Brief Biosketch

A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (Razi) received B. Sc. (Engg.) and M. Sc. (Engg.) degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. His B.Sc. thesis titled "Network Monitoring and Management Tools" was advised by Professor Dr. Md. Shamsul Alam and M.Sc. thesis titled "A Novel Approach To Cluster Heterogeneous Sensor Network (CHSN)" was advised by Professor Dr. Md. Humayun Kabir. Later, he earned Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. His Ph.D. thesis titled "Performance Optimization in Multi-Hop Wireless Mesh Networks" was advised by Professor Dr. Vijay Raghunathan.

He is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of CSE, BUET. He served as an Assistant Professor and as a lecturer in CSE, BUET during 2013-2016 and 2007-2013 respectively. Prior to joining CSE, BUET, he served as a member, R&D, in Commlink Info.Tech. LTD, Bangladesh and in Stochastic Logic, ACI, Bangladesh, during 2006-2007 and 2006, respectively. His research interests cover human computer interaction, networking and systems, modeling and simulation, intelligent transportation, environmental monitoring and sensing, and reliability analysis. He has co-authored several journal and conference papers, and presented his papers in different well-reputed conferences. He achieved several research awards covering best paper awards, best poster awards, best demo award, research grants, travel grants, etc.

Alim Al Islam was awarded Andrew's fellowship, a two-year prestigious fellowship awarded by School of ECE, Purdue University. Besides, he achieved several other academic awards such as Dean's award from Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BUET, Academic Merit Scholarship from Department of CSE, BUET, and general scholarships from Rajshahi board, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.