Mini Conference on Statistical Inference

Mini-Conference in honoring Dr. Mezbahur Rahman's 65th birthday will be held at the Minnesota State University, Mankato on April 11, 2026.

This mini-conference is to celebrate Dr. Mezbahur Rahman’s 65th birthday and his many years of dedication to research, teaching, and mentoring students. Dr. Rahman's research affiliates are invited. This celebration will also be a nice time to reflect on his remarkable career and the many lives he has touched throughout his journey at the university. As he moves toward a new chapter, we want to make this event a memorable one for him and everyone connected to his work. Limited funds (up to $500 total) are available to provide partial support for selected conference presenters. 

About Dr. Mezbahur Rahman 

Conference Schedule

Venue:  Room 225, Trafton East, 205 Maywood Ave, Mankato, MN 56001

Morning Sessions

Time	Speaker and Presentation
8:30 - 8:50	Coffee & Donuts (Location: Wissink Hall 291)
9:00 – 9:30	College Dean Dr. Mohammad Alam (Opening Speech and Plenary Address) Title: Analytical Modeling for Infrared Imaging Systems
9:30 – 9:35	Dr. Hongxia (Laura) Yin (Opening Speech)
9:35 – 10:05	Dr. Mohammad Shaha A. Patwary (Keynote Speaker) Title: Dual Missing-Value Estimation in Non-Replicated Two-Way Experiments
10:05 – 10:35	Dr. Harrison Quick (Keynote Speaker) Title: The Intersection of Spatial Statistics and Differential Privacy
10:35 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 11:15	Dr. Deepak Sanjel Title: Building Better Models: Diabetes Prediction with Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Approaches
11:15 – 11:40	Syeda Karimushan Title: Incorporating Reference Frames into Matrix Lie Group Orbit and the Construction of Moving Frames
11:40 – 12:00	Rebekka Molenaar Title: From Classroom to Career: Statistics in Industry
12:00 – 1:00	Lunch (Location: Wissink Hall 291)

 

Afternoon Sessions

Time	Speaker and Presentation
1:00 – 1:30	Dr. Pawan Bhandari Title: Where Statistics Meets Quality: A Practical, Application-Based Perspective
1:30 – 1:50	Salah Uddin Title: Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Racial Disparities: A SEER Database Analysis of Survival Outcomes
1:50 – 2:10	Sabiha Mahzabeen Title: Rethinking Assessment in Statistics and Data Science through Principled Innovation
2:10 – 2:30	Aninda Roy Title: Regressing Networks: A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Network-Structured Response Modeling with an Application in Brain Network
2:30 – 2:50	Khoa Dinh  Title: Overview of Electric Forecasting
2:50 – 3:10	Md. Iftekhar Amin Title: Predicting Zinc oxide structure by using machine learning method
3:10 – 3:30	Jongyun Jung Title: HyTrax: Deep Sequential Modeling and Musculoskeletal Trajectories Enhance Fracture Prediction Beyond Baseline FRAX
3:30 – 3:50	Break
3:50 – 4:25	Constance Baah Amponsah Title: Survival Analysis of Time to Default In Peer-to-Peer Consumer Loans: Evidence from Lending Club Data
4:25 – 5:00	Elizabeth Tetteh Title: Survival Analysis of Multiple Myeloma Patients: A Cox Proportional Hazards Approach
6:00 – 9:00	Dinner (Address: Bethel Church, 1250 Monks Ave, Mankato, Minnesota)

 

Conference Organizers

• Dr. Haoxiang Feng (Co-Chair), Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Dr. Md Monzur Murshed (Co-Chair), Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Dr. Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Dr. Deepak Sanjel, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Dr. Ruijun Zhao, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Special Guest

• Dr. Syed Afzal Hossain, Professor and Program Director, Retired, Department Actuarial Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California

Plenary Address

• Dr. Mohammad Alam, Dean of College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Keynote Speakers

• Dr. Harrison Quick, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, University of Minnesota
• Dr. Mohammad Shaha A. Patwary, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Butler University

Acknowledgements

• Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Department for Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Engineering and Statistics, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Shuttles from Minneapolis/St.Paul International Airport to Mankato

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Accommodations

AmericInn Mankato (2 blocks from campus)
240 Stadium Road Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-345-8011

Special Conference Rates as follows: 

King- $139.00

Queen - $139.00

2 Queens - $149

*Be sure to state you are reserving under the conference to get this rate at time of booking.

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Conference Registration

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