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 workshop (the first of its kind) of the DHS Fellowship Program 2024 took place from February 28 to March 7, 2024, at I’M Hotel in the Philippines. This eight-day international workshop convened academicians from five countries, focusing on various aspects of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) research. Led by Professor Dr. Jahida Gulshan, a ... [ Read More ]
ISRT recently concluded its training program, “R for Applied Statistics and Data Science,” that took place at ISRT from February 2, 2024, to February 22, 2024. Data enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds attended this workshop. The attendees were mainly faculty, research students, and government/nongovernment employees involved in research work. Through this training program, ISRT provides ... [ Read More ]
On February 19, 2024 ISRT celebrated the reception of its first-year undergraduate students of Applied Statistics and Data Science (ISRT batch 29) and bid farewell to the students of Batch 24 who lately completed the Master’s program in Applied Statistics. The program was held in the TSC auditorium. The Honorable Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) of DU, ... [ Read More ]
On February 15, 2024, the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), in coordination with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), organized a field trip at the latter’s Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) site, Matlab, Chandpur. The fourth-year undergraduate students of Applied Statistics took part in the excursion which was an ... [ Read More ]
All the Institutes of the University of Dhaka took part in a day-long Research and Publication fair on February 11, 2024, at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) premises. Coordinated by the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), the event was a platform for the institutes of the University of Dhaka to highlight their ... [ Read More ]
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