RESEARCH AND GRANTS
RESEARCH AND GRANTS
Research Interests
My current research interests are mainly in Data-driven methods, focusing on epidemic forecasting and mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.
Graduate Research Associate (Summer 2025): Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise, OSU. Advisor: Dr. Steve Trost.
Graduate Research Intern (May 2024 – Aug. 2024): Developing & Integrating Pathogen Monitoring Platform, USDA, OSU. Advisor: Dr. Lucas M. Stolerman.
Graduate Research Associate (May 2023 – Jul. 2023): College of Arts and Sciences Pandemic Planning Grant, OSU, Stillwater. Advisor: Dr. Lucas M. Stolerman.
Research Intern (Jun. 2022 – Jul. 2022): Boot Camp VII, IMA, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Advisors: Dr. Thomas Hoft and Dr. Daniel Spirn.
Graduate Research Associate (May 2022 – Jun. 2022): College of Arts and Sciences Pandemic Planning Grant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. Advisor: Dr. Lucas M. Stolerman.
Survey Data Entry (Summer 2021): Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
Collaborative Initiatives
Participant (2025): Co-development of models for dengue surveillance: 2025 Mosqlimate-Infodengue Sprint, Infodengue-Mosqlimate Dengue Challenge (IMDC), Brazil.
Participant (2024): Co-development of models for dengue surveillance: 2024 Mosqlimate-Infodengue Sprint, Infodengue-Mosqlimate Dengue Challenge (IMDC), Brazil.
Investigator Team Member (2022): Identifying Longevity Risk with Machine Learning. ITM TwentyFirst project, Boot Camp VII, IMA, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
Associate Principal Investigator (2019–2020): A Study on Forecasts and Its Accuracy Improvement of a Business Organization through Modification of Existing Techniques. Funded by the Special Allocation for Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Grant amount: BDT 260,000.
Principal Investigator (2016–2017): Covariant Affine Integral Quantization on a Coadjoint Orbit of the Poincaré Group in (1+1)-Space-Time Dimensions and Its Applications to Quantum Cosmology. Funded by the Bangladesh University Grants Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Grant amount: BDT 70,000.
Principal Investigator (2015–2016): Investigation on the Theory of Games and Its Economic Impact. Funded by the Bangladesh University Grants Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Grant amount: BDT 70,000.
Experience of Supervision
Supervised the following students at the Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka.
MS Thesis supervision
Kaisar Ahmed, is an M.Sc. student interested in Doubly Stochastic Matrices and Its Connection to Private Quantum Channels and Conditional Expectations session 2015-16. (Obtained A+).
Nasim Reza, is an M.Sc. student interested in Grobner Bases and Their Applications through Computer Algebra, Session 2015-16(Obtained A+) .
Abir Sutra Dhar, is an M.Sc. student interested in Analyzing Decomposition Procedures in LP and their Applications, Session 2016-17(Obtained A).
Undergraduate 4th year Project Supervision
No. of students 4, 2017-2018, Undergraduate 4th year project entitled “Study On Metric Spaces And Its Applications to the Fixed Point Theory "(Obtained A+) .
No. of students 4, 2016-2017, Undergraduate 4th year project entitled "Mathematical Analysis Of The Digital Development Of Bangladesh: Overview And Future Planning"(Obtained A+) .
No. of students 4, 2015-2016, Undergraduate 4th year project entitled “Continuous Frames in Hilbert Space and Its Applications"(Obtained A+) .
Neerob Basak, Nasim Reza and Sankar Sikder, 2014-2015. Undergraduate 4th year project entitled “A Comparison Study Between Riemann Integral and Lebesgue Integral; By Example; By Counter Example: By Computer Algebra"(Obtained A) .
Travel Grants
2025
Travel support from SIAM to attend the SIAM Central States Section Annual Meeting, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Oct 11–12 (US$400).
Travel support from Dept. of Math, University of Maryland, College Park to attend the Summer School: Scientific Machine Learning, Brin Mathematics Research Center, MD, Aug 4–8 (US$510).
Travel support from AMS to attend the Mathematical Congress of the Americas, InterContinental Miami, FL, July 21–25 (US$1,120).
Travel support from Dept. of Math, OSU to attend the AMS Eastern Sectional Meeting, Hartford, CT, Apr 5–6 (US$500).
AMS Travel Grant to attend the AMS Sectional Meeting, Clemson University, SC, Mar 8–9 (US$250).
Travel support from GPSGA, OSU to attend the AMS Sectional Meeting, Clemson University, SC, Mar 8–9 (US$400).
AMS Travel Grant to attend the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) 2025, Seattle, WA, Jan 8–11 (US$1,430).
2024
Travel support from advisor Dr. Lucas via research grant to attend the AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting, University of Texas at San Antonio, Sep 14–15 (US$200).
Travel support from GPSGA, OSU for the AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting, University of Texas at San Antonio, Sep 14–15 (US$400).
Travel support from SIAM to attend SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (LS24), Portland, OR, Jun 10–13 (US$600).
Travel support from GPSGA to attend LS24, Portland, OR, Jun 10–13 (US$400).
Travel support from Dept. of Math, OSU for attending 2024 SISMID, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US$500).
Research material grant from GPSGA, OSU for work on Monkeypox modeling (US$350 × 2).
Research support from OSU Dean of Graduate College for Monkeypox modeling (US$500).
Graduate research internship funded by USDA, project Biorepository for Prairie One Solutions, OSU (US$11,772.60).
Travel support from OSU to attend JMM 2024, San Francisco, CA (US$750).
Travel support from Dept. of Math, OSU to attend MAA OK-AR Section Meeting, University of Arkansas, Apr 4–5 (US$300).
2023
Summer research stipend from Pandemic Research Planning Grant, Dept. of Math, OSU (US$3,858).
Travel support from OSU to attend 13th AIMS Conference, UNCW (US$826.39).
Travel support from OSU to attend MAA OK-AR Section Meeting (US$250).
Travel support from OSU to attend JMM 2023, Boston, MA (US$900).
2022
Travel award from OSU for 3-Minute Thesis presentation (US$100).
Summer research stipend from Pandemic Research Planning Grant, Dept. of Math, OSU (US$4,716).
2021
Stipend from High Plains Landowner Survey, Dept. of Integrative Biology, USDA & CESU Network (US$700).
2019–2020
Grant from Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh for business forecast study (BDT 260,000).
2018
Travel grant from University Grants Commission, Bangladesh for ICMA 2018, University of Burdwan, India (BDT 20,000).
2017
Travel grant from 15th Chittagong Conference on Mathematical Physics, JNIRCMPS, Bangladesh (BDT 3,000).
2016–2017
Grant from Bangladesh University Grants Commission for Covariant Affine Integral Quantization project (BDT 70,000).
2015–2016
Grant from Bangladesh University Grants Commission for Game Theory research (BDT 70,000).