IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter has successfully arranged the “Workshop on Bioinformatics Hands-on Training” on 19th February, 2018 from 1:30 ~ 5:00 pm with IEEE SB DU and IEEE WIE AG SB DU at the Dept. of EEE, University of Dhaka. In this event, the speaker was Dr. Mohammad Ali Moni, University of Sydney (USyd) Fellow, USyd; Conjoint Lecturer, USyd; Visiting Scientist, UNSW and University of Cambridge. This workshop included presentations on clinical bioinformatics and Machine-Learning Models for data integration to Diagnosis, Prognosis and Prediction of disease comorbidities; basic concepts in bioinformatics research; installation of R and R bioconductor packages; basic concepts and command in R Research data (RNA-Seq, Microarray, PPI, Pathway, etc.) and data sources. The workshop covered hands-on training on microarray and RNA-Seq data analysis, and PPI, Ontology and pathway data analysis.Students, as well as faculties from various Departments and Universities attended the event. About 65+ participants attended the workshop.
Dr. Md. Atiqur Rahman Ahad, Secretary of IEEE Computer Society Bangladesh Chapter introduced the speaker. At the closing, he handed over a crest to the speaker, along with Md. Ahsan Habib, Treasurer of IEEE CS BDC, Md. Robiul Islam, Industrial Coordinator of IEEE CS BDC, Dr. Mosabber Uddin Ahmed and Golam Rabbani. Md Zahidul Islam, Counselor of IEEE SB DU and Dr. Sharnali Islam, Advisor of IEEE WIE AG SB DU were present in the event. It was a very interactive and knowledgeable workshop.