INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Dhaka Hosts International
Statistics Conference
Shahjahan Khan, Chair of International Scientific Committee
Participants of the conference include (from left) A. K. Md Ehsanes Saleh (Canada), M. Obaidullah (Bangladesh),
Shahjahan Khan (Australia), Munir Ahmad (Pakistan), Abdunanabi Ali (Libya), and Emad-Eldin Aly (Kuwait).
T
he North South University (NSU), were presented by young academics and research-
Bangladesh, and Carleton University, ers from various public and private universities in
Canada, jointly organized an international Bangladesh. Proceedings of the conference have been
conference titled “Recent Developments in published, and selected papers will be considered for
Statistical Sciences” at the Bangladesh-China publication in the Journal of Applied Probability and
Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka, Statistics after peer-review.
Bangladesh, December 26–27, 2008. The confer- The event received significant attention from
ence honored A. K. Md Ehsanes Saleh, distin- the local printed and electronic media, despite a
guished research professor and professor emeritus of scheduled national election on December 29. A
Carleton University, in recognition of his outstand- full-page article about the conference was published
ing contributions to the development of statistical in a national daily, News Today, on December 26,
sciences through his pioneering research; outstand- highlighting the importance of the event and its sci-
ing supervision of PhD students and postdoctoral entific and national benefits. Several national dailies
fellows; and exceptional professional services via and TV channels also published pre- and post-event
organizing international symposia and editing spe- news about the conference.
cial volumes, books, and journals over the last four The closing session of the conference was held
decades. Saleh is a Fellow of the ASA, IMS, RSS, in the Sarina Hotel and included a Bangladesh-style
and Bangladesh Academy of Science; an elected dinner. Nazrul Islam, chief guest of the session and
member of ISI; and an honorary member of the chair of the University Grants Commission, provid-
Statistical Society of Canada. ed statistics on the current state of the higher educa-
Salehuddin Ahmed, chief guest and governor of tion sector in Bangladesh. He also shared memories
Bangladesh Bank; M. Shamsher Ali, special guest of his time with Saleh while both were PhD stu-
and president of Bangladesh Academy of Science; dents at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
and Abdul Awal, chair of the Board of Governors Munir Ahmed, founding president of the Islamic
of NSU, spoke during the inaugural session and Countries Society of Statistical Sciences, spoke in
welcomed and thanked Saleh for taking part in the the session for the international participants.
conference. Before Saleh welcomed participants, a The conference paid deepest respect to the late
video snippet of his career was shown. The inaugu- Qazi Motahar Hosain and Shaheed Moniruzzaman
ral session ended with Ahmed presenting a crest of for introducing the discipline of statistics in
honor to Saleh while his wife, Shahidara Saleh, and what was East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in
granddaughter, Sarah Alam, watched with pride. the early 1950s. Other pioneering Bangladeshi
The conference included 85 presentations cov- statisticians who participated and were recognized
ering many areas of current statistical research and during the conference include M. Obaidullah,
applications. About 200 delegates from 15 coun- M. G. Mustafa, Anwar H. Talukder, Kazi S. Ahmed,
tries participated, and many contributed papers and Sultan Ahmed. ■
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