ISRT, University of Dhaka
Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

BSc, MSc (Dhaka), PhD (Deakin)

Experimental Design, Sampling Methods, Bayesian Inference

• Md. Mostafa Ali Sarkar,  Molla Huq and Hossain, S. S.  (2010)  Consideration Of Detectability And Sampling In Measuring Biodiversity, Pakistan Journal of Statistics, 26 (2), 339-355.
• Homayara, F., Hossain, S. S.  and Khan, A. (2009) Sensitivity Analysis of Structural Equation Model with Non-normal Observed Variable, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 12(4), 499-513.
• Masum A. Patwary, William Thomas O’Hare, Graham Street, K. Maudood Elahi, Hossain S. S., Mosharraf H. Sarker    (2009)   Quantitative assessment of medical waste generation
  in the capital city of Bangladesh , Waste Management 29, 2392–2397.
• Islam, T., M. R. Shaibur, and Hossain S. S.    (2009)   Effectivity of Modified Maximum Likelihood Estimators Using Selected Ranked Set Sampling Data, Austrian Journal of Statistics, 38 (2), 109-120.
•  Hossain, S. S. and Khan, A.  (2008) Sensitivity of Ranked Set Sampling to the Shape Characteristics of the Underlying Population: A g-and-k Distribution Approach, Pakistan Journal of Statistics, 24 (3), 207-216. Published by the ISSOS.
• Borhan, A. S. M., Hossain S. S. and Khan A.   (2007) A  numerical Likelihood ratio test (NLRT) for one-sample location in symmetric non-normal situations, Dhaka University Journal of Science, 55 (2), 225-229. Published by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Dhaka
• Hossain, S. S.  and Khan A.  (2006) Test procedures with selected ranked set sampling, Statistica, 46 (2), 161-170. Published from Bologna, ITALY.
• Hossain, S. S. and Muttlak, H. A.  (2006) Hypothesis tests on the scale parameter using median ranked set sampling, Statistica, 46 (4). Published from Bologna, ITALY.
• Hossain, S. S. and Khan. A.  (2004)  Test procedure using paired ranked set sampling data, Dhaka University Journal of Science, 52, 271-279. Published by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Dhaka.
• Hossain, S. S., Khan, A. and B. Zainab.  (2003)  Tests of Hypotheses Using Median Ranked Set Sampling Data from the Normal Population, Journal of Statistical Studies, 23, 1-9. Published by the Department of Statistics, Jahangir Nagar University.
• Khan, A. and Hossain, S. S.  (2002)  Repeated Application of Ranked Set Sampling,   Journal    of Statistical Studies, 22, 41-45. Published by the Department of Statistics, Jahangir Nagar University.
• Hossain, S. S.  (2001) MVLUE based on ranked set sampling using concomitant variable, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 19, 17-27. Published by the Bangladesh Association Scientists.
• Hossain, S. S. and Muttlak, H. A.  (2001) Selected ranked set sampling, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 43, 311-325. Published by the Blackwell Publishers, USA, UK.
• Hossain, S. S.  (2001) Non-parametric selected ranked set sampling, Biometrical    Journal, 43, 97-105. Published by the John Wiley Interscience Publishers, USA,UK
• Hossain, S. S. and Muttlak, H. A.  (2000) MVLUE of population parameters based on   ranked set sampling, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 108, 167-176. Published by the Elsivier Science publications, USA.
• Hossain, M. M. and Hossain, S. S.  (2000) Fitting daily rainfall occurrence as an alternative renewal process, Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 24, 187-195. Published by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.
• Khan, M. A. and Hossain, S. S.  (2000)  ANOVA estimation of variance components of two-way heteroscedastic nested random model: A Monte-Carlo study, Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 24, 243-245, 2000. Published by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.
• Hossain, S. S. and Muttlak, H. A.  (1999)  Paired ranked set sampling: A more efficient procedure, Environmetrics, 10, 195-212.  Published by the John Wiley and Sons publishers, USA,UK.
• Khan, M. A. and Hossain, S. S.   (1999)  Monte-Carlo comparison of MIVQUE (A), MIVQUE(0) and REML estimators of variance components for a two-way heteroscedastic nested random model, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 17,  139-148. Published by the Bangladesh Association Scientists.
• Hossain, S. S. and Muttlak, H. A.  (1998) MIVQUE and REML    estimators of variance components under proportionality condition, Biometrical Journal, 40, 845-854. Published by the John Wiley Interscience Publishers, USA,UK
• Hossain, S. S.  (1996)  Restricted maximum likelihood (REML) estimators of variance components of heteroscedastic crossed random models, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 14, 19-26. Published by the Bangladesh Association Scientists.
• Hossain, M. M. and Hossain, S. S.  (1996) Estimating the order of markov   chain and detecting the nonstationarity of daily rainfall data, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 14, 169-175. Published by the Bangladesh Association Scientists.
• Hossain, M. M. and Hossain, S. S.  (1996) Fitting of markov chain probability model to daily rainfall occurrence at Sunamgonj, Dhaka University Journal of Science, 44, 303-312. Published by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Dhaka.
• Huda, S. and Hossain, S. S.  (1995)  A note on third-order D-optimal symmetric product designs in hypercubic regions, Journal of Applied Statistical Science, 4, 9-16. Published by the NOVA publishers, USA.
• Hossain, S. S. and Khan, A. (1995) A Monte-Carlo study on REML estimators of variance components of one-way heteroscedastic crossed random models, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, 13, 21-30. Published by the Bangladesh Association Scientists.
• Khan, M. A., Sen, K. P. and Hossain, S. S. (1995) On the procedure of finding the inverse of patterned matrices in heterogeneous variance component analysis with mixed and random models, Dhaka University Journal of Science, 43, 305-312. Published by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Dhaka.
• Khan, M. A. and Hossain, S. S. (1995) Maximum likelihood estimation of variance components of two-way heteroscedastic nested random model: A Monte-Carlo study, Dhaka University Journal of Science, 43, 147-155. Published by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Dhaka.
• Hossain, S. S. and Khan, A. (1994) Maximum likelihood estimations of variance components of heteroscedastic random ANOVA model, Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 23, 2449-2467. Published by Marcell-Decker publishers, USA.
• Huda, S. and Hossain, S. S. (1994)  A-optimal third-order symmetric product designs for  hypercubic regions, Aligarh Journal of Statistics, 14, 7-11. Published by The Department of Statistics, Aligarh Muslim University.

 Accepted for publication

• Bakar K. S. and Hossain, S. S.    (2010) Inference on Environmental Population Using Horvitz–Thompson Estimator, Journal of Environmental Informatics, accepted for publication. Published quarterly by International Society for Environmental Information Sciences.
• Hossain A. and Hossain, S. S.  (2010) Numerical Maximum Likelihood Estimation (NMLE) for the g-and-k Distribution Using Ranked Set Sample (RSS), Journal of Statistics, accepted for publication.
• Khan A. and Hossain, S. S.  (2009) Robustness to non-normality of various many-sample scale tests: A g-and-k distribution approach, International Journal of Statistics and Systems, accepted for publication.
• Khan A. and Hossain, S. S.  (2009) Many Sample Location Test With Quantile-Function Error Distributions: An Almost Robust Test, Journal of Statistics and Application, accepted for publication.
• Patwary, M.A., O’Hare, W.T., Street, G., Elahi, K.M., Hossain, S. S., Sarker, M.H.,   (2009) Health and safety perspective on medical waste management in a developing country: A case study of Dhaka city, FAIM 2009, University of Teesside, accepted for publication.

Theses

• Hossain, S. S. The Efficiency of Improved Ranked Set Sampling, unpublished Ph. D. thesis, School of Computing and Mathematics, Deakin University, Australia, 1999
• Hossain, S. S. Estimation of variance components of heteroscedastic random ANOVA model: A Monte Carlo study, unpublished M. Sc. thesis, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1989

Scholarships and Awards

• January 2008,  Received Commonwealth fellowship award as Visiting Fellow at School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Newcastle,UK.(duration six months)
• January 1996,  Received Deakin University Post Graduate Research Scholarship for conducting Ph.D. research (duration 3 years).
• Sep 1989, Received the Q.M. Husain award for being placed in the First Class First Position in The M.Sc. Examination, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka.
• Sep 1988, Received the Q.M. Husain award for being placed in the First Class Second Position in The B.Sc. (Honours) Examination, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka.

Membership of  Professional Bodies

• Life member Bangladesh Statistical Association
• Life member Bangladesh Population Association
• Life member Bangladesh Association of the advancement of Sciences

Student supervision

• Tamanna Islam, Ananlysis of Spatial Distrbution pattern of Plants in Grassland Community, Ph.D. Student, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Ueda, Japan (Joint Supervision), On going. 
• Masum, A. patwary, Risks Assessment And Management Associated With Medical Waste Disposal in Bangladesh, Ph.D. Student, School of Science and Technology, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK. (External Advisor), On going. 
• Md. Azimuddin, Determining the factors contributing to the current state and Future prospect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Bangladesh, Ph.D. Student, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, On going. 
• Saiful Alam Chowdhury, Use of Composite Sampling for identifying the land producing Non-hybrid Crops, M. Phil Student, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, On going. 
• Poritosh Kumar Roy, Bayesian Geostatistical Prediction of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh, M. Sc. Student, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, On going. 
• Md. Shahriar Shams, Comparison of Linear Mixed-Effects Models, nonparametric and Bayesian models analysis of Longitudinal Data, M. Sc. Student, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, On going. 
• Saima Jahan, Use of Bayesian Logistic regression to identify factors effecting the knowledge of HIV aids among women in Bangladesh, M. Sc. Student, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, On going. 
• Md. Sharif Hossain, Adaptive Sampling Method for Sampling from Population having Discrete Probability Distribution, M. Sc. Student, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, On going. 
• Muhammad Mahsin, An Application of Bayesian Methods to the Population Forecasting of Bangladesh, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2008. 
• Suborna Shekhor Ahmed, Comparative study on the test of normality: Conventional tests and numerical likelihood ratio test, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2007. 
• Muhammad Miaraz Hossen Gazi, Modified estimation methods for adaptive cluster sampling with selected order statistics, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2007. 
• Muhammad Saiful Islam, Simple linear regression analysis with ranked set sample data, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2007. 
• Md. Anower Hossain , Numerical maximum likelihood estimation and numerical likelihood ratio test for ranked set sample: A g-and-k distribution approach, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2006. 
• Mohammad Mamunur Rahman, On methods of identifying out-of-control variables and their effect on locations as well as on scale for subgroup data in multivariate statistical process control, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2006. 
• Yesmin Akhter, Sequential sampling methods as initial selection strategy for adaptive cluster sampling, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2006. 
• Tamanna Islam, Modified maximum likelihood estimator for selected ranked set sampling, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2006. 
• Fahmida Humayra, Fitting structural equation model with symmetric nonnormal error: A parametric test, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2006. 
• Azaz Bin Sharif, The visualization and the analysis of spatial dependency pattern of poverty, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2005. 
• A. S. M. Borhan , One sample test of location for symmetrical non-normal data, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2005.
• A. F. M. Ershadul Haque, Cell phone switching behaviour: An application of Markovian model and logistic regression model, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2005.
• Md. Ashraful Islam Khokon, Analysis of dengue fever data of 2001-02 epidemics in Dhaka: A multivariate approach using logistic regression and simple and logistic discrimination, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2005.
• Tahmina Begum, Profitable usage of gas resource of Bangladesh: A statistical allocation over time, M.S. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2005.
• Khandoker ShuvoBakar , A sampling method for environmental roaming population, M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2004.
• Md. Mostafa Ali Sarkar, Considerations of detectability and sampling in measuring biodiversity, M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2004.
• Rebeka Sultana, A regression analysis approach for study of valuation in life insurance, M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2004.
• Tahmina Begum, Smoothing the detection function using moving average estimation of density and detectability index, M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2004.
• Md. Asaduzzaman , A modified procedures in adaptive cluster sampling using order, M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2001.
• G.M. Muzahidul Quayum, Adaptive line intercept sampling for different clustering, M.Sc. thesis, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, 2001.
• Md. Monir Hossain , Fitting of markov chain probability model to daily rainfall occurrence at Sunamgonj, M.Sc. thesis, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, 1993.
• Md. Asaduzzaman Khan, Estimation of variance components of two-way heteroscedastic random model: A Monte-Carlo study, M.Sc. thesis, Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, 1992.
• * Also supervised about 25 M.S. research projects and about 25 honours research projects at the ISRT, University of Dhaka.
• ** As an adjunct faculty of Royal roads university, B.C. Canada (Dhaka Campus), acted as a research advisor of more than 100 OCP (organisational consulting project) required to be carried out by the MBA candidates.