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Dream and Reality

Mohammed NasserProfessor and ChairmanDepartment of Statistics

Rajshahi University

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Acknowledgement

Prof. K.M. Hossain(1930-1999)his colleagues, staff and students

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AcknowledgementQazi Motahar Hossain

1897-1981

The pioneer of statistics in Bangladesh

“A good mathematician may not be a good statistician but a good statistician must be good mathematician”

Acknowledgement

P.C. Mahalanobis(1893-1972)

The pioneer of statistics in Asia

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We are deeply indebted to

• Our life-long well-wisher, Professor B.K. Sinha , ISI, Kolkata. ( retired)

• The world top most biostatistician, Professor P.K. Sen, University of North Carolina.

• Eminent bio-informatician Professor Kohei. Akazawa from Nigita University, Japan .

• Stephen P. Luby, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford Univ., USA.

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Our Dream To bring back the rich cultural educational heritage

of Shompur Môhabihar ( 781- 13th century)To build a statistical center of international standard

in Bangladesh To have collaboration with with other departments

as well as universities/institutes. To produce some world class scientists like

Silvodro, Atish Dipankar, Jagadish Chandra Basu, Megnad Shaha etc

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A Bird View Department of Statistics• Established in 1961• 31 teachers ( at present 25)• 22 office staff• The present enrolment of the student in the

undergraduate classes is about 400• Apart from offering B.Sc. Honours and

M.Sc. degrees in Statistics, the department also conducts research for higher studies leading to M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees.

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Major Achievements of Our Department before HEQEP

• The Department has its own seminar library with a large number of Textbooks, Journals, and Scientific Literature

• A sophisticated computer unit with 100 computers and other electronics appliances.

• Two international conferences were organized. In the last decade

The department publishes an annual journal named International Journal of Statistical Sciences (IJSS). ( 11 issues)

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Major Achievements of Our Department before HEQEP

• The department has an association of its own, named “Parishankan Samity”

• Recently, the alumni of this department have formed a Statistics Alumni Association in Dhaka to incorporate all ex-statistics student of Rajshahi University from all over Bangladesh and also from abroad to promote academic, research and all other activities in the field of statistics.

• For the last 15 years this department has been keping relation with Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

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Major Achievements of Our Department before HEQEP

• We built research link with

Kyoto Gakuen University, Japan and The University of Electro-Communication, Tokyo, Japan

University of Malaya University of Putra Malaysia

ICDDR,B

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Research areas of our department Anthropometric Statistics Bayesian Inference Bio-statistics Bioinformatics Bootstrap techniques Computer Programming & Simulation Demography

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Research area of our department

Human Growth and Human Morphology Nonlinear programming Order Statistics Earthquake Prediction Modeling

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Research area of our department

 Reliability Robust Statistics Sampling techniques Social and Educational Statistics  Stochastic Modeling Statistical Inference Statistical Data Mining  Environmental Statistics

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Activities after HEQEP• Activities of HEQEP started in the beginning of

2011 in the Department of statistics, with vow to enhance Capacity Building For Teaching-Learning Of Statistical Data Mining For Agriculture, and thus to lay down the spring- board to jump in area of world class research on Statistical Data Mining with a group of researchers not only from our dept. but also from other departments from RU and other national-international universities/institutes.. Health And Environment

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Activities after HEQEP

• Firstly the department formed a self-assessment committee, then inter-Department expert committee consisting of experts from different disciplines like Agricultural Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Environmental Science, Life Science, Business Studies etc. of this university.

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Activities after HEQEP

A website “http://www.statru.org” was launched at very beginning of 2011, which added a great milestone to our department.

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Activities after HEQEP

Honors syllabus was updated with including geometry, statistical programming and Modern statistical research area like Data mining Bioinformatics etc.

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Activities after HEQEPFive training for enhancing the quality of our teachers ,students and staff have been completed.

Prof Dr. Raquib Ahmed is delivering his lecture on GIS Training Programme

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Activities after HEQEP• We have completed 57 weekly seminars• 10 national and 2 international workshops• 5 training programmes • 6 student workshops • 95 percent of planned infrastructural

development have been completed.• Preparations to host an International Conference

2012 on Statistical Data Mining for Bioinformatics, Health, Agriculture and Environment along with few more workshops are going in full swing

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Activities after HEQEP

57 weekly seminar have been completed of different fields  by  the  expert  of  varies  universities  of    home and abroad. 

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Activities after HEQEP

Prof. in Emeritus Dr. Mir Masum Ali from Ball State University, USA delivering his article on "Use, Abuse and Applications of Statistics"

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Activities after HEQEP

A scene of Group discussion on the workshop

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Activities after HEQEP

Prof. Dr. Kohei Akazawa, Niigata university, Japan visited the Department for two weeks and delivered four lectures on Survival Analysis.

Prof. Dr. Koynoygi, Japan visited this department and delivered a lecture on Health Statistics.

Dr. Pinakpani Pal, ISI, Kolkata, Dr. A. B. M. Shawkat Ali, Central Queensland

University, Australia Dr. Masahiro Sugimoto, Kyoto University, Japan Dr. AHM Rahmatullah Imon, Ball State

University, USA Visited the Department and delivered their important Lectures.

Prof Akazawa is delivering his lecture

Visiting professors of the department of statistics

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Activities after HEQEP

A monograph  research  on demography by   Prof. Dr. Samad Abedin  has  been  published  in national  and  international journal.  Chairman  of  our Department  and  prominent professor  Dr.  Mir  Masum  Ali formally  uncovered  this monograph  on  international workshop.

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Activities after HEQEP

The World statistics day first time was observed by department with the theme “Service, Integrity, and Professionalism”. To familiar the necessity of statistics in society the department organized many programmes with a colorful rally, seminar etc.

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Activities after HEQEP

A multimedia documentary on The Sundarbans made by a group of students was presented for making environmental consciousness about world largest mangrove forest to the audience.

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Activities after HEQEP

An academic exhibition of the faculty members was staged in our Department where the researcher present their research poster .Former professor Hosnaara hossain, Prof. Dr. Mir Masum Ali, and Prof. Dr. Samad Abedin Deeply observed this exhibition and marking.

Prof Hosneara Hossain is visiting the academic exhibition.

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Activities after HEQEP

Collaborative work with ICDDR,B has been functioning. Already we have been able to organize some collaborative activities for sharing knowledge and experience. Even two or more specialist visits our Department and delivered some training programme.

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Activities after HEQEP

Infrastructural development

Picture: Computer unit of the Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi

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Activities after HEQEP

Infrastructural development

Picture: Chairman’s room of the Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi

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Activities after HEQEP

Infrastructural development

Picture: Office of the Visiting Professor.

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Future Plan

To obtain research funds to improve our research groups

To strengthen collaborative research

To have active relation with government –nongoverment agencies, private firms, research institute collaborative research

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Thanks