Life, events, thoughts and more

Invited Talk and a Memorable Experience in Rajshahi

news

event

Attended the 8th International Conference on The Role of Statistics and Data Science in 4IR (ICRSDS4IR), organized by The Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi.

Md Rasel Biswas

Closing of ‘Stata for Applied Statistics and Data Science’ Training Program

news

event

I had the privilege of conducting two sessions for the program, including one on creating visualizations using Stata software.

ISRT, University of Dhaka

Foundation Certificate in University Teaching & Learning

news

I participated in a 14-day residential training program titled Foundation Certificate in University Teaching & Learning at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) in Cumilla, designed for young faculty members of Dhaka University. It was a great and memorable experience.

University of Dhaka

Capacity Building Workshop for DHS Data Users at Dhaka

news

Attended the Capacity Building Workshop for DHS Data Users, organized by The DHS Program, at Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka.

Field trip to HDSS site, Matlab, Chandpur

news

I went to a field trip, organized by icddr,b, to the Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) site in Matlab, Chandpur, with the fourth-year Applied Statistics students. The trip was a key part of their Research Methodology and Social Statistics course, which I taught last year.

iccddr,b and ISRT

Field trip to BARI and BRRI, Gazipur

news

event

My third-year students and I, along with two of my colleagues, went on a field trip to BARI and BRRI in Gazipur for my course AST 301: Design and Analysis of Experiments II. The students observed real-life implementations of CRD, RCBD, and Split-plot designs. The trip was both enjoyable and effective.

Applied Statistics for Data Science using SPSS and Stata

news

Facilitated the training programs on SPSS and Stata. Although I am an R user, it was a fun and enjoyable experience.

ISRT, University of Dhaka

Dean’s Award by the Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka

news

award

I was awarded the Dean’s Honor Award by the Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka. Received the award from the DU VC, at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka

Report Writting Workshop on Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022

news

event

I was invited to attend the 7-day Report Writing Workshop on Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022 at NIPORT, along with some of my DU colleagues, including Md Mynul Islam. During the workshop, we contributed to the BDHS 2022 survey report and gained valuable insights. Good experience.

NIPORT, ICF, and icddr,b

2-day short course on quantitative data analysis skills using R

news

event

It was a great experience working as a teaching fellow for this 2-day short course on R Programming at BRAC University.

BRAC University

useR! 2021: The R Conference

news

event

Attended useR! 2021: The R Conference, held online and supported by the R Foundation. This was my first time participating in useR!, and it was a good experience.

The R Foundation

ISRT Golden Jubilee Gold Medal Award

news

award

I am honored and delighted to have received the ISRT Golden Jubilee Gold Medal Award 2020 for achieving the highest CGPA and securing first place in my BS examination.

University of Dhaka

National Science and Technology Fellowship 2021

news

award

I received the National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship 2021 for my MS thesis research.

Ministry of Science and Technology, GOB

2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics (ICAS2019)

news

event

I presented a poster on my BS project: The Impact of Sample Sizes on the Accuracy of Estimates for a Two-level Logistic Regression Model.

University of Dhaka

Conference workshops for ICAS 2019

news

event

Attended the two conference workshops on Applying Propensity Score Approaches to Complex Survey Data Analyses, and Navigating the Data Science Landscape.

University of Dhaka