Achievements

Research awards:

  1. I. Haque, R. Adnin, S. Afroz, F. Huq, S. Mahbub, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, A Tale on Abuse and Its Detection over Online Platforms, Especially over Emails: From the Context of Bangladesh, In Proceedings of the 8th 2021 International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (8th NSysS 2021), ACM, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2021 [Best Paper Award]

  2. F. Shahid, S. H. Ony, T. R. Albi, S. Chellappan, A. Vashistha, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Learning from Tweets: Opportunities and Challenges to Inform Policy Making During Dengue Epidemic, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 4, no. CSCW1, article no. 065, ACM, 2020 [Honorable Mention Paper Award]

  3. M. A. Rahman, A. A. Tutul, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Solving The Maze of Diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease on Portable EEG Sensing to be Adaptable to Go In-The-Wind, In Proceedings of the 7th 2020 International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (7th NSysS 2020), ACM, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020 [Best Paper Award]

  4. F. Shahid, W. Rahman, A. B. Islam, N. Paul, N. Khan, M. S. Rahman, M. M. Haque, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Two Tell-tale Perspectives of PTSD: Neurobiological Abnormalities and Bayesian Regulatory Network of the Underlying Disorder in a Refugee Context, Journal Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT), vol. 3, issue 3, no. 101, pp. 1-45, ACM, 2019 [Distinguished Paper Award]

  5. A s m Rizvi, T. R. Toha, S. S. Das, S. Chellappan, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Exploiting a Synergy between Greedy Approach and NSGA for Scheduling in Computing Clusters, In Proceedings of the 5th 2018 International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (5th NSysS 2018), IEEE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018 [Best Student Paper Award]

  6. T. R. Toha, S. Estyak, T. A. Khan, T. Chakraborty and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Sparse Mat: A Tale of Devising A Low-Cost Directional System for Pedestrian Counting, In Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (NSysS), IEEE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017 [Best Paper Award]

  7. T. Chakraborty, Md. Nasim, S. Md. B. Malek, Md T. H. Majumder, M. S. Saeef, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Devising A Novel Visible Light Based Low-Cost Ultra-Low-Power Gesture Recognition System, In Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Networking, Systems and Security (NSysS), IEEE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017 [Best Student Paper Award]

  8. S. Akter, F. Rahman, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Securing App Distribution Process of iOS Exploiting the Notion of Authentic Update, In Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS), IEEE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016 [Best Paper Award]

  9. A. B. M. A. A. Islam, C. S. Hyder, and K. H. Zubaer, Digging the Innate Reliability of Wireless Networked Systems, In Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Networking Systems and Security (NSysS), IEEE, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2015 [Best Paper Award]

  10. T. Choudhury, B. Islam and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Super-savior: A System to Aid Combating Harassment and Violence Against Women, In Proceedings of Workshop on Women Empowerment through ICT: Higher Studies, Research and Career (WE-ICT) [Poster], Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014 [Most Popular Poster Award]

  11. H. Zannat, M. Akter, T. Akter, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, MOVH: General Purpose Multi-Objective Vertical Hand-off Mechanism with Higher Scalability and Higher Stability, In Proceedings of Workshop on Mobile Computing and Human Computer Interaction (MoHCI), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014 [Best Paper Award]

  12. H. Dev, Md. R. Parvez, M. M. Bhuiyan, T. Mosharraf, T. A. Khan, F. Haque, A. A. Mamun, F. A. Chowdhury, M. S. S. Hossain, M. B. Morshed, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, DhakaSim: A Tool for Simulating Traffic Mobility in Dhaka City, In Proceedings of Workshop on Mobile Computing and Human Computer Interaction (MoHCI) [DEMO], Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014 [Best DEMO Award]

  13. J. Alam, M. Rezwanul, T. A. Khan, A. B. M. A. A. Islam, RailCop: Detecting Missing Rail on Railway Using Wireless Sensor Networks, Appeared in a national-level competition on Innovative Projects on Improving Road Safety using ICTs, organized by Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), 2014 [Champion Award]

  14. H. Dev, Md. R. Parvez, M. M. Bhuiyan, T. Mosharraf, T. A. Khan, F. Haque, A. A. Mamun, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, DhakaSim : A Simulating Tool for Improving Road Safety , Appeared in a national-level competition on Innovative Projects on Improving Road Safety using ICTs, organized by Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), 2014 [Second Runner-Up Award]

  15. A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Near Field Communication in Nanonetworks: A Dream or Reality?, In Proceedings of Workshop on Wireless Networks & Communication [Poster], Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013 [Best Poster Award]

  16. M. J. Islam, M. M. Islam, and A. B. M. A. A. Islam, Evolutionary Spectrum Management in Cognitive Radio Networks, In Proceedings of Workshop on Wireless Networks & Communication [Poster], Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013 [Runner-up Poster Award]

  17. A. B. M. A. A. Islam, and V. Raghunathan, A Cross-Layer Analytical Model to Estimate the Capacity of a WiMAX Network. In Proceedings of 20th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), IEEE, Virginia, USA, pages 41-50, 2012 [Selected as one of the top 7 papers]

  18. A. B. M. A. A. Islam, S. M. Iftekharul Alam, V. Raghunathan, and S. Bagchi, Multi-Armed Bandit Congestion Control in Multi-Hop Infrastructure Wireless Mesh Networks. In Proceedings of 20th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), IEEE, Virginia, USA, pages 31-40, 2012 [Selected as one of the top 7 papers]

Academic awards:

  • Andrew’s Fellowship, School of ECE, Purdue University, from August 2009 to July 2011

  • Dean’s award, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BUET, in each year from 2000-01 to 2003-04

  • Academic Merit Scholarship, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BUET, from 2000-01 to 2003-04

  • 4th Merit Position among 118 examinees in Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, BUET, 2006

Travel grants:

  • Travel Grant from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh for presenting own paper in 28th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (CASCON), ACM, Toronto, Canada, October 29-21, 2018

  • Travel Grant from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh for presenting two papers in International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT), IEEE, Harbin, China, December 19-20, 2015

  • Travel Grant from NSF, USA for paper in International Conference on Computer Communication Networks (ICCCN), Hawaii, USA, July 31– August 4, 2011

Academic accomplishments:

  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    • Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (Started: August 2009, Defended: August 2012), CGPA: 4.00/4.00

  • Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    • M.Sc. (Engg.) in Computer Science and Engineering, May 2009, CGPA: 4.00/4.00

    • B.Sc. (Engg.) in Computer Science and Engineering, November 2006, CGPA: 3.95/4.00