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SUMMARY:Photography exhibition and competition on 13 February 2020 (Thursday)
DESCRIPTION:ISRT Student Club is organizing a Photography Competition and Exhibition on the theme ‘Exploring Bangladesh’. Both the students and faculty members of ISRT can take part in the exhibition.  \nTime and Venue: 9:30 am\, ISRT premise
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/photography-exhibition-and-competition-on-13-february-2020-thursday/
CATEGORIES:other
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200211T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200211T170000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
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SUMMARY:Public Speaking Competition for students on 11 February 2020 (Tuesday)
DESCRIPTION:Public Speaking Competition \nTime and venue: 2:00 pm\, ISRT Seminar Room \nOrganized by ISRT student club
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/public-speaking-competition-for-students-on-11-february-2020-tuesday/
CATEGORIES:other
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200203T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200203T130000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20200130T022629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T024252Z
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SUMMARY:Big Data Analytics: Wisdom or Folly!
DESCRIPTION:Title: Big Data Analytics: Wisdom or Folly! \n\nTime and venue: 11:30 am on 3rd of February (Monday) 2020 in ISRT Seminar Room\n\nSpeaker: Ejaz Ahmed\, PhD Professor at Brock Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম\, Canada\n\nAbstract:\n\nThere are hosts of buzzwords in today’s data-centric world\, and especially in digital and print media. We encounter data in every walks of life\, and for analytically and objectively-minded people\, data is everything. However\, making sense of the data and extracting meaningful information from it may not be an easy task. We come across buzzwords such as big data\, high dimensional data\, data science\, and open data without a proper definition of such words. The rapid growth in the size and scope of data sets in a host of disciplines has created a need for innovative statistical strategies analyzing such data. For example\, many private and public agencies are using sophisticated data mining strategies and/or big data analytics to reveal patterns based on collected information. Some examples of big data that have prompted demand are digital marketing\, customer service standards\, gene expression arrays\, social network modeling\, clinical\, genetics and phenotypic data. \nThe need for novel statistical strategies to analyze such data sets is pressing. This talk focuses on the development of statistical and computational strategies for a sparse regression model in the presence of mixed signals. The existing estimation methods have often ignored contributions from weak signals. However\, in real scenario many predictors altogether provide useful information for prediction\, although the amount of such useful information in a single predictor might be modest. The search for such signals\, sometimes called networks or pathways\, is for instance an important topic for those working on personalized medicine. We discuss a new “post selection shrinkage estimation strategy” that takes into account the joint impact of both strong and weak signals to improve the prediction accuracy and opens pathways for further research in such scenarios.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/big-data-analytics-wisdom-or-folly/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200102T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200102T160000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20191230T084938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191230T090712Z
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SUMMARY:Is Data Science the next step for the Statisticians?
DESCRIPTION:Data Science was hot a few years ago. It is no longer a hot topic. The tremendous growth in terms of using/adopting data science\, machine learning that the scientific community and the industry have observed over the past two years is noteworthy. Good thing is\, statisticians are gradually coming out of their cocoon to experience the new landscape. In this talk\, I will discuss why and how statisticians should take the next steps to learn machine learning before they (statisticians) potentially become obsolete in the industry.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/is-data-science-the-next-step-for-the-statisticians/
LOCATION:ISRT Seminar Room (3rd floor)\, Institute of Statistical Research and Training\, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7\, Deltin 7\, Please Select\, 1000\, Bangladesh
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191230
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190929T034158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190929T034158Z
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SUMMARY:2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics 2019 (ICAS2019)
DESCRIPTION:ISRT welcomes you to attend the Second International Conference on Applied Statistics (ICAS) 2019 with the theme Emerging Challenges in a Data-Centric World. The aim of this conference is to highlight the challenges and discuss the solutions to emerging statistical problems in the era of the data revolution. Researchers\, academicians\, and representatives from business\, industry\, government and non-governments organizations are invited to participate in the event. For abstract submission and other details please visit https://icas2019.isrt.ac.bd/
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/2nd-international-conference-on-applied-statistics-2019-icas2019/
LOCATION:Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban\, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7\, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7\, Deltin 7\, Bangladesh\, 1000
CATEGORIES:conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191220
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190413T135939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190813T104833Z
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SUMMARY:International Workshop Sponsored by ISI and World Bank in December 2019
DESCRIPTION:International Workshop on Sampling Methodologies for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Indicators\, sponsored by the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and World Bank (WB)\, to be organized by the Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT)\, Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7\, Bangladesh in December 17-19\, 2019. Main objectives are to understand key concepts of SDGs\, the targets and indicators\, gain familiarity with the indicator framework and Statistical Quality Assurance Framework (SQAF)\, understand the sampling designs commonly used to monitor SDG indicators and appreciate the role of surveys in measuring SDG indicators\, learn new technologies for survey data collection\, entry\, analysis and visualization and gain practical experience through presentations\, group work and case studies. Intended participants are the academicians\, scholars\, employees of national statistical offices as well as government and non-government organizations\, practitioners\, students and postgraduates of SAARC member countries. \nFor details visit https://www.isrt.ac.bd/workshop/
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/international-workshop/
CATEGORIES:workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191203T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191203T153000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20191124T172807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T172807Z
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SUMMARY:PhD seminar talk on Tuesday\, December 3\, 2019 at 2pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Modified Inferential Methods on Restricted Parameters in Multivariate Regression Analysis: Applications in Socio-demographic Research\n\nSpeaker: Sheikh Mohammad Sayem\, PhD researcher at ISRT\, DU\n\nAbstract:\n\nEfficient and significant empirical estimate of the multivariate regression parameters will be helpful for the policymaker to make the right decisions about sophisticated interrelated issues in the dynamic world. Since the end of the twentieth century\, statisticians are going forward to develop unique working methodology for estimating and testing restricted parameters. This study reviews existing methods and suggests modified maximum likelihood estimator\, modified multivariate t statistic and modified joint confidence interval to get efficient estimates for linear restricted parameters of multivariate regression with continuous responses. A Monte Carlo experiment is conducted to examine relative performance of the modified methods. The proposed methodology has been also applied to detect the numerical nexus among socioeconomic determinants\, food expenditure and total monthly expenditure in “Haor” areas of Bangladesh. The study reveals that logarithm form of total monthly expenditure and food expenditure as multivariate continuous responses are significantly related to total operating land\, logarithm form of family size and total monthly income considering a restriction on the parameters at different level of significance. The modified methods are found to perform significantly better than the existing methods.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/phd-seminar-talk-on-tuesday-december-3-2019-at-2pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190924T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191031T210000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190702T093036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190922T173931Z
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SUMMARY:R training program starts on September 24\, 2019
DESCRIPTION:The upcoming R training program begins on September 24\, 2019. For further details (program schedule\, registration etc.) please click on the link https://www.isrt.ac.bd/training/r/.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/r-training-program-starts-on-september-24-2019/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190827T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190827T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190813T103955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190813T104343Z
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SUMMARY:PhD seminar talk on August 27 at 2pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Improved Statistical Approach for Climate Projection over Bangladesh using Downscaling of Global Climate Model (GCM) Outputs\n\nSpeaker: Md. Bazlur Rashid\n\nAbstract:\nGlobal Climate Model (GCM) has evolved from the Atmospheric General Circulation Models\n(AGCMs) widely used for daily\, seasonal and long term weather prediction. The most widely\nrecognized application is the projection of future climate states under various scenarios of\nincreasing atmospheric elements. Over the last few decades\, GCMs have been developed to\nemulate the present climate system and to project future climate scenarios. Despite notable\ndevelopment\, GCMs do not provide perfect simulations of reality and cannot provide the details\non very small spatial scales due to incomplete scientific understanding and limitations of\navailable observations in our country. For bridging the gap between the scale of GCMs and\nrequired resolution for practical applications\, downscaling provides climate change information\nat a suitable spatial and temporal scale from the GCM data. No downscaling for Bangladesh of\ndetail temperature\, precipitation\, wind speed\, pressure and humidity has been undertaken.\nCurrent research in Bangladesh has not addressed thermal comfort under climate change. In\naddition\, current studies for Bangladesh do not look at seasonality clearly. Extreme events\n(rainfall and temperature)\, thermal comfort\, humidity and wind characteristics\, along with\nseasonality\, under future climate in Bangladesh represent a further research gap and opportunity\nfor this research. The main object of study will attempt to find and/or develop efficient statistical\nmethods/tools for climate projection. The specific objectives are (i) to identify suitable model\nwith bias corrections for climate projection using climate model outputs; (ii) to explore the\neffectiveness of the bias correction statistical downscaling method in addressing the model-\nrelated uncertainties involved in future climate predictions; (iii) to identify a suitable\ndownscaling approach for climate model data to allow daily/ monthly or seasonal meteorological\nclimate impact studies; (iv) to develop modify algorithms for quantifying the time-variant\nuncertainty associated with meteorological extreme weather systems and persistent events under\nfuture climate scenarios and (v) to cross check between available statistical downscaling\ntechniques for future climate projections and scenarios generation over Bangladesh. So\, GCM\ninformation can be enhanced for better representation of the conditions in specific places by\nusing historically observed local climate information from weather stations. Statistical\nDownscaling of climate model can include independent components of climatic signals like El\nNino-Southern Oscillations (ENSO)\, Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and Pacific Decadal\nOscillations (PDO) for a long-lead weather forecast. So\, this information can also be used to\nimprove the future climate projections to assess potential impacts and guide climate-smart\ndecisions about climate resilience in Bangladesh.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/3597/
LOCATION:isrt seminar room
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190730T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190730T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190727T010829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190727T010829Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, 30th July 2019 from 2:00-3:00 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Optimum designs for multiple objectives \nSpeaker: Mahbub Latif\, PhD \nProfessor\, ISRT \nDeltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7 \nVenue: ISRT Seminar Room \nAbstract: \nTBA
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-30th-july-2019-from-200-300-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190327T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190430T210000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190206T123240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190206T123240Z
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SUMMARY:SPSS and Stata training
DESCRIPTION:ISRT offers training programs on Applied Statistics using SPSS and Applied Statistics using Stata on a regular basis. These programs aim at training the participants a basic idea of statistics at the same time elaborating how to interpret the results obtained from SPSS/Stata output. New features of the program include exclusive classes to develop\, discuss and solve practical research problems using large-scale survey data\, and for group presentation of research findings by participants. \nUpcoming program will run during  March 27\, 2019 – April 30\, 2019. For details visit here.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/spss-and-stata-training/
CATEGORIES:training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190212T073000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190212T190000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190206T122827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190206T122827Z
UID:3071-1549956600-1549998000@isrt.ac.bd
SUMMARY:ISRT Picnic 2019
DESCRIPTION:ISRT annual picnic will be held on February 12\, 2019.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/isrt-picnic-2019/
CATEGORIES:other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190127T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190209T170000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190130T181759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190130T181759Z
UID:3050-1548594000-1549731600@isrt.ac.bd
SUMMARY:Indoor Game
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/indoor-game/
CATEGORIES:Indoor Game
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190115T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190115T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190107T065821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T134806Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on 15 January Tuesday at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Long-run relationship between the unemployment rate and the trade balance in the United States: an empirical analysis \nSpeaker: Haydory Akbar Ahmed \nMissouri State Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম \nDepartment of Economics\, 901 S National Avenue \nSpringfield\, MO 65897\, USA \n  \nAbstract: \nDynamics between the unemployment rate and the trade balance has both economic and political relevance.\nFrom a macroeconomic perspective\, the presence of a long run co-movement or equilibrium relationship\nalong with the nature of the short-run fluctuations in the long run co-movement will help us analyze the\ndynamics between the two in an objective manner. We use quarterly data from 1947: Q1 to 2017: Q4 on\nunemployment and trade balance to GDP ratio in the United States. Although traditional cointegration\ntests fail to detect a statistically significant long run co-movement\, a couple of threshold cointegration tests\nconfirm statistical evidence in favor of threshold cointegration or threshold long run co-movement between\nthe two. Estimated threshold vector error-correction model shows statistically significant evidence of falling\nunemployment rate with deteriorating trade balance. This finding indicates that as unemployment rates go\ndown\, the trade balance deteriorates to maintain the long run co-movement. Arguably\, as unemployment\ndecline imports rise faster than exports causing the trade balance to deteriorate.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-15-january-tuesday-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190110T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190110T103000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20190109T141819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190109T141826Z
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SUMMARY:Orientation Program of the 25th Batch is on January 10\, 2019
DESCRIPTION:Orientation Program of the 25th Batch\, to be held tomorrow (Thursday\, January 10\, 2019) at 9:30 a.m. at the seminar room.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/orientation-program-of-the-25th-batch-is-on-january-10-2019/
LOCATION:isrt seminar room
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181021T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181021T153000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20181019T063917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181019T063917Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Sunday\, 21 October 2018 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Response and Time-To-Event Data Using Conditional Distributions: A Bayesian Perspective\n\n \nSpeaker: Arindom Chakraborty\, PhD\n\n               Assistant Professor\n               Department of Statistics\n               Visva-Bharati Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম\, India\n \nAbstract: Over last twenty or more years a lot of methodological development and clinical application of joint models of longitudinal and time-to-event outcomes have come up. In these studies patients are followed until an event\, such as death occurs. In most of the articles\, using subject specific random effects as frailty\, the dependency of these two processes has been established. In this article\, we propose a new joint model that consists of a linear mixed effects submodel for longitudinal data and an accelerated failure model for the time-to-event data. These two submodels are linked together by not only latent random process\, but also by the conditional distributional assumption. This model will capture the dependency of the time-to-event on the longitudinal measurements more directly. Using standard priors\, a Bayesian method is developed for estimation. All computations based on the Bayesian inference via MCMC is implemented using OpenBugs. Our proposed method is evaluated by a simulation study which shows the efficiency of the conditional model over two other models: joint models with local independence and independent models. One clinically motivating data on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) syndrome and a popular data on AIDS are also analyzed.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-sunday-21-october-2018-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181016T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181117T210000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180918T043049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181013T190452Z
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SUMMARY:Training Programs on SPSS and Stata: October 16\, 2018 – November 17\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to organize the regular training programs on SPSS and Stata from October 16\, 2018 to November 17\, 2018. The deadline for the registration is extended to October 16\, 2018 (Tuesday). Details can be found on the following link: https://www.isrt.ac.bd/training
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-programs-on-spss-and-stata-october-16-2018-november-17-2018/
CATEGORIES:training
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180729T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180814T210000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180611T200015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180729T103035Z
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SUMMARY:Training program on R for Data Analytics
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to conduct an inaugural training program on R for students and professionals from July 29\, 2018. The program is known as R for Data Analytics. This would be the first training program of its kind offered from an academic institution in Bangladesh. R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R language is widely used among statisticians and researchers in other fields for data analysis and developing statistical software. R is easily extensible through functions and extensions\, and the R community is noted for its active contributions in terms of packages. \nFor details visit www.isrt.ac.bd/training/r.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-program-on-r-and-data-analytics/
CATEGORIES:training
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180717T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180717T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180709T074018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180709T074018Z
UID:2670-1531836000-1531839600@isrt.ac.bd
SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, July 17 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Non-inferiority testing under generalized Poisson distribution\n\nVenue: ISRT seminar room \n\nSpeaker:  Md Abu Manju\, PhD\n                Department of Mathematics and Computer Science\n                Eindhoven Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Technology\, Eindhoven\, The Netherlands\n\n \nAbstract: In recent years\, non-inferiority studies for count data have been increasingly used in the evaluation of new test methods or new treatments (e.g.\, microbiological test methods\, particle counters or drugs\, vaccines) and the Poisson distribution is commonly assumed as it provides a standard framework for the analysis of count data. A generalization of the Poisson distribution\, referred to as the generalized Poisson distribution (GPD)\, which models not only overdispersion\, but also underdispersion\, may be more appropriate in certain applications\, including comparison of microbiological test methods. We therefore propose tests for the assessment of non-inferiority and sample size calculation procedures under GPD. Asymptotic likelihood ratio test (LRT)\, Wald and Exact conditional tests are derived\, and the type I error rate and statistical power are computed for these three tests based on simulations. In terms of type I error rate and statistical power\, LRT and Wald test perform similarly\, but the Exact test is conservative and has less type I error rate and power than the LRT and Wald test. Finally\, expressions are derived for calculating the sample sizes that yield sufficient power to test the non-inferiority of the new methods or treatments based on Wald test and LRT.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-july-17-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180606T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180606T120000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180604T112349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180604T112349Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Wednesday\, June 6\, 2018 at 10:30 am
DESCRIPTION:Title of the Talk: Can We Train Machine Learning Methods to Outperform the High-dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm?\n\nSpeaker: Dr. M. Ehsan Karim\n\n               Assistant Professor\, SPPH\, UBC\n               Scientist & Biostatistician\, CHEOS\, Canada\n\nVenue: ISRT Seminar room\n\n—————————————Abstract-——————————————————————-\nThe use of retrospective health care claims datasets is frequently criticized for the lack of complete information on potential confounders. Utilizing patient’s health status–related information from claims datasets as surrogates or proxies for mismeasured and unobserved confounders\, the high-dimensional propensity score algorithm enables us to reduce bias. Using a previously published cohort study of postmyocardial infarction statin use (1998–2012)\, we compare the performance of the algorithm with a number of popular machine learning approaches for confounder selection in high-dimensional covariate spaces: random forest\, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator\, and elastic net. Our results suggest that\, when the data analysis is done with epidemiologic principles in mind\, machine learning methods perform as well as the high-dimensional propensity score algorithm. Using a plasmode framework that mimicked the empirical data\, we also showed that a hybrid of machine learning and high-dimensional propensity score algorithms generally perform slightly better than both in terms of mean squared error\, when a bias-based analysis is used. This talk is based on a joint work with Menglan Pang and Robert W Platt from McGill Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম [Epidemiology: 2018\,29(2):191–198].\n———————————————————————————————————————–
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-wednesday-june-6-2018-at-1030-am/
CATEGORIES:seminar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180515T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180515T153000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180515T040605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T040605Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, 15 May 2018 at 2pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Modified Inferential Methods on Restricted Parameters in Multivariate Regression Analysis: Applications in Socio-demographic Research \nSpeaker: Sheikh Mohammad Sayem\n\n               PhD Researcher\, ISRT\n \nAbstract: Multivariate regression analysis is getting increasing attention among the socio-demographers due to the complex nature of the interdependence of the response variables. This PhD research is to carry out detailed study on restricted parameters of multivariate regression analysis with continuous\, discrete or mixed responses to seek out or develop efficient point estimation strategy and hence develop appropriate hypothesis testing procedure for hypothesis involving restricted parameters.This seminar will give a clear idea about the specific objectives of the PhD research and about the way how the objectives will be met in line of the existing literature. In this study\, a modified maximum likelihood estimation technique is primarily used for estimating restricted parameters of multivariate regression analysis with continuous responses. A Monte Carlo simulation is carried out to evaluate the performance of the estimators. The relative efficiency of the modified maximum likelihood estimator is found to be higher than the ordinary least square or maximum likelihood estimators.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-15-may-2018-at-2pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180514T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180514T193000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180509T095758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T045328Z
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SUMMARY:Certificate Giving Ceremony of SPSS and Stata training programs on Monday\, 14 May 2018
DESCRIPTION:The certificate giving ceremony of the training programs on “Stata and Applied Statistics” and “SPSS and Applied Statistics” for the session April-May 2018 is going to be held on the 14th of May 2018 (Monday). The ceremony will take place at room 203 at first floor of ISRT building and commence at 6:00 pm. Professor Dr. Nasreen Ahmad\,the Honorable Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) of the Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7\, will be present as the chief guest to present the certificates to the participants.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/certificate-giving-ceremony-of-spss-and-stata-training-programs-on-monday-14-may-2018/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180508T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180508T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180507T011827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180507T011847Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 8 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Approximation of the Formal Bayesian Model Comparison using the Extended Conditional Predictive Ordinatecriterion\n\nSpeaker: Md. Rashedul Hoque\, Assistant Professor\, ISRT\n \nVenue and Time: ISRT seminar room\, 2 pm\n\nAbstract: The optimal method for Bayesian model comparison is the formal Bayes factor (BF)\, according to decision theory. The formal BF is computationally troublesome for more complex models. If predictive distributions under the competing models do not have a closed form\, a cross-validation idea\, called the conditional predictive ordinate (CPO) criterion can be used. In the cross-validation sense\, this is a ‘leave-out one’ approach. CPO can be calculated directly from the Monte Carlo (MC) outputs\, and the resulting Bayesian model comparison is called the pseudo-Bayes factor (PBF). We can get closer to the formal Bayesian model comparison by increasing the ‘leave-out size’\, and at ‘leave-out all’ we recover the formal BF. But\, the MC error increases with increasing ‘leave-out size’. In this study\, we examine this for linear and logistic regression models.\nOur study reveals that the Bayesian model comparison can favor a different model for PBFcompared to BF when comparing two close linear models. So\, larger ‘leave-out sizes’ are preferred which provide result close to the optimal BF. On the other hand\, MC samples based formal Bayesian model comparisons are computed with more MC error for increasing ‘leave-out sizes’; this is observed by comparing with the available closed-form results. Still\, considering a reasonable error\, we can use ‘leave-out size’ more than one instead of fixing it at one. These findings can be extended to logistic models where closed form solution is\nunavailable.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-8-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180506T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180506T123000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180504T051203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180505T042724Z
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SUMMARY:ISRT Golden Jubilee Award Giving Ceremony 2018 on 06 May (Sunday)
DESCRIPTION:ISRT Golden Jubilee Award Giving Ceremony-2018 is going to be held on May 6\, 2018 (Sunday). The ceremony will take place at 1st floor\, Room no: 203\, ISRT building and commence at 10.00 a.m. This year this prestigious award will be received by Tasnim Fatima Alam of Batch 20 for her outstanding performance in her bachelor’s degree. The Honorable Vice Chancellor of the Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম of Deltin 7\, Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman will be present as the chief guest in the ceremony to present the award.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/isrt-golden-jubilee-award-giving-ceremony-2018-on-06-may-sunday/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180424T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180424T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180422T010527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180424T115140Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday 24 April\, 2018 at 2 PM
DESCRIPTION:Title: Ongoing Upgrading in RMG Enterprises: Preliminary Results from a Survey\n\n\nVenue and time: ISRT seminar room\, 2 PM\n\nSpeaker: Dr. Khondaker Golam Moazzem\n               Research Director\n               Centre For Policy Dialogue (CPD) \n               Bangladesh
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-24-april-2018-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180419T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180504T170000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180423T040434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T224937Z
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SUMMARY:ISRT's Indoor Games for 2018 started on the 19th of April 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Indoor Games Tournament 2018 of ISRT started with an inauguration ceremony on Thursday\, 19th of April 2018. This year Batch 21 (the current 4th year) is organizing the event. Badminton\, table tennis\, ludo\, chess\, dart throwing\, indoor cricket are some of the many exciting games. Students\, teachers and staffs are taking part in different events. More information about the event including fixtures and rules of games can be found from the following link: \nhttps://sites.google.com/isrt.ac.bd/indoorgame2018/home
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/isrts-indoor-games-for-2018-started-on-the-19th-of-april-2018/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180417T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180417T153000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180416T172613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180416T172613Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 17 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: Evolution of Reproductive Health in Bangladesh\n \nSpeaker: Dr. Halida Hanum Akhter \n               Faculty Member \n               Bloomberg School of Public Health \n               John Hopkins Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম\, Baltimore\, USA\n\nVenue: ISRT seminar room\n               \n\nAbstract: \nIn Bangladesh\, the government family planning program started in 1965 and at NGO level in around 1952. The government program was a vertical program with only IUD (intra uterine device) and high dose oral pills as a pilot program. With a demonstration project on post-partum tubal ligation in four urban clinics\, under the Family Planning Board\, the program was implemented in the whole country. In 1974\, MFSTC (Mohammadpur Fertility Services and Training Center) started as a special project of Ministry of Health and Family Planning\, Then around 1978 family planning and MCH was integrated and named MCH based family planning program. Subsequently in 1994\, ICPD (International  Conference on Population and Development) also named as Cairo conference where Reproductive health concept and definition was introduced\, vetted and cosigned by 198 countries of the world. All these countries were the cosignatory of this ‘program of action’ document and agreed to introduce reproductive health in the country program. Reproductive health is a rights based approach committing to address Life Cycle approach to women’s health issues.  Since 1994\, many international instruments\, such as ICPD POA\, ICPD +5\, ICPD +15 monitored programs nationally and globally. \nThe speaker talks about the accomplishment thus far and the unfinished agenda in reproductive health in Bangladesh.
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-17-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180410T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180410T153000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180330T075816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180330T080110Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 10\, 2018 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: A model for repeated binary outcomes and comparison with quasi-likelihood based approaches\n\nSpeaker: Jahida Gulshan\n                Associate Professor\, ISRT
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-10-2018-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180410T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180509T170000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180305T183119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180509T100516Z
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SUMMARY:Training Programs on SPSS and Stata April 10\, 2018 - May 09\, 2018
DESCRIPTION:ISRT is going to organize the regular training programs on SPSS and Stata from April 10\, 2018 to May 10\, 2018. The deadline for the registration is April 08\, 2018. Details can be found on the following link: https://www.isrt.ac.bd/training
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/training-programs-on-spss-and-stata-april-10-2018-may-10-2018/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180403T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180403T150000
DTSTAMP:20251028T075015
CREATED:20180318T085610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180330T080220Z
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SUMMARY:Seminar on Tuesday\, April 3 at 2 pm
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Bangladesh paradox: health gains despite poverty and income inequality  \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:  Dr. Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury \n\n                Vice Chairperson\, BRAC\n                 and\n                 Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health\n                 Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health\n                 Columbia Deltin 7 Aviator গেম টাকা ইনকাম\, USA
URL:https://isrt.ac.bd/event/seminar-on-tuesday-april-3-at-2-pm/
CATEGORIES:seminar
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