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IIT-Hyderabad PhD Scholar Quadir Moinuddin wins Weldwell Speciality Award
No full textDr Syed Quadir Moinuddin, PhD Scholar, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIT-Hyderabad, won the ‘Weldwell Speciality Award 2019’ given by IIW India (The Indian Institute of Welding), a member society of the International Institute of Welding. This is the third year in continuation a member of the group has won the award
Reconceptualizing Cross-Border Academic Mobility in the Interdisciplinary Research Agenda
No full textMoinuddin Mohammad, Kokado Minori eds. Reconceptualizing Cross-Border Academic Mobility in the Interdisciplinary Research Agenda, International Affairs Office, School of Letters/Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Osaka, 2025, 93p
A divide and conquer approach for large spatial dataset
No full textIn recent times, the rise of `big data' has brought along major computational challenges in all the main disciplines of scientific research, including the field of spatial statistics. Some of these challenges include parametric estimation and quantification of estimation uncertainty that, when building statistical models using big data, pose an important computational load. Many methods have been proposed to address these challenges such as dimension reduction, approximation by Markov random fields, tapering of the covariance matrix, and subsampling based approaches. In this thesis a new \textit{divide-and-conquer} approach is proposed that we call \texttt{farmer} for providing effect size and standard error estimates in spatial models of big data. According to the proposed approach, all observations are divided into blocks that are mutually exclusive according to their position. For each block, the model parameters are estimated and recombined using a fixed or random meta-model to take into account the (possible) spatial dependence. This generalized method can be applied to a wide range of spatial models. For example, consider a linear Gaussian spatial model. In a simulation study, the \texttt{farmer} estimators were compared with estimators based on methods with similar sampling ideas. In the context of the Gaussian model, two applications with real data are presented. The proposed method appears computationally efficient compared to equivalent methods and has lower bias in the estimates. Furthermore, the proposed approach provides a more realistic estimate of standard errors. Finally, we propose an application of the method to generalized linear spatial models for simulated and real counting data
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Examining the New Perspectives on the History of Indo-Japan Exchange : The Unexplored Resources in Hindustani
No full textIn: Moinuddin Mohammad, Kokado Minori eds. Reconceptualizing Cross-Border Academic Mobility in the Interdisciplinary Research Agenda, International Affairs Office, School of Letters/Graduate School of Humanities, The University of Osaka, 2025, 93p.This study explores the intellectual and cultural exchanges between Japan and India in the early 20th century, with a particular focus on Urdu-language sources, which have largely been overlooked in previous research. The study examines the contributions of Indian intellectuals, educators, and independence activists who engaged with Japan, particularly those who spent time in the country. Figures such as K. S. Sabharwal, Muhammad Badarul Islam Fazli, and Muhammad Noorul Hasan Barlas played pivotal roles in fostering Indo-Japanese literary and cultural interactions, yet their contributions remain underexplored. It underscores the need for further archival research in both Japan and South Asia to uncover additional primary sources, including newspaper articles, unpublished translations, and personal correspondences
METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT AND IMPROVEMENT POTENTIALS OF URBAN BASIC SERVICES GOVERNANCE IN DHAKA CITY, BANGLADESH: RHETORIC OR REALITY?
No full textUrban basic services, namely water supply and sewerage, power supply, telecommunication, road network etc. are the prerequisites for city living. Efficiency in managing and maintaining urban basic services ultimately dictates the quality of an urban government. In the last three decades, Dhaka‘s urban basic services governance has been tumbling behind the required standard. Specially, in the last five/six years the situation has reached to an alarming state— resulting to a high degree of inconvenience in urban living and loss of potentials in city economy. Frequent malfunctioning, limited capacity to expand, bureaucratic complexity in availing services, lack of public accountability etc. are some of the common characteristics of urban basic services in Dhaka. There is a general understanding in the concerned sphere that fragmented mode of governing these has attributed the service environment with a complex texture. In fact, fragmentation contributed in terms of multiparty involvement, overlapping of responsibility, obsolete organizational planning, monopoly management etc. Presently, Dhaka‘s urban basic services governance can‘t assure better living, competitive business environment and sustainable economic growth. As a potential remedy, adoption of a general purpose ?metropolitan government? mechanism with prerogatives to plan, develop, maintain service provisions; adequately command the service providers; govern development initiatives; realize taxes and revenues have been in discussion for quite a period within the concerned political and administrative domain. This article discusses the rationale, potentials of a general purpose ?metropolitan government? mechanism to improve Dhaka‘s present state of urban basic services. Additionally, the paper attempted to frame out the structure and operational mechanism of the proposed government.Urban basic services, metropolitan government, fragmented governance.
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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