and conditional models fail to represent the underlying dependence in correlated outcome variables. In this study\, a joint model is proposed in order to address the limitations of marginal and conditional models. A relative comparison of selected marginal approaches and the proposed model is examined for bivariate outcomes.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-february-14-2017/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170205T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170205T170000
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Sunday\, February 5\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Challenges of Applied Statisticians: Experience from Health Sciences\n\n\n\nJanuary 31\, 2017 – 8:52am \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nChallenges of Applied Statisticians: Experience from Health Sciences\n\n\nSpeaker:\nDr Asad Khan\n\n\n\nSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in The University of Queensland\, Australia\n\n\nDate/Time:\nSunday\, February 5\, 2017\, 3.30 p.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT seminar room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nStatistics graduates are taught about how to solve well-defined statistical and mathematical problems\, but in the real world\, they need to be able to translate the real-life problem into a statistical problem and offer data-based solutions. As applied statisticians\, they need to have an understanding of the scientific subject area\, a solid understanding of statistics and good communication skills. In this talk\, we will also present case studies in the application of statistical modeling in health sciences.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-sunday-february-5-2017/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170124T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170124T153000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, January 24\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Studies and career in Australia\n\n\nJanuary 22\, 2017 – 4:38pm \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nStudies and career in Australia\n\n\nSpeaker:\nDr. Shahid Ullah\n\n\n\nFlinders University\, Australia\n\n\nDate/Time:\nTuesday\, January 24\, 2017\, 2 p.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT seminar Room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nDr. Shahid Ullah of Flinders University\, Australia (a former faculty of ISRT) and some of his Australian colleagues would talk about the opportunities for higher studies and career in Australia.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-january-24-2017-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170124T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170124T130000
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, January 24\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Youth Leadership for Sustainable Development\n\n\nJanuary 22\, 2017 – 8:45am \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nYouth Leadership for Sustainable Development\n\n\nSpeaker:\nDr. Atiur Rahman\n\n\n\nProfessor\nDepartment of Development Studies\nUniversity of Dhaka\n\n\nDate/Time:\nTuesday\, January 24\, 2017\, 11.30 a.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT seminar room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nAtiur Rahman is a Bangladeshi economist\, writer\, and banker. He served as the 10th Governor of Bangladesh Bank\, the central bank of Bangladesh. He has also been called “the banker of the poor” for his contribution in developing the Bangladeshi economy.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-january-24-2017/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170110T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170110T123000
DTSTAMP:20260425T040933
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, January 10\, 2017
DESCRIPTION:Regressive Models for Analysing and Predictions of Discrete Time Competing Risks from Repeated Measures\n\n\nJanuary 2\, 2017 – 7:24pm \n\n\n\nFull Title:\nRegressive Models for Analysing and Predictions of Discrete Time Competing Risks from Repeated Measures\n\n\nSpeaker:\nR. I. Chowdhury\n\n\n\nInstitute of Statistical Research and Training\, University of Dhaka\n\n\nDate/Time:\nTuesday\, January 10\, 2017\, 11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.\n\n\nVenue:\nISRT Seminar Room\n\n\n\n  \n\nABSTRACT\nIn many cohort studies\, we may observe repeated outcomes with competing events. Events may occur within an interval or time to events itself are discrete. The occurrences of events at different stages produce a trajectory of events for study subjects. Objectives are to model such data efficiently and prediction of unconditional trajectory probabilities for a subject with specified covariate vectors. We extended the binary regressive logistic model for multinomial outcomes and proposed a framework to predict unconditional trajectory probabilities. Also\, multistate Markov model is used for the same and results are compared. The regressive modelling approach is very flexible which allows assessing the effects of past outcomes on the current one and requires to fit a single model for a stage. The proposed model is exemplified using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data from the USA.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-january-10-2017/
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