Regressive Models for Analysing and Predictions of Discrete Time Competing Risks from Repeated Measures January 2, 2017 - 7:24pm Full Title: Regressive Models for Analysing and Predictions of Discrete Time Competing Risks from Repeated Measures Speaker: R. I. Chowdhury Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka Date/Time: Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 11.30 a.m. -

Youth Leadership for Sustainable Development January 22, 2017 - 8:45am Full Title: Youth Leadership for Sustainable Development Speaker: Dr. Atiur Rahman Professor Department of Development Studies University of Dhaka Date/Time: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 11.30 a.m. Venue: ISRT seminar room   ABSTRACT Atiur Rahman is a Bangladeshi economist, writer, and banker. He served as the 10th

Studies and career in Australia January 22, 2017 - 4:38pm Full Title: Studies and career in Australia Speaker: Dr. Shahid Ullah Flinders University, Australia Date/Time: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 2 p.m. Venue: ISRT seminar Room   ABSTRACT Dr. Shahid Ullah of Flinders University, Australia (a former faculty of ISRT) and some of his Australian colleagues would

Challenges of Applied Statisticians: Experience from Health Sciences January 31, 2017 - 8:52am Full Title: Challenges of Applied Statisticians: Experience from Health Sciences Speaker: Dr Asad Khan School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in The University of Queensland, Australia Date/Time: Sunday, February 5, 2017, 3.30 p.m. Venue: ISRT seminar room   ABSTRACT Statistics graduates are taught

Analyzing Repeated Measures Data using Joint Models February 10, 2017 - 12:47am Full Title: Analyzing Repeated Measures Data using Joint Models Speaker: Jahida Gulshan Associate Professor, ISRT, University of Dhaka Date/Time: Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 3.30 p.m. Venue: ISRT seminar room   ABSTRACT In many studies, categorical outcomes are measured repeatedly over time. Naturally, those outcomes

A Tutorial of Creating R Packages under Microsoft Windows April 23, 2017 - 11:02am Full Title: A Tutorial of Creating R Packages under Microsoft Windows Speaker: Dr. Md. Hasinur Rahman Khan Associate Professor, ISRT Date/Time: Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 14.00-15.30 Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT Creating an R package is my hobby- a very few

Assessment of predictors selected for epidemiologic risk models using automated variable selection methods May 17, 2017 - 12:57pm Full Title: Assessment of predictors selected for epidemiologic risk models using automated variable selection methods Speaker: Dr. Haider Mannan Western Sydney University, Australia Date/Time: Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 2 p.m. Venue: ISRT Seminar Room   ABSTRACT TBA

Construction of Ensembles by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Application in Protein Homology May 23, 2017 - 7:13pm Full Title: Construction of Ensembles by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Application in Protein Homology Speaker: Dr. Jabed Tomal Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

Title: Energy Expenditure Prediction from Raw Accelerometer  Data: A Comparison between Linear and Nonlinear Models Speaker: Dr. Munni Begum               Professor of Mathematical Sciences               Ball State University, USA Abstract: This study had three purposes, all related to evaluating energy expenditure (EE) prediction