Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday, November 6, 2023
Title: On the Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for Rare Outcomes Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Presenter: Dr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman, Professor of Applied Statistics, ISRT Abstract: Risk prediction models are commonly developed in clinical research to predict patients’ future health outcomes such as death or state of illness due to disease and/or to
The ISRT Golden Jubilee Award is on Dec 06
ISRT Seminar Room (3rd floor) Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Please Select, BangladeshEvery year ISRT selects a student to receive the prestigious ISRT Golden Jubilee Award for outstanding performance in the B.S. (Hons.) program. This year, Md. Muhitul Alam and Md. Abdullah Al Fahim of Session 2021-22, have been jointly nominated to receive this award. The award-giving ceremony will take place on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in
Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Thursday, January 4, 2024
Title: PARD: Patient-Specific Abnormal Region Detection in Alzheimer’s Disease Studies Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Avizit Adhikary, PhD candidate, Florida State University Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the primary cause of dementia, leading to cognitive challenges in processing new information, handling complex tasks, and experiencing personality fluctuations. To better understand and treat AD, extensive
Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Thursday, January 11, 2024
Title: Estimating Causal Effects of Socio-economic Factors on the Prevalence of Cesarean Section Delivery in Bangladesh Venue and time: ISRT, 1:45 pm Speaker: Dr A. H. M. Mahbub Latif, Professor, ISRT, DU Abstract: TBA
First Match of the Inter-department Cricket Tournament, 2023-24 is on January 18, 2024
ISRT Cricket Team is going to play its first match in the inter-department cricket tournament tomorrow at 8:30 AM. The opponent is the Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology.
Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Thursday, January 22, 2024
Title: Impact of Covid-19 on im(mobility) of informal sector workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Md. Touhidul Alam, PhD student at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK Abstract: Comparable to many fast-growing cities of the developing world, Dhaka city contributes greatly to the national economy (36% of GDP and 32% of
Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Thursday, January 25, 2024
Title: A talk on SurveyCTO (An app for collecting data in surveys) Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Sultan Mahmood, Research Investigator (Gender, Equity and Rights) at icddr,b.
R-fest on January 27 (Saturday) at ISRT
ISRT will organize an R-fest on January 27 (Saturday) at ISRT. It will be a day-long program. Second-year students (Batch 28) will present their R project works at the festival. The presentations would be related to R or statistical computing in general. It will be a short presentation, not more than 15 minutes.
Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Thursday, February 1, 2024
Title: A Introduction to Power BI - Data visualization Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Speaker: Tawfique Abdur Razzaque, Senior Data Analyst, Business Intelligence, Therap (BD) Ltd. What is Power BI? Microsoft Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence. It is part of the
‘R for Applied Statistics and Data Science’ Training Program to start from 01 February 2024
After successfully conducting four training programs on R, ISRT is now organizing its fifth on-campus (in-person) R for Applied Statistics and Data Science program from February 01, 2024. Details of the program are available on its webpage: https://www.isrt.ac.bd/training/r/
