
Md. Rasel Biswas
Lecturer
Office: 408
Phone:
Email: rbiswas1@isrt.ac.bd
Phone:
Email: rbiswas1@isrt.ac.bd
Education
- Master of Science (MS) in Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020
- Bachelor of Science (BS) in Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2019
Research Interests
Missing data; Multiple imputation; Public Health; Lifetime Data Analysis
Honors and Awards
- 2020: National Science and Technology Fellowship, Awarded for MS thesis research, by the Govt. of Bangladesh
- 2020: ISRT Golden Jubilee Gold Medal, Awarded for graduating at the top of the class in BS Honors
- 2020: Dean’s Honor Award, Awarded by the Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka
- 2017: ISRT Merit Stipend, University of Dhaka
Theses
- [M. S. Thesis]: “Evaluation of the Methods for Multi-parameter Hypothesis Testing in Multiple Imputation,” M.S. Thesis, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022. Supervisor: Dr. AHM Mahbub Latif.
- [B.S. Project]: “The Impact of Sample Sizes on the Accuracy of Estimates for a Two-Level Logistic Regression Model,” B.S. Project, ISRT, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2019. Supervisor: Ms. Noor Jahan Akter.
Conferences and Workshops
- Invited Talk: Evaluation of the Methods for Multi-Parameter Hypothesis Testing in Multiple Imputation: A Focus on Correlated Responses
Presented at the 8th International Conference on The Role of Statistics and Data Science in 4IR (Dec 26, 2024). - Poster Presentation: The Impact of Sample Sizes on the Accuracy of Estimates for a Two-level Logistic Regression Model
Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics (ICAS2019) (Dec 29, 2019). - Report Writing Workshop on Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022
Organized by The DHS Program at NIPORT, Dhaka (Aug 6–14, 2023).
Recognized as a contributing author in the 2022 BDHS Final Report.
Teaching
- Undergraduate Courses Taught at ISRT:
Year Course 2024 AST230: R for Data Science (Course site: https://ast230.netlify.app) 2024–2022 AST301: Design and Analysis of Experiments II (Site: https://ast301.netlify.app) 2024 AST405: Lifetime Data Analysis (Course site: https://ast405.netlify.app) 2023 AST403: Multivariate Statistics II 2023, 2022 AST406: Research Methodology and Social Statistics 2023, 2022 AST332: Statistical Computing VIII
PUBLICATIONS
ORCID: 0000-0002-7391-7608
PUBLISHED
- Ehsan S and Biswas MR (2025), “The Impact of Maternal Employment on Child Nutritional Diversity in Bangladesh: A Causal Forest Analysis with Clustered Data,” Journal of Statistical Research, 58(2), 317–333. DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v58i2.80614
- Prachee TC, Biswas MR, Islam S (2025), “Exploring the socioeconomic determinants of dietary diversity in rural Bangladesh: A longitudinal study,” PLOS ONE 20(2): e0317623. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317623
- Barua P, Mahjuba S, Biswas MR, Alamgir Khan A, Rahman MK, & Musa S (2024), “Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Dengue Patients of Dhaka City During 2021 Dengue Outbreak,” Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 52(2), 167–184. DOI: 10.3329/bjz.v52i2.77271
- Barua P, Mahjuba S, Khan AA, Biswas MR, Rahman MK, & Musa S (2024), “Clinical manifestations and seasonal occurrence of patients with dengue hospitalized at Dhaka city of Bangladesh in 2021,” Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences, 33(1), 33–46. DOI: 10.3329/dujbs.v33i1.72468