Ph.D. Student in Statistics, SAS Certified (Windsor, ON, Canada)

Key Qualifications

SAS Certified Programmer. Consummated Masters program of Statistics at McMaster University in September of 2007. Currently enrolled at the Ph.D. (Statistics) program at the University of Windsor.

Research Interests

Biostatistics, Econometrics, Computational Statistics.

Education

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON Canada
Ph.D. Student, Statistics, September 2007 - Present
Courses in progress: 0365555: Regression Analysis, 0365554: Theory of Sampling and Surveys, 0365559: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, 0365795: Seminar

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
Masters, Statistics, September 2007
Dissertation Topic: Pattern of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Different Ethnic Groups of Canada"(using CCHS 2.2 Data Set) under supervision of Dr. Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.
Attended Courses: STAT743:Foundations of Statistics(A-), STAT6M03:Multivariate Analysis(A), STAT752:Design of Experiments(A), STAT770:Statistics Seminar(A+), STAT753:Advanced Survey Sampling(A-), HRM721:Fundamentals of Health Research and Evaluation Methods(B+), SGS101:Academic Research Integrity(P)

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Masters, Statistics, May, 1998 (Acquired First Class Third position)

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.Sc., Statistics, May, 1997 (Acquired First Class First Position)

Professional Experience

McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada
Student Consultant September, 2006 - present

Rendering services at the University Technology Services (UTS) of McMaster University to help students get around software as well as hardware problems.

Teaching Assistant January - April, 2006 and September - December, 2007

Co-taught undergraduate level course STAT1CC3 entitled \Introduction to Computer Aided Statistics". Shared responsibility for lectures, exams, homework assignments, and grades.

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer September, 2002 - August, 2005

Expedited academic process of the Statistics Department, resulting in new initiative to disseminate statistical concepts and methodologies among the students as well as to enhance their research interests and expertise. Demonstrated ability to clearly illustrate di±cult-to-understand subjects. Taught introductory to advanced level courses in Statistics, Economics and Computing including Introduction to Statistics, Introduction to Computer with Task Oriented Softwares, and Order Statistics.

Center for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Intern January, 2002 - January, 2002

Analyzed contemporary socio-economic issues and assisted in administering dialogues among the representatives of civil society, publishing Independent Review of Bangladesh Development, and streamlining research design.

Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Bangladesh
Research Fellow April, 2001 - September, 2001

Analyzed Stochastic Frontier Techniques and carried out a research entitled \Measuring Technical Efficiency of Pond Fish Culture in Gazipur District: A Stochastic Frontier Production Function Approach".

Principal Abilities

Profficiency in English

Took part in the English language profficiency test IELTS (International English Language Testing Service) administered by the British Council in September 25, 2004 and accomplished successfully achieving an overall band score of 7.0 with scores in each of the four constituent parts are 6 in Listening, 7 in Reading, 7 in Writing and 7 in Speaking.

Supervised Research

Being a co-supervisor of an M.Phil research, analyzed the time-series data of cereal productivity of using ARIMA methodology and supply response function approach and guided the write- up of the dissertation entitled \Trends in Area, Production and Productivity of Food Grains and Identiffication of the Factors Responsible for Variability in Productivity in Bangladesh: An Econometric Analysis". Supervised the following research projects:

• Modelling the Meteorological Time Series Event(Rainfall) of Dhaka and Barisal Stations through ARIMA Modelling and Generating Prudent Forecasts.
• A Look into How Micro-credit Helps Vulnerable and Destitute Women to Uplift their Socio-economic Status: A Grameen Bank Perspective.
• Forecasting Rainfall Data of Dhaka and Chittagong Stations: An Exploration through ARIMA Modelling.

• System Software: Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, LINUX.
• Word Processing Software: MS-WORD, LaTeX.
• Data Analysis Software: SAS, SPSS, MINITAB, S-PLUS, R
• Database Programming Language: Oracle 8.0 with PL/SQL, SQL, MS-ACCESS
• Spreadsheet Software: MS-EXCEL.
• Networking: LAN & WAN Administration with Windows 2003 Server

Presentations and Public Appearances

• Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2.2 Workshop. Participated in CCHS 2.2 (2004) 3-day workshop in Ottawa on March 3-5, 2007 at Statistics Canada and attained hands-on experience to work with Bootstrap weights for estimating variance of esti- mators and SIDE-IML (Software for Intake Distribution Estimation).
• 5th International Symposium on Optimization and Statistics. Attended the extravagant symposium held during December 28-30, 2002 at the Department of Statistics and Operation Research, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India and presented the research report on Frontier Production Function Approaches.

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