Saima Jahan

Senior Lecturer
Department of Mathematics and Data Science

Faculty

Faculty of Sciences and Engineering

Address

A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Office

Ext: 629|| FUB -1006 || Room No#
sjjahan@ewubd.edu

Academic Background

Ph.D. (Ongoing), Department of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
M.S. in Applied Statistics, ISRT, University of Dhaka.
B.Sc. in Applied Statistics, ISRT, University of Dhaka.

Short Biography

Saima Jahan is a senior lecturer of the Department of Mathematics and Data Science at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She completed her BSc and MS in applied statistics from ISRT, University of Dhaka. Her research interests mainly include environmental statistics, agricultural statistics and machine learning. She has presented her papers at some national and international conferences and has published peer-reviewed papers.

Professional Experience

Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Data Science, East West University
June 2026 – present.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences,East West University
5 September 2018 – June 2026.
Lecturer, Department of Applied Statistics, East West University
January 2016 – September 2018
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Applied Statistics, East West University
September 2015 – December 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Department of Applied Statistics, East West University
September 2014 – August 2015.

Research Interest

Environmental Statistics
Agricultural Statistics
Applied Statistics
Machine Learning

Jahan, S., Masseran, N. and Wan Zin, W.Z. (2026). Spatio-temporal modelling of wind speed using machine learning with a custom Weibull deviance loss for XGBoost, Energy Reports, 15, 109207.Spatio-temporal modelling of wind speed using machine learning with a custom Weibull deviance loss for XGBoost - ScienceDirect
Jahan, S, Masseran, N and Zin, W 2024, Wind speed analysis using Weibull and lower upper truncated Weibull distributions in Bangladesh, Energy Reports, vol. 11, pp. 5456-5465. Wind speed analysis using Weibull and lower upper truncated Weibull distribution in Bangladesh - ScienceDirect
Shozib, H.B., Islam, M.M., Mahmud, S.A.S., Bari, M.N., Akter, N., Jahan, S., Hosen, S., Hossain, M.N., Nabi, A.H.M.N., Siddiquee, M.A. and Haque, M.M. (2021). Application of Cyanidin-3 Glucosides as a Functional Food Ingredient in Rice-Based Bakery Products, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(12), 7472–7480. Application of Cyanidin-3-Glucosides as a functional food ingredient in rice-based bakery products - ScienceDirect
Saima Jahan, Habibul Bari Shozib and Muhammad Ali Siddiquee ,, Sultan Abu Saleh Mahmud, Iftekharul Huq, Md Mariful Islam, Md Mohsin, Md Sakil Ahamed, Anika Antara Siddiqquee, Zannatul Sanzida. Formulation of Rice Based Low Cost Balanced, Nutritious and Safe Diet for the Malnourished Street Children in Capital City Dhaka. 2021, Vol: 5, issue: 7, (1-8).
Habibul Bari Shozib, Shakir Hosen, Md. Mehdi Hasan, Md Abu Sayed, Suman Chandra Das, Md. Samsul Alam, Armin Bhuiyan, Saima Jahan and Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. Physicochemical and cooking properties of short grain aromatic kalijira rice cultivars in Bangladesh. Biores Comm. 2019, 5:1:659-669. Physicochemical and cooking properties of short grain aromatic Kalijira rice cultivars in Bangladesh
Habibul Bari Shozib,Saima Jahan, Muhammad Zakir Sultan, Samsul Alam, Suman Chandra Das, Rifat Bin Amin, Mahedi Hasan and Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. Nutritional Properties of Some BRRI HYV Rice in Bangladesh. Vitam Miner, 2018, 7: 1: 174. doi:10.4172/2376-1318.1000174. (PDF) Nutritional Properties of Some BRRI HYV Rice in Bangladesh
Shozib, H.B., Hossain, M.M.,Jahan S., Alam, M.S., Das, S.C., Alam, S., Amin, R.B., Hasan, M.M., Malo, R., Islam, M.R., Shekhar, H.U., Siddiquee, M.A. Study of biochemical and cooking quality traits of major rice varieties of Bangladesh. Malays. Appl. Biol. (2017) 46(4): 55–62. (PDF) STUDY OF BIOCHEMICAL AND COOKING QUALITY TRAITS OF MAJOR RICE VARIETIES OF BANGLADESH
Habibul Bari Shozib, Saima Jahan, Suman Chandra Das, Samsul Alam, Rifat Bin Amin, Mahedi Hasan, Richard Malo and Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. Mineral profiling of HYV rice in Bangladesh. Vitam Miner, 2017, 6: 164. doi:10.4172/2376-1318.1000164.
Habibul Bari Shozib, Shourab Bhowmick, Saima Jahan, and Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. In vivo screening for low glycemic index (GI) rice varieties in Bangladesh and evaluate the effect of differently processed rice and rice products on GI. Biojournal of Science and Technology, July 2017, Vol 5, Article no: m170001(ISSN 2410-9754).
Shakir Hosen, Saima Jahan, Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee, Habibul Bari Shozib, Grain quality evaluation and comparative analysis of physicochemical properties of traditional cultivars and high yielding (HYV) Aman rice varieties in Bangladesh. Biojournal of Science and Technology, July, 2017, Vol 5, Article ID: m160004. (ISSN 2410-9754).
Hosen, S., Siddiquee, M. Jahan, S., Alam, M. S., Hoque, F., Bhowmick, S., Ferdous, N, Shozib, H.B. 2016. Physicochemical properties of Aus cultivars in Bangladesh. Biores Comm. 2(1), 200-204. (ISSN 2411-0272).
Habibul Bari Shozib, Saima Jahan, Shourab Bhowmick, Farzana Hoque, Darmin Chakma, Mahmud Hosain, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Md. Sazzadur Rahman, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee, 2015, Dietary administration of rice in improving the antioxidant status in Long-Evans Rat. Bio journal of Science and Technology, 2015, Volume 2:1-7. (ISSN: 2410-9754).

Jahan, S., Masseran, N. and Zin, W.Z. (2026). An Integrated Distributional, Geostatistical, Machine Learning, and Extreme Value Framework for Wind Speed Modelling in Bangladesh. 1st JURS International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research for Sustainability, Innovation & Global Challenges (JICIRSIGC 2026). Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Jahan, S., Masseran, N. and Zin, W.Z. (2025). Enhancing spatio-temporal prediction of truncated wind speed in Bangladesh using XGBoost model. 19th National Conference, Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 98.
Habibul Bari Shozib, Saima Jahan, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. In vivo Screening for Low Glycemic Index (GI) Rice Varieties in Bangladesh and Evaluation of the Effect of Differently Processed Rice and Rice Products on GI. 8th International Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology Conference, Dhaka University, 3–5 December 2016.
Saima Jahan, Nazneen Sultana, Kazi Md. Farhad Mahmud, Md. Abdullah Aziz. Quantile Regression Analysis for Temperature and Rainfall of Bangladesh. International Conference on Analysis of Repeated Measures Data, Dhaka University, 25–26 November 2016.
Saima Jahan, Habibul Bari Shozib, Farzana Hossain Tamanna. To Evaluate the Effect of Differently Processed Rice and Rice Products on Glycemic Index (GI). International Conference on Analysis of Repeated Measures Data, Dhaka University, 25–26 November 2016.
Saima Jahan, Habibul Bari Shozib, M.H.M. Imrul Kabir, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. Comparative Study on Chemical Properties in Bangladeshi Rice Varieties. The 2nd International Conference on Theory and Application of Statistics, Dhaka University Statistics Department Alumni Association (DUSDAA), 27–29 December 2015.
Muhammad Ali Siddiquee, Habibul Bari Shozib, Saima Jahan, Yarul Kabir. Pre-germinated Brown Rice Generates Elevated Levels of the Bioactive Component, γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA). Proceedings of the National Conference on Biochemistry, Industry and Sustainable Economy, Dhaka University, 21 March 2015, pp. 29–31.
Habibul Bari Shozib, Saima Jahan, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee. Comparative Study on Apparent Amylose Content and Protein in Bangladeshi Rice Cultivars. Proceedings of the National Conference on Biochemistry, Industry and Sustainable Economy, Dhaka University, 21 March 2015, pp. 101–102.
Shakir Hosen, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee, Saima Jahan, Nilufa Ferdous, Habibul Bari Shozib. Physicochemical Properties of Some Aman Cultivars in Bangladesh. Proceedings of the National Conference on Biochemistry, Industry and Sustainable Economy, Dhaka University, 21 March 2015, pp. 138–140.
Habibul Bari Shozib, Saima Jahan, Muhammad Ali Siddiquee, S. Nakayama. Ileal Pacemaker Activity Analysis by Microelectrode Array (MEA) in Mice Lacking Interleukin-10. Proceedings of the International Conference on Biotechnology in Health and Agriculture (2nd GNOBB Conference), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015, pp. 57–58.

Awards & Achievements

Publication Reward 2026, rewarded by East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Teaching Materials

For undergraduate Data Science and Analytics students
Regression Analysis
Statistical Inference
For Undergraduate Engineering Students
Statistics and Probability
For Undergraduate Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Students
Statistics for Biologists
For Undergraduate Business Administration and Economics Students
Introduction to Statistics
Statistics for Business and Economics I
For Undergraduate Applied Statistics Students
Agricultural Statistics and Design of Experiments
Applied Statistical Analysis with R (Lab)
Design and Analysis of Factorial Experiments

Affiliation Professional Membership

Life member of Bangladesh Statistical Association (BSA)
Life member of ISRT Alumni Association
Full member of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD).

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