Akher Ali
Akher Ali Lecturer, Department of Statistics and Data Science

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Currently, Akher Ali serves as a full-time faculty member in the Statistics and Data Science department at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.  He completed both his B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. (Thesis) degrees in Statistics at Jahangirnagar University, graduating in 2020 and 2021, respectively. It is worth highlighting that he achieved  1st (4 out of 4) position at  M.S. level and  3rd (3.89 out of 4) position at B.Sc. level in his class.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Machine Learning, Non-linear Modeling, Times Series Analysis, Mental Health and Hierarchical Classification

JOURNAL PAPER

1) Akher Ali, Md. Sahadat Hosain, Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Mahedi Hasan, Md. Ahashan Habib, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Peal Ahamed Shanto, Nafiul Hasan, Al Mahmud, Classifying Internet Addiction Using Machine Learning Approach: A Study Among Adolescents in Bangladesh, Public Health Challenges, 4, 4, pp.e70165, 2025. doi: 10.1002/puh2.70165
2) Md Sifat Ar Salan, Akher Ali, Ruhul Amin, Afroza Sultana, Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Exploring the nexus of industrial production and energy consumption on CO2 emissions in Bangladesh through ARDL bounds testing insights, Scientific Reports, 15, 1, pp.14443, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81951-5
3) Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Akher Ali, Md Rajwanullha Shakil, Md Khalid Syfullah, Md Shamsul Hoque, Md Amirul Islam, Hongyan Guo, Saiyeeda Labiba Ali, Impact of climate-induced migration on depression: a study between disaster-affected migrant and non-migrant adolescents, Climatic Change, 178, 4, pp.76, 2024. doi: 10.1007/s10584-025-03916-5
4) Afroza Sultana, Akher Ali, Md Sifat Ar Salan, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Md Moyazzem Hossain, Modeling spatial and temporal variability in educational development index of Bangladesh using socio-economic, and demographic data, 2001–2021: A Bayesian approach, PloS one, 20, 3, pp.e0317030, 2025. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317030
5) Md Sifat Ar Salan, Akher Ali, Ruhul Amin, Afroza Sultana, Mahabuba Naznin, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Md Moyazzem Hossain, Evaluation of the Impact of Selected Financial Indicators on Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh: A Nonlinear Modeling Approach, The Scientific World Journal, 2025, 1, pp.4406958, 2025. doi: 10.1155/tswj/4406958
6) Akher Ali, Afroza Sultana, Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Md Sifat Ar Salan, Applications of Hierarchical Classification Techniques for Classifying Anxiety Among Undergraduate Admission Candidates in Bangladesh, doi: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4713624/v1
7) Umme Honey, SM Arif Bin Saleh, Md Sifat Ar Salan, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Akher Ali, Exploring the relationship between blood platelet and other components utilizing count regression: A cross‐sectional study in Bangladesh, 7, 8, pp.e70007, 2024/8. doi: DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.70007
8) Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Nafiul Hasan, Al Mahmud, Akher Ali, Md Khalid Syfullah, Md Jamilur Rahman, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Physio-Psychosocial Risks of Depression among College-Going Adolescents in Bangladesh: A Data Note, F1000Research, 13, pp.645, 2024/6/17. doi: doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.151055.1
9) Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Irin Pervin, Md Khalid Syfullah, Akher Ali, Al Mahmud, Mahedi Hasan, Sheikh Muzzammil Hussen, Monia Manjur, Zobayer Ahmed, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Post‐COVID‐19 internet addiction, depression, and pornography addiction among adolescents: Findings from a nationwide study in Bangladesh, Health Science Reports, 7, 7, pp.e2272, 2024/7. doi: doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.2272
10) Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Morioum Sarkar Munmun, Nafiul Hasan, Md Khalid Syfullah, Al Mahmud, Akher Ali, Liza Bosak, Shanjida Chowdhury, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Physio-psychosocial risk of depression among college-going adolescents: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 16, pp.100768, 2024/4/1. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100768
11) Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Akher Ali, Sumon Miah, Mahedi Hasan, Minhaz Ahmed, Tachlima Chowdhury Sunna, Psychological disorders among college going students: A post Covid-19 insight from Bangladesh, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 15, pp.100686, 2024/1/1. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100686
12) Md Abu Bakkar Siddik, Md Nafiul Hasan, Al Mahmud, Morioum Sarkar Munmun, Mahmudul Hasan Milad, Akher Ali, Zobayer Ahmed, Md Jamal Uddin, Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among undergraduate admission candidates in Bangladesh: A nation-wide cross-sectional study., PLOS ONE, 18, 11, pp.e0295143, 2023/11/30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295143

Teaching

Course Code Course Title Semester/Year
Math 209 Statistical Data Analysis Part II B.Sc. (Hons.) 2024
0542-1203 Sampling Distributions First Year Second Semester/2024
0542-1105 Mathematical Economics 1st Year 1st semester
STAT-409 Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics Part IV B.Sc. (Hons.) 2022
STAT-205 Industrial Statistics and Operations Research Part II B.Sc. (Hons.) 2021

Experience

Organization: Department of Statistics and Data Science, Jahangirnagar University
Position: Lecturer
Period: 26 May 2024
Organization: DPE
Position: Teaching Assistant
Period: 15 April 2024 to 20 April 2024

Training Program for Officers

Contact

Akher Ali

Lecturer
Department of Statistics and Data Science
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: 01819093183
Email: akher@juniv.edu , akherali4455@gmail.com