Speaker: Tanbin Rahman PhD, FDA, USA Title: Classification and Clustering for RNA-seq data with variable selection Abstract: Clustering and classification play an important role in identifying sub-types of complex diseases as well as building a predictive model in the field of medicine. In recent years, lowering of cost and high accuracy has made RNA-seq widely popular which
Abstract: Pairwise survival analysis handles dependent happenings in infectious disease transmission data by analyzing failure times in ordered pairs of individuals. The contact interval in the pair ij is the time from the onset of infectiousness in i to infectious contact from i to j, where an infectious contact is sufficient to infect j if he
The Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT) is pleased to welcome Dr. Tahmina Akter as a Lecturer, who officially joined the institute on April 27, 2025. Dr. Akter recently completed her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, under the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Her doctoral research focused on “Spatial ... [ Read More ]
On April 29, 2025, the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), in collaboration with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), organized an educational field trip to icddr,b’s Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) site in Matlab, Chandpur. The visit was attended by fourth-year undergraduate students of Applied Statistics (Batch 27) as ... [ Read More ]
ISRT is delighted to announce that four recent graduates from the ISRT family are the recipients of the prestigious awards from the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) for the upcoming 46th Annual Conference (ISCB46), to be held from August 24–28, 2025, in Basel, Switzerland. ISCB46 Student Conference Award Out of the four ISCB Student ... [ Read More ]
On April 16, 2025, the ISRT Students’ Club organized a dynamic photography exhibition on the institute’s premises, celebrating the artistic talents of students and faculty from all academic cohorts—from first-year undergraduates to master’s candidates. Entirely student-led, the event drew enthusiastic participation from every current batch. Attendees enjoyed a rich display of photographs capturing diverse themes, ... [ Read More ]
On February 25, 2025, third-year Applied Statistics students visited Gazipur Agricultural University as part of their AST301: Design and Analysis of Experiments II course. The trip provided insights into the practical applications of experimental design in agriculture, including how controlled experiments address challenges in crop production, pest management, and sustainable farming. Students observed the integration of modern ... [ Read More ]
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