Applied Statistics and Data Science Seminar on Monday, October 9, 2023

Title: Joint copula-frailty approach to model clustered survival data with dependent censoring (PhD proposal) Venue and time: ISRT, 2:00 pm Presenter:  Nasrin Sultana, PhD student at ISRT Abstract: With the development of modern medical technology, in many situations naturally a fraction of patients can be cured, or the disease free, while the non-cured patients lengthen their

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, Bangladesh

Every 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 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

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.