Financial Development and Armed Conflict February 16, 2015 - 9:00am Full Title: Financial Development and Armed Conflict: A Cross-country Analysis Speaker: Md Rashel Hasan, MSc Chief Economist's Unit, Bangladesh Bank Date/Time: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 3:30pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT In this paper we have examined how armed conflict is associated with financial development

Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-analyses March 4, 2015 - 9:05am Full Title: Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-analyses Speaker: Olav Muurlink, PhD Central Queensland University, Australia Date/Time: Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 3:30pm

SamP2CeT: An interactive computer program May 16, 2015 - 11:01pm Full Title: SamP2CeT: An interactive computer program for sample size and power calculation for two-level cost-effectiveness trials Speaker: Md. Abu Manju, PhD Department of Methodology and Statistics CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Date/Time: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 3:30pm

Determination of Sample Size for Phase II Clinical Trials May 22, 2015 - 8:32pm Full Title: Determination of Sample Size for Phase II Clinical Trials in Multiple Sclerosis using Lesional Recovery as an Outcome Measure Speaker: Md Mahsin, MSc Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT) University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Date/Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 3:30pm

Generational transmission of cardiovascular risks May 29, 2015 - 7:54am Full Title: Generational transmission of cardiovascular risks: methodological challenges Speaker: Abdullah Al Mamun, PhD University of Queensland Australia Date/Time: Thursday, May 28, 2015, 3:00pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT TBA

Survival Analysis and Phylogenetics in Infectious Disease Epidemiology August 11, 2015 - 2:35pm Full Title: Survival Analysis and Phylogenetics in Infectious Disease Epidemiology Speaker: Eben Kenah Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Florida Date/Time: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 3:30pm – 4:30pm Venue: Seminar Room, Institute of Statistical Research & Training (3rd floor), University of

A Multistage Model for Prediction of Sequence of Events January 5, 2016 - 6:16am Full Title: A Multistage Model for Prediction of Sequence of Events Speaker: Rafiqul I Chowdhury, MSc PhD candidate, ISRT, University of Dhaka Date/Time: Tuesday, January 5, 2016, 3:30pm Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Multi-state models are most commonly used class of

Some Models on Diffusion of Innovations April 24, 2016 - 4:10pm Full Title: Some Models on Diffusion of Innovations Speaker: Dr. Md. Abud Darda Associate Professor of Statistics, Natural Science Academic Group, National University, Gazipur 1704. Date/Time: Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 11:30 a.m. Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Diffusion of innovations models formulates an attempt

Comparison of adaptive designs for dose finding in phase I clinical trials May 20, 2016 - 3:45pm Full Title: Comparison of adaptive designs for dose finding in phase I clinical trials Speaker: Dr. M. Iftakhar Alam Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Date/Time: Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 3:30 p.m. Venue: ISRT

Demystifying ‘Big Data’ November 3, 2016 - 1:24pm Full Title: Demystifying ‘Big Data’ Speaker: Dr Syed Faisal Hasan Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Dhaka University Date/Time: Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 3.30-4.45 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Now-a-days ‘Big Data’ is one of the much talked about topics. Although data analysis is an indispensable