Venue

NAB-I Lecture Hall

Ground Floor A.N.Kolmogorov Bhavan

Indian Statistical Institute

203 B.T.Road

Kolkata 700108

Joint Coordinators

Prof. Rita SahaRay

(033) 2575-3426 (O), rita@isical.ac.in

Dr.Partha Sarathi Mukherjee (033) 2575-3448 (O),

psm@isical.ac.in

Organized by

Interdisciplinary Statistical Research Unit (ISRU)

Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B. T. Road, Kolkata 700108

Objective

This workshop will primarily provide an overview of statistical methods that play very significant roles in DATA ANALYTICS. The topics include Regression Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Resampling Methods, Model Selection, Machine Learning Methodology (supervised/unsupervised). Dimentionality Reduction and Survival Analysis may also be covered. Implementation of these techniques using R will also be discussed. Focus will be on interpretation and computation rather than on theoretical details.

Who can apply

Research Fellows and Faculty (Preferably below the age of 40 years) from Universities/ Colleges/ Institutes located anywhere in India who are working or planning to work in the areas of Business Analytics and/or Machine Learning

Professionals (Preferably below the age of 40 years) working in the areas of Business Analytics and/or Machine Learning

Participants MUST be post-graduate degree holders in Statistics/Mathematics/ Computer Science / other related areas with a working knowledge of Statistical Analysis and Computing.

Registration Fee

(nonrefundable) Rs. 4000/-

(Inclusive of GST)

Application Deadline:

January 12, 2020

Intimation of Selection:

January 24, 2020

Registration Fee includes

Registration Kit, lunch as well as

Morning & Afternoon

refreshments during March 15-20,

2020.

How to Apply

Applications, complete in all respects, must be submitted online through a link provided on https://www.isical.ac.in/~isru/event.html In addition, the original requisite accompanying certificate duly signed by the applicant and competent authority, with seal affixed, must be presented by the selected candidates at the time of their participation in the Workshop. The last date for submission of online

form as well as e-mailing of soft copy

of certificates is January 12, 2020.

Selected Candidates will be informed

of their selection via e-mail by January

24, 2020.

Workshop on

Data Analytics

March 15-20, 2020 (WDA-2020)

A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION will be awarded to each participant attending all the sessions.

On-campus accommodation, if required, may be arranged on a payment basis.

Need-based partial travel support may be awarded to eligible participants.

Note: This is a new edition of the Workshop that was conducted by ISRU in March, 2019, roughly along

similar lines. Fresh applications are being invited for around 15 vacancies after accommodating the

interested applicants of the previous edition, who could not be shortlisted during 2019.