Faculty Profile

Abdullah Al Islam

Lecturer

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801753835868
  • Email: abdullah-sta@sust.edu, abdullah.sust68@gmail.com

Biography

Mr. Abdullah Al Islam is a statistician and currently working as a lecturer in the Department of statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology(since November, 2022). He completed his graduation and post graduation in Statistics (both with Distinction) from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He is a passionate teacher as well as researcher. His area of interest includes Biostatistics, Econometric modeling, Multilevel Modelling and Public health.

Education

  • MS(Thesis), Session: 2016-2017, Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • BSc(Honors), Session: 2012-2013, Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • HSC, Year-2012
  • SSC, Year-2010

Research Interests

  • Multilevel Modeling
  • Econometrics
  • R Programming
  • Advanced Data Analysis
  • Biostatistics
  • Time Series

Active Research Project

  • 1. Spatial Statistical Modelling of Chronic Diseases among Geriatric Population in Sylhet District, funded by SUST Research Centre. (Co-Investigator)

Previous Research Project

  • 1. An Extension to the World Bank Small Area Estimation Method for analyzing Spatial Distribution of Diarrhoea Prevalence among Under-5 Children in Bangladesh. (Research Assistant)
  • 2. Assessment of Child Morbidity and Undernutrition Status in Different Administrative Tiers of Sunamganj District through Small Area Estimation Technique. (Research Assistant)

External Affiliations

  • Assistant Proctor (July, 2023 - August, 2024), Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114.

Journal Publications

  • 1. Cluster and regional level variation of hemoglobin concentration of ever-married women in Bangladesh: a linear mixed model approach
  • 2. Das, S., Islam, A. A., Kumar, B., Kawsar, L. A., & Hossain, M. Z. (2020). An ELL Type Small Area Estimation Approach for Binary Response Variable with Application to Bangladesh Child Malnutrition Study. In A. Rahman (Ed.). Malnutrition: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes. New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers. (Book Chapter)

Conference

  • 1. Regional and country-level variation of hemoglobin level of women in South Asian countries: an evidence from 2011-2016 Demographic and Health Surveys
  • 2. Spatial Distribution of Child Malnutrition in Bangladesh: An Approach of Small Area Estimation for Binary Data
  • 3. Prevalence of Diarrhoea and Acute Respiratory Infection at District Level in Bangladesh using Small Area Estimation Method

Teaching

  • Economic Statistics
  • Introduction to Probability
  • Principles of Statistics
  • Statistics for Social and Political Research-I
  • Regression Analysis -I

Awards & Recognition

  • Primary School Scholarship (2004), Ministry of Education, Bangladesh.
  • Junior School Certificate Scholarship (2007), Ministry of Education, Bangladesh.
  • Shahjalal University of Science & Technology Undergraduate & Graduate Academic Scholarship
  • Certificate from the 5th International Conference on Natural Science & Technology as an Oral Presenter held on 30-31 March, 2018, Asian University for Women, Chittagong.

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Chronic Diseases among Elderly People in Sylhet District: A Spatial Modeling Approach (Co-supervisor)