National Seminar on “STATISTICAL THINKING IN DATA SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY (STDSKD-2023)” on 26th June 2023.

The one-day national seminar on the topic of "Statistical Thinking in Data Science & Knowledge Discovery" was held by the Statistics department of Gangadhar Meher University. Following an Inaugural function by our esteemed Vice-Chancellor Prof. N. Nagaraju, Guest of Honour Prof. Bidhu Bhusan Mishra, Vice-Chancellor, Sambalpur University, Patrons of the seminar, Chairman PGC, Prof. S.K. Das, Dr. U C Pati, Dy. Register, Head of the Dept. Statistics, Dr. Rajendra Gartia, and invitees, guests, scholars, and student participants on 26/06/2023 at 10.00AM. Professor P. Tirupathi Rao, the keynote speaker, began the first technical session of the seminar with an insightful discussion on the subject of "Statistical Thinking in Data Science & Knowledge Discovery." Using certain video clips, Professor Rao showed the use of statistics in data science in this context. An enlightening discussion on the subject of "Application of Statistics on Data Science and Analytics" was provided by Dr. Sambit Bakshi, a different speaker at the seminar, to kick off this session. Dr. Bakshi emphasised the significance of statistics for data science in this setting. Following the valedictory session and various cultural performances by the students, the second technical session featured the delegates' paper presentations.