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The University of Winnipeg

Shakhawat Hossain

Shakhawat Hossain Title: Professor, Statistics (on leave)
Phone: 204.786.9492
Office: 6L22
Building: Lockhart Hall
Email: sh.hossain@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Windsor
M.Sc. in Statistics, University of Alberta
M.Sc. in Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.Sc.(Hons.) in Mathematics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Shakhawat Hossain's Website

Biography:

Dr. Md Shakhawat Hossain received his M.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Alberta in 2002, followed by a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Windsor in 2008. He then completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2008-2010) with the School of Public Health, at the University of Alberta. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Alabama A & M University, before joining the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Winnipeg in 2011. Dr. Hossain has extensive experience in analyzing Canadian health administrative databases.

Affiliations:

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg, July 2021 – present.

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg, July 2015 – June 2021.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, September 2013–present.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Regina, June 2015–present.

Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical computation and Simulation, 2017-present.

Research Interests:

  • Penalty and non-penalty shrinkage estimators.
  • Longitudinal data analysis.
  • Joint modeling of longitudinal and survival data
  • Survival analysis and event history.
  • Generalized linear/partial linear mixed models.
  • Health services/outcome research.

Dr. Hossain currently holds an NSERC Discovery Grant, which allows him to support students in research positions. Contact him to learn about research opportunities.

Publications:

Selected Publications:

  • Khan, S. and Hossain, S. (2024). Segmented bent-cable regression model for changepoint data analysis. Submitted.
  • *Xiao, G., Hossain, S. and Mandal, S. (2024). Parametric regression models can be a viable alternative to the Cox proportional hazards model. Submitted. 
  • Pandher, S., Hossain, S. and Khan, S. (2024) Improving generalized seasonal autoregressive moving average models through shrinkage estimation methods. Submitted  
  • *Pandher, S. , Hossain, S., and Volodin, A. (2024). Shrinkage estimation of linear regression models with ARIMA errors and applications to Canadian crime rates data. Submitted.
  • *Xiao, G., Hossain, S. and Mandal, S. (2024). Efficient estimation of random effects Cox models with application to lung cancer data. Submitted.
  • *Li, L., Khan, S. A. and Hossain, S. (2024). Joint models for recurrent event data combining with a longitudinal endogenous covariate. Submitted
  • Hossain, S. and Ghahramani, M. (2024). Shrinkage estimation of integer autoregressive processes of order one with covariates. Submitted
  • *Forzley, Q., Hossain, S. and Khan, S. (2023). Generalized log-logistic proportional hazard model: a non-penalty shrinkage approach.  Statistics: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics. 57(6), 1511-1528. https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2023.2280072
  • *Peitsch, G., Pokharel, G. and Hossain, S. (2024). Ensemble learning methods of inference for spatially stratified infectious disease systems. The International Journal of Biotatistics, 57(6): 1511-1528.  https://doi.org/10.1515/ijb-2023-0102.
  • Salman, M. S., Hossain, S., Carson, E., Ruth, C. and Clark, I. (2023). Visual acuity outcomes in children with optic nerve hypoplasia and septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia. Pediatric Neurology, 149: 167-175.
  • Salman, M. S., Hossain, S. and Rozovsky, K. (2023). Neuroimaging features in children with optic nerve hypoplasia and septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Neuroimaging features in children with optic nerve hypoplasia and septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia - PubMed (nih.gov)
  • Haque, C. M., Chowdhury, P. D., Hossain, S. and David Walker (2023). Spatial evaluation of dengue transmission and vector abundance in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Geographies, 3(2):  268-285.
  • Pokharel, G. Hossain, S. and *Poitras, C. (2023). Supervised classification of spatial epidemics incorporating infection time uncertainty. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-023-00731-z. Statistical methods and applications, 33: 702-733
  • Hossain, S., *Pandher, S. and Volodin, A. (2022). Generalized Autoregressive Moving Average Models: An Efficient Estimation Approach—Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. https://doi.org/10.1080/00949655.2022.2111568  
  • Hossain, S., Mandal, S. and *Lac, L. A. (2022). Pretest and Stein-type Shrinkage Estimators in Generalized Partially Linear Models with Application to Real Data----Canadian Journal of Statistics.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cjs.11732. 
  • *Pandher, S. S., Hossain, S.,  Budsaba, K. and and Volodin, A. (2022). Efficient estimation method for generalized ARFIMA models –Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2022.2064503.
  • *Krahn, J.  L.,  Hossain, S. and Khan, S.  (2022). An efficient estimation approach to joint modelling of longitudinal and survival data--- Journal of Applied Statistics. https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2022.2096209  
  • Salman, M. S., Hossain, S., Carson, E., Ruth, C. and Clark, I. (2022). Selected neuro-ophthalmological features in children with septo-optic dysplasia and optic nerve hypoplasia. Neuro-Ophthalmology Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/01658107.2022.2077967.
  • *Forzley, Q. and Hossain, S. (2021). Pretest and shrinkage estimation strategies in accelerated failure time model-- Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 92(7): 512-1529 https://doi.org/10.1080/00949655.2021.1998503.
  • *Islam, S., Haque, E., Hossain, S. and Hanesiak, J. (2021). Climate variability, dengue vector abundance and dengue fever cases in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a time-series study – Atmosphere. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12070905.
  • *Saad, S., Hossain, S. and   Volodin, A. (2021)   Asymptotic Analysis of Method of Moments Estimators of Both Parameters for the Binomial Distribution: Theoretical Part –Thai Statistician,   19(1): 42-57.
  • *Pandher, S. S., Hossain, S. and Volodin, A. (2020). A review on forecasting models and forecast evaluation criteria. Journal of Propagations in Probability and Statistics, 19(2), 65-74.
  • Hossain, S. and *Lac, L. A. (2021). Optimal shrinkage estimations in partially linear single-index models for binary longitudinal data–TEST, 30, pages 811–835 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11749-021-00753-3.
  • Hossain, S. and Khan, S. A. (2020). Shrinkage estimation of the exponentiated Weibull regression model for time-to-event data. Statistica Neerlandica, Vol 74(4), 592-610.
  • *Islam, S., Haque, C. E., Hossain, S. and Walker, D. (2019). Association among ecological and behavioural attributes, dengue vector, and disease control: a cross-sectional study of the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Health. Vol. 12(5), Pages 444–454.
  • Hossain, S., **Hiebert, I. and Mandal, S.  (2019). Estimation strategy of multilevel model for ordinal longitudinal data. Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science.  Vol 2(2), 299-322.
  • *Islam, S., Haque, C. E., Hossain, S., Rochon, K. (2019). Role of container type, behavioural, and ecological factors in Aedes pupal production in Dhaka, Bangladesh: An application of zero-inflated negative binomial model-Acta Tropica, Vol 193, Pages 50-59.
  • *Lac, L. A. and Hossain, S. (2018). Optimal shrinkage estimation of linear models for longitudinal data with random effects and AR(1) errors. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 88(16): 3230 - 3247.
  • Norouzirad, M., Hossain, S. and  Arashi M. (2018)  Shrinkage and penalized estimators in weighted least absolute deviations regression models. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 88 (8), 1557-1575.
  • Hossain, S. and *Thomson, T. (2018).  Shrinkage estimation in linear mixed models for longitudinal data, Metrika, 81(5), 569-586.
  • *Thomson, T. and Hossain, S. (2018). Efficient shrinkage for generalized linear mixed models under linear restrictions. Sankhya A: The Indian Journal of Statistics, 80(2), 385–410.
  • Salman, M., Hossain, S., Alqublan, L. and  Bunge, M. (2018).  Cerebellar radiolo-gical abnormalities in  children with neurofibromatosis type 1: Part 1 - clinical and neuroimaging findings. Cerebellum & Ataxias.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40673-018-0093-y.
  • Salman, M., Hossain, S., *Gorun, S.,  Alqublan, L. and  Bunge, M. (2018). Cerebellar radiological abnormalities in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: Part 2 - A neuroimaging natural history study with clinical correlations- Cerebellum & Ataxias.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40673-018-0092-z.
  • Chowdhury, P. D., Haque, C. E., Paul, K. K., Hossain, S., Lindsey, R., Dibernardo, A., Brooks, A. and Drebot, M. A. (2017). Dengue seroprevalence, seroconversion and risk factors in Dhaka, Bangladesh, published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
  • Hossain, S. and Howlader, H. (2017). Shrinkage estimation in lognormal regression model for censored data. Journal of Applied Statistics, 44(1), 162–180.
  • *Thomson, T., Hossain, S. and Ghahramani, (2016).  Efficient estimation for time series following generalized linear models-Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 58(4) 493-513.
  • Hossain, S. and Ghahramani, M. (2016). Shrinkage estimation of linear regression models with GARCH Errors. Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, 15(4), 405-423.
  • Hossain, S. and Ahmed, S. E., Yi, Y. and Chen, B (2016). Shrinkage and pretest estimators for longitudinal data analysis under partially linear models.  Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 28(3), 531-549.
  • Parnali, D., Hoque, C. M. Lindsay, R. and Hossain, S. (2016). Socioeconomic and  ecological factors influencing aedes aegypti abundance and distribution in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene,  94(6):1223-33.
  • *Tripathi, A. Hossain, S., Singh, V. K., and Atrey, P. K.(2015). Assessing personality using demographic information from social media data. Regular paper at 2015 Social Media & Society Conference (SMSociety'15), Toronto, Canada, July 2015.
  • Hossain, S. and Howlader, H. A. (2015). Estimation techniques for regression model with zero-inflated Poisson data. International Journal of Statistics and Probability, 4(4), 64-76.
  • Hossain, S., Ahmed, S. E. and Doksum, K. A. (2015). Shrinkage, L1 penalty and pretest estimators for generalized linear models. Statistical Methodology,  24, 52-68.
  • *Thomson, T., Hossain, S. and Ghahramani, M. (2014). Application of shrinkage estimation in linear regression models with autoregressive errors. Journal of statistical computation and simulation, 85(16), 3335-3351.
  • Chowdhury, P. D., Haque, C. E., Driedger, S. M. and Hossain, S. (2014). Community perspectives of dengue transmission in the City of Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Health, 6(4), 306-316.