Invited talks

  1. Tomal, JH. (September 27, 2022). Ensembling Classification Models Based on Phalanxes of Variables with Applications in Drug Discovery. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ. (February 9, 2018). (May 31, 2022). Robust Ranking by Ensembling of Diverse Models and Assessment Metrics. 49th Annual Meeting, Statistical Society of Canada, Virtual Meeting.
  3. Tomal, JH. (March 10, 2022). A Bayesian piecewise linear model for the detection of breakpoints in housing prices. Master of Science in Data Science Seminar Series, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
  4. Tomal, JH. (January 6, 2022). A Survey Weighted Bayesian Poisson Regression to Model the Number of Children Ever Born per Woman in Bangladesh. Department of Statistics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
  5. Tomal, JH. and Ciborowski, JJH. (December 5, 2020). Detection of environmental thresholds by assessing discontinuities in slopes and variances via a Bayesian regression model. Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), Virtual Winter Meeting, Canada.
  6. Tomal, JH. (November 19, 2019). Ensemble of models for big data, sparsity, environmental thresholds and wildfire prediction, Senate Research Committee, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
  7. Ciborowski, JJH. and Tomal, JH. (November 14, 2019). Environmental Monitoring - Developing Bioindicators of Environmental Condition and Recovery from Degradation. Environmental Sciences Seminar Series , Environmental Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
  8. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (February 9, 2018). Ensembles of Models and Metrics for Robust Ranking of Homologous Proteins. Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Lethbridge , Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
  9. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (May 29, 2017). Construction of Ensemble by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Applications in Protein Homology. Institute of Statistical Research and Training . University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  10. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (December 7 - 9, 2016). Construction of Ensemble by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Applications in Protein Homology. Emerging Big Data Technologies Summit. Hosted by the International Innovative Research Network In partnership with Crown Vision Technology. Melbourne, Australia.
  11. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (May 25 - 27, 2016). Construction of Ensemble by Exploiting the Richness of Feature Variables in High-Dimensional Data with Applications in Protein Homology. 6th International Workshop on the Perspectives on High-Dimensional Data Analysis (HDDA-VI). The Fields Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  12. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (May 18 - 21, 2016). Ranking Homologous Proteins using Ensemble of Phalanxes Based on Logistic Regression Model. International Conference on Information Complexity and Statistical Modeling in High Dimensions with Applications (IC-SMHD-2016). Cappadocia, Nevsehir, Turkey.
  13. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (December 27 - 29, 2015). Ranking Homologous Proteins using a Fast Ensemble of Phalanxes Based on Logistic Regression Model. The Second International Conference on Theory and Applications of Statistics. University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  14. Tomal, JH. (June 18, 2014). Ensembling Classification Models Based on Phalanxes of Variables with Applications in Drug Discovery. Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Contributed talks

  1. Tomal, JH. (March 31, 2022). Weighted Bayesian Poisson Regression for The Number of Children Ever Born per Woman in Bangladesh. Seminar Series, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
  2. Tomal, JH. (March 3, 2021). A Bayesian Approach to Accounting for Survey Weights in Poisson Regression: Application to Model the Number of Children Ever Born among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Bangladesh. Data Science Seminar Series, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
  3. Tomal, JH., Ahmed, E., and Rahman, M. (February 18, 2020). The Impact of Class Attendance on Student Performance at TRU. Teaching Practices Colloquium, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.
  4. Tomal, JH. (April 11, 2019). Predicting Homologous Proteins using an Ensemble of Subsets of Variables. Faculty of Science Seminar Series, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
  5. Tomal, JH. (June 3 - 6, 2018). Ensemble of Subsets of Variables for Ultra-High-Dimensional Regression and Classification. 46th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
  6. Tomal, JH., Ciborowski, JJH., Fung, K. (June 11 - 14, 2017). Piecewise Linear Quantile Regression for the Estimation of Ecological Breakpoints. 45th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  7. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (July 30 - August 4, 2016). Ranking Homologous Proteins Using an Ensemble of Logistic Regression Models Based on Subsets of Feature Variables. Joint Statistical Meeting 2016. Chicago, USA.
  8. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (June 14 - 17, 2015). Ranking Homologous Proteins using a Fast Ensemble of Phalanxes Based on Logistic Regression Model. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
  9. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (May 27, 2013). Ensembling Classification Models Based on Phalanxes of Variables with Applications in Drug Discovery. 41st Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
  10. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (September 2012). Ensembling Classification Models Based on Phalanxes of Variables with Applications in Drug Discovery Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Earth Sciences Building, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4.
  11. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (September 2012). Ensembling Descriptor Sets using Phalanxes of Variables to Rank Activity of Compounds in QSAR Studies. SFU/UBC Joint Graduate Student Seminar, Vancouver, BC.
  12. Tomal, JH., Welch, WJ., and Zamar, RH. (June 2012). Ensembling Descriptor Sets to Rank Activity of Compounds in QSAR Studies. 40th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. University of Guelph, Guelph, ON 12. Tomal, JH. (March 2012). Concepts and Algorithms in Detection Problems. Graduate Students’ Seminar, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4.
  13. Tomal, JH. (March 2012). Concepts and Algorithms in Detection Problems. Graduate Students’ Seminar, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4.
  14. Tomal, JH. (March 2010). Ensemble of Classifiers and their Applications in Drug Discovery. Graduate Students’ Seminar, Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4.