Data Science and SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities

211 Pages·2021·4.815 MB·English

by  Bikas Kumar Sinha, Nurul Haque Mollah

Bikas Kumar Sinha
Md. Nurul Haque Mollah   Editors
Data Science
and SDGs
Challenges, Opportunities and Realities
Data Science and SDGs
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Bikas Kumar Sinha Md. Nurul Haque Mollah
Editors
Data Science and SDGs
Challenges, Opportunities and Realities
Editors
BikasKumarSinha Md.NurulHaqueMollah
IndianStatisticalInstitute DepartmentofStatistics
Kolkata,WestBengal,India UniversityofRajshahi
Rajshahi,Bangladesh
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Foreword
ManyofusarepresumablyawareoftheGovt.ofBangladeshReport(2017)on“Data
Gap Analysis for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Bangladesh Perspec-
tive”bythePlanningCommission,Govt.ofBangladesh,GeneralEconomicsDivi-
sion (GED) (Making Growth Work for the Poor) Planning Commission, January
2017.Keepingthisbackgroundinmind,theDepartmentofStatistics,Universityof
Rajshahi, organized an appropriate and timely “International Conference on Data
ScienceandSDGs:Challenges,OpportunitiesandRealities”heldinDecember18–
19,2019.
As a Chairperson of both the Opening and Closing Sessions of the conference,
Iwasindeeddelightedtowitnessthesuccessoftheeventsthatbroughttogetherso
manystakeholdersfromdiversfields,andalsothetremendousinterestitgenerated
amongteachers,researchscholarsandstudentalike.
The conference was attended by over 300 participants from different countries
including Bangladesh, Finland, India, Korea, Malaysia and USA. There were 150
Speakers(2Keynote,5Plenary,36Invitedand107Contributed)whopresentedtheir
papers;therewere60postersand27organizations/researchgroupstookpartinthe
exhibition.Itisamatterofgreatpleasurethattheconferencewasalsoattendedby
policymakers,researchers,governmententities,andnongovernmentorganizations.
Theorganizersoftheconferencedidnotwasteanytimetovisualizetheimpor-
tance of publication of Conference Proceedings and the approach was made to
Springer Nature (SN), New Dehli with necessary documents. The proposal was
readilyacceptedbySN.IthanktheorganizersandtheEditorialBoardmembersfor
theircommendableeffort.
The proceedings volume covers topic mainly on SDGs, bioinformatics, public
health, medical informatics, environmental statistics, data science and machine
learning. It is understood that almost all of the topics are covered by thoroughly
statistical models and methods, with examples using real data including graphical
illustrations,asandwherevernecessary.
Theproposedbookcanbeusedasaresearchmonographforpractitionersorasa
referencetextfortheresearchers.Asaresearchmonograph,itunifiestheliterature
ondatascienceandSDGsandparentsimportantresultinanintegratedmannerand
highlightstopicsthatneedfurtherresearch.Itisalsosuitableforuseasareference
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text for graduate and advanced undergraduate level programs in SDGs, bioinfor-
matics,publichealth,medicalinformatics,environmentalstatistics,datascienceand
machinelearning.
Ihopethatthisvolumewillbeveryusefulforusheringanalyticalinsightsindata
scienceandSDGsincommunitiesaroundtheworld.Iamveryhappytoendorsethis
publication anticipating that it will foster further research interest in attaining the
SDGs.
Prof.M.AbdusSobhan
ViceChancellor
UniversityofRajshahi
Rajshahi,Bangladesh
Preface
To a large extent, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the
urgent Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015
as a universal ‘call to action’ to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all
peopleenjoypeaceandprosperityby2030.
MonitoringtheprogressmadebydifferentcountriestowardsmeetingtheSDGs
isextremelycrucialtotrackprogress.Towardsthis,concertedeffortsoftheGovern-
ment of Bangladesh are recorded in aReport (2017). Data-driven measurement of
progressneedstobedistributedtostakeholders,mainlypolicymakers,researchers,
government entities, civil society, nonprofit organizations, etc. Decision based on
datacanbeusedtore-alignandinfluencegovernments,businesses,citizenstoaccel-
eratetheprogress.MeasuringandcontrollingdataonSDGsisquitedifficulttohandle
anddistributebyusingtraditionaldatagatheringandmanipulationtechniquesdue
tothevolumeanddistributionofdatapointsaroundtheglobe.ThisiswhereData
Science,especiallytheBigDataissuescomeintoplay.
Bringing together these stakeholders was the goal of the ‘International Confer-
ence on Data Science and SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities’ orga-
nized by the Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh during
December18–19,2019.ThisDepartmenttriestoorganizeaninternationalconfer-
enceinthreeyears’intervalondifferentburningissues,anditwasthe7thofsuch
events.Theconferencewasattendedbyover300participantsfromdifferentcountries
includingBangladesh,Finland,India,Korea,Nepal,MalaysiaandUSA.Therewere
150Speakers(2Keynote,5Plenary,36Invitedand107Contributed)whopresented
their papers; 60 presenters presented their posters and 27 organizations/research
groupstookpartintheexhibition.
Immediatelyaftertheconclusionoftheconference,theorganizingcommitteeand
theprogrammecommitteedecidedtopublishproceedingsvolumes.Accordingly,an
EditorialBoardwasformedwithten(10)members,keepingSpringerNature(SN),
NewDelhiinmind:
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Professors (1) Bikas K Sinha (Retired Professor, Indian Statistical Institute,
Kolkata) and (2) Md. Nurul Haque Mollah (University of Rajshahi)—Joint Co-
ordinators
(3)Prof.MalayGhosh(UniversityofFlorida,Gainesville,USA)
(4)Prof.TapioNummi(TampereUniversity,Finland)
(5)Prof.RahmatullahImon(BallStateUniversity,USA)
(6)Prof.JyotirmoySarkar(IndianUniversity—PurdueUniversity,Indianapolis,
USA)
Professors(7)M.SayedurRahman,(8)Md.AyubAli,(9)Md.GolamHossainand
(10)Md.RezaulKarim—alloftheDepartmentofStatistics,UniversityofRajshahi.
The Joint Co-ordinators got in touch with Springer Nature (SN) New Delhi
PublishersandsenttheBookProposalwithallnecessarydocuments.Theproposal
includedalistof15Chaptersbasedonpersonalpresentationsbytheparticipantsin
differentcategories. The papers werereviewed byagroup ofsubjectexperts from
India (9) and USA (6). The proposal was readily accepted by SN, and we entered
intoanagreement.Wethankallthecontributorsandthereviewersforenrichingthis
publicationoftheConferenceProceedingsVolume.Wesincerelythankthelearned
reviewersforrenderingtheirintellectualservicetowardsaccomplishingourgoals.
Welisttheirnamesbelow.
(1) Dr G. C. Manna, Ex-DG, CSO, GoI, Ex-Member, National Statistical
Commission,GoI
(2) Dr.R.R.Nandy,AssociateProfessor,Epidemiology&Bio-Statistics,Univ.
NorthTexas,USA
(3) Prof.SatiMajumdar,DistinguishedBio-Statistician,MedicalSchool,Univer-
sityofPittsburgh,USA
(4) Dr.AvinashDharmadhikari,Ex-GM,TataMotors,Pune
(5) Prof.AdityaBagchi,EmeritusProfessor,ComputerScienceDept.Schoolof
MathematicalSciences,RamakrishnaMissionVivekanandaEducationaland
ResearchInstitute,Kolkata
(6) Prof.GopalBasak,Stat-MathDivision,IndianStatisticalInstitute,Kolkata
(7) Prof. Dulal K. Bhaumik, Bio-Statistician in Medical School, Univ. Illinois,
Chicago(UIC),USA
(8) Prof. Premananda Bharati, Anthropology & Human Genetics Unit, Indian
StatisticalInstitute,Kolkata
(9) Dr.MoumitaChatterjee,DepartmentofStatistics,AliahUniversity,Kolkata
(10) Prof.ParasmaniDasgupta,BiologicalAnthropologyUnit,IndianStatistical
Institute,Kolkata
(11) Prof.NripesK.Mandal,DepartmentofStatistics,CalcuttaUniversity,Kolkata
Besidesthispublication,thereare5InternationalJournalofStatisticalScience
(IJSS) regular issues [2019, 2020(1), 2020(2) 2021(1), 2021(2)]—incorporating
a total of around 45 manuscripts, based on technical presentations made by the
presentersduringtheconferenceandfurtherimprovementaccordingtothereviewer
comments.Theseregularissueshavebeen/arebeingprocessedbytheIJSSEB.
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In organizing such a mega-event and the follow-up journal publications, finan-
cial support has come from around 50 agencies including Bangladesh Bank (BB),
Northwest power generation (NPG), Investment Corporation Bangladesh (ICB),
IslamiBankBangladeshLimited(IBBL),RajshahiKrishiUnnayanBank(RAKUB),
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics(BBS)andBangladeshRiceResearchInstitute(BRRI),andwe,onbehalf
oftheEBMembersofthisProc.Volume,offeroursincerethankstothem.
TheDepartmentofStatistics,UniversityofRajshahi,isthemainarchitectofthis
mega-event, followed by the on-going publications. We thank the HoD and other
FacultyandNon-TeachingStaffoftheDepartmentforrenderingsuchopportunities
to us. Needless to say, IJSS Office-bearers are shouldering enormous amount of
responsibilities during the process of publication of the proceedings volumes. We
thankthemindividuallyandcollectively.WealsowouldliketoacknowledgeDr.Md.
AbulBasherMian,retiredprofessorofStatisticsDepartmentofRajshahiUniversity
(RU) and Dr. Rehman Eon, Research Scientist, Rochester Institute of Technology
(RIT),Rochester,USA,forgrammaticalcheckingofsomemanuscripts.
Lastly,wethankMs.NupoorSinghofSN,NewDelhi,forhandlingourproject
proposalwithextremecourtesyatallstages.
We will consider our efforts amply rewarded if this publication creates enough
interest among the stakeholders at large, including researches in the areas of Data
ScienceandBigDataAnalytics.
Kolkata,India BikasKumarSinha
Rajshahi,Bangladesh Md.NurulHaqueMollah
Pictures Conference
SecondFloor,DepartmentofStatistics
SirJagadishChandraBoseScienceBuilding
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